Dr. Rodney Stark, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and co-director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor, "Early Christianity: 'Opium' of the Privileged?"

Stark received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Association for the Sociology of Religion. Starks is the author of several books that have been translated into more than a dozen languages, including Cities of God; Discovering God; The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism and Western Success; One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism; The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy; and The Rise of Christianity.

Dr. Rodney Stark, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and co-director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor, "Early Christianity: 'Opium' of the Privileged?" Stark received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Association for the Sociology of Religion. Starks is the author of several books that have been translated into more than a dozen languages, including Cities of God; Discovering God; The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism and Western Success; One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism; The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy; and The Rise of Christianity.

Dr. Rodney Stark - "Early Christianity: 'Opium' of the Privileged?"

['Baylor University - zz (Old) Business', '"Three Perspectives on Economics and Faith," the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Association of Christian Economists, was held April 16-18, 2009, on the Baylor University campus in Waco. For twenty-five years, the Association of Christian Economists has encouraged Christian scholars to explore and communicate the relationship between their faith and the discipline of economics and to promote interaction and communication among Christian economists.\n\nFeatured participants were Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute; Laurence R. Iannaccone, Koch Professor of Economics at George Mason University; Rodney Stark, University Professor of the Social Sciences and co-director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor; and John P. Tiemstra, professor of economics at Calvin College.']

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