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One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism

by Rodney Stark

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Western history would be unrecognizable had it not been for people who believed in One True God. There would have been wars, but no religious wars. There would have been moral codes, but no Commandments. Had the Jews been polytheists, they would today be only another barely remembered people, less important, but just as extinct as the Babylonians. Had Christians presented Jesus to the Greco-Roman world as ''another'' God, their faith would long since have gone the way of Mithraism. And surely Islam would never have made it out of the desert had Muhammad not removed Allah from the context of Arab paganism and proclaimed him as the only God.

A sweeping social history of religion, One True God shows how the great monotheisms shaped the past and created the modern world.

...just one part of a wider body of work from Stark. A fascinating study that is sure to be thought-provoking and controversial.

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Categories:

Cultural Studies Sociology History Non-fiction Religion

Language:

English

Length:

336 pages

Author:

Rodney Stark
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