Metanexus Templeton Research Lectures

Rodney Stark presented a series of four lectures, "Neglect and Dedication: The Dynamics of Ancient Religious Markets," for the 2005-2006 Templeton Research Lectures.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006: Introduction: The Market Approach to Understanding Religion. Listen to Rodney Stark's lecture, "Introduction: The Market Approach to Understanding Religion."

Tuesday, February 28, 2006: Subsidized Religions: 6000 Years of Negligence and Laxity

Tuesday, March 14, 2006: Religious Competition and Roman Piety

Tuesday, March 28, 2006: Christian Establishments and the Neglect of Faith

Complete details about these lectures and the CSRC's Templeton Project can be found at our newly launched TRL website.

Feature articles on Rodney Stark appeared in the Nashville City Paper on Tuesday, February 7, 2006; in the Religion section of the
Nashville Tennessean on Saturday, February 11, 2006; and
in the Vanderbilt Register on Monday, February 13, 2006.

Professor Rodney Stark has published an essay in the December 2, 2005 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, "How Christianity (and Capitalism) Led to Science," that lays out one of his basic theses. Stark argues that Christian faith in reason and reasoning about faith made capitalism (and science) possible. He challenges long-held beliefs about the "Dark Ages" and the rise of science and capitalism as rejections of faith.

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