Rodney Stark

Rodney Stark, Amerikan din sosyoloğu. Kuzey Dakotalı Luteryan bir ailede doğdu. California Üniversitesindeki lisans döneminden önce Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ordusunda ve gazeteci olarak çalıştı.

Yayınları

Din Sosyolojisi

• Christian Beliefs and anti-Semitism (1966) Charles Y. Glock ile birlikte.
• American Piety (1968) Charles Y. Glock ile birlikte.
• The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult formation (1985), with William Sims Bainbridge
• A Theory of Religion (1987), William Sims Bainbridge ile birlikte.
• Religion, Deviance, and Social Control (1996), William Sims Bainbridge ile birlikte.
• The Churching of America 1776-1992: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy (1992), with Roger Finke; 2nd edition under name The Churching of America 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy (2005)
• The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History (1996)
• Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion (2000), Roger Finke ile birlikte..
• One True God: Historical Consequence of Monotheism ISBN 978-0-691-11500-9 (2001)
• For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery ISBN 978-0-691-11436-1 (2003)
• Exploring the Religious Life ISBN 0-8018-7844-6 (2004)
• The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success ISBN 0-8129-7233-3 (2005)
• The Rise of Mormonism (2005) ISBN 0-231-13634-X
• Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome (2006)
• Discovering God: A New Look at the Origins of the Great Religions ISBN 978-0-06-117389-9 (2007)

Genel Sosyoloji

• Sociology (1985)