0 Ratings 1 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read. But what if these long held beliefs were all wrong?In this stunning, powerful, and ultimately persuasive book, Rodney Stark, one of the most highly regarded sociologists of religion and bestselling author of?The Rise of Christianity (HarperSanFrancisco 1997), argues that some of our most firmly held ideas about history, ideas that paint the Catholic Church in the least favorable light are, in fact, fiction. Bearing false witness debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history by Rodney Stark. Stark is a Protestant who grew up believing many anti-Catholic myths, including that old canard from Washington Irving that Columbuss voyage had been discouraged by the Church because of her belief that the world was flat. The religious Crusades were an early example of the rapacious Western thirst for riches and power. ' Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark is a generous book-though more importantly, a judicious one.

Read Or Download Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History By Rodney Stark Full Pages.Īs we all know and as many of our well-established textbooks have argued for decades, the Inquisition was one of the most frightening and bloody chapters in Western history Pope Pius XII was anti-Semitic and rightfully called ?Hitler?s Pope,? the Dark Ages were stunting the progress of knowledge to be redeemed only by the secular spirit of the Enlightenment. Bearing False Witness Around 26 Apr to 8 May Author Biography: Rodney Stark was one of the leading authorities on the sociology of religion.

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