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100 1  Stark, Rodney.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n79003359 
245 14 The victory of reason :|bhow Christianity led to freedom, 
       capitalism, and Western success /|cRodney Stark. 
250    1st ed. 
264  1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2005] 
264  4 |c©2005 
300    xvi, 281 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction : Reason and progress -- pt. I. Foundations. 
       Blessings of rational theology -- Medieval progress : 
       technical, cultural, and religious -- Tyranny and the 
       "rebirth" of freedom -- pt. II. Fulfillment. Perfecting 
       Italian capitalism -- Capitalism moves North -- "Catholic"
       anticapitalism : Spanish and French despotism -- Feudalism
       and capitalism in the new world -- Globalization and 
       modernity. 
520    Many books have been written about the success of the West,
       analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of
       the world by the end of the Middle Ages. Here, sociologist
       Stark advances a revolutionary, controversial idea: that 
       Christianity and its related institutions are, in fact, 
       directly responsible for the most significant intellectual,
       political, scientific, and economic breakthroughs of the 
       past millennium. In Stark's view, what has propelled the 
       West is not the tension between secular and nonsecular 
       society, nor the pitting of science and the humanities 
       against religious belief. Christian theology, Stark 
       asserts, is the very font of reason: While the world's 
       other great belief systems emphasized mystery, obedience, 
       or introspection, Christianity alone embraced logic and 
       reason as the path toward enlightenment, freedom, and 
       progress.--From publisher description. 
650  0 Christian civilization.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85026449 
650  0 Capitalism|xReligious aspects|xChristianity|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100105|xHistory.
       |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 
650  7 Christian civilization.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/1727962 
650  7 Capitalism|xReligious aspects|xChristianity.|2fast|0https:
       //id.worldcat.org/fast/846444 
650  7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 
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