Rodney Stark (page 2)

bajarama

I also sent him an e-mail:

"[Jehovah's Witnesses] have some ... very well-designed articles telling parents how to teach their children to deal with the molestation situation and in ways so that the child will feel secure about coming home and reporting it."—Dr. Rodney Stark, Professor of Sociology

I feel you should look a further into the actions of Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than just the what they print. I know, I grew as a Witnesses.

After you do some research, I think you will find that the actions of the Witnesses will speak for them. I hope that you will ask The Watchtower to retract your statement. Then Rodney, send them back their money.

Bxxxx Axxxxxxx

jst_me

some articles by and about Dr. Stark:

http://lsb.scu.edu/econrel/Downloads/JWGrow-O.pdf

http://jehovah.to/freedom/review.htm

maybe the quote they used was out of context?

Soledad

If thats the case jst-me I think that Prof. Stark has the obligation to come forward and set the record straight on what exactly he said. I would not be the first time the WTS has done stuff like this. Their literature is full of misquotes.

jst_me

ok, he knows the deal. He is quoted in this article as well (dated Jan 2002):

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=012702&ID=s1092770&cat=section.Religion

more about him (esp his work):

http://www.contendingforthefaith.com/summary/experts/stark.html

I don't know what to think. My gut reaction is that Stark made a comment that the witnesses took as support for them, perhaps in that article in the Spokesman Review. The Witnesses NEVER annotate their sources, which to me is really amazing for all the nonsense that is put out there about other people quoting their publications. Who know what he said, and in what context. If he was making a comment in a social science context, he could have been making a nuetral comment, not an endorsement.

I think this is why they don't want us going to college when we get out of school, because you learn some serious critical thinking skills. And, if you are a technical major, you also learn how to search for information. :)

Soledad

Most definitely!! It wasn't long after I started college that all those years of indoctrination started going, going, going.....gone!!!

herbert

Bombard Stark's co-workets at the Univ of Washington with respectful but forceful emails. Suggest using a subject header such as " Rodney Stark, supporter of Jehovah's Witness child abuse cover up?" or something like. Mention Dateline - this will create a firestorm around the man. He is wrong and this will force him to re-consider. E-mails to him will fall on deaf ears I think.

herbert

ps: just search "university of washington sociology" to get email ads for all UW Soc. faculty.

dungbeetle

He's ignoring my emails too.

Perhaps we should all write him and ask him WHICH articles has to do with reporting child molestation, since I have never seen anything like that. In fact the whole issue of turning molesters over to trained experienced professionals (both law enforcement and medical) is strangely lacking in JW literature.

As J.R.Brown said "We don't change for anybody"

I think the most likely explanation of Dr. Stark's support for the Watchtower is the as the reason we all supported Watchtower for as long as we all did: WE WAS LIED TO!!!

Biography
Rodney Stark
RODNEY STARK
170 Camino Rayo del Sol
Corrales, New Mexico 87048
(505) 890-5271
[email protected]

Education
B.A. University of Denver, 1959, Journalism.
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1965, Sociology.
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1971, Sociology.

Employment
1971: Professor of Sociology, University of Washington.
1981: Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Washington.
1987-1999: Co-Founder and Director, MicroCase Corporation.
1968-1971: Research Sociologist, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley.
1961-1970: Research Assistant to Research Sociologist, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley.
1959-1961: Reporter, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
1957-1959: Private to Specialist 3rd Class, United States Army (promoted to Staff Sergeant in the active reserve, 1961).
1955-1956: Reporter, Denver Post, Denver, Colorado.

Academic Honors
Nominee, Pulitzer Prize, 1996 (The Rise of Christianity).
President, Association for the Sociology of Religion, 1982-83.
Chair, Section on the Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association, 1996-97.
President, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2003-04.
Distinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1986, for The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation.
Distinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1993, for The Churching of America - 1776-1990.
Distinguished Book Award, Section on the Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association, 2001, for Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion.
Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Pacific Sociological Association, 1993.
Honorary Doctor of Humane Lefters, Jamestown College, 1994.
Member, Sociological Research Association (membership is by election).

Endowed Lectureships
Mead-Swing Lectures, Oberlin College, 1984
Snuggs' Distinguished Lectures, University of Tulsa, 1986
Distinguished Lecturer, Santa Clara University, 1988
Eli Lilly Foundation Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, 1992.
Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture, Association for the Sociology of Religion, 1994.
Annual Plenary Lecture, North American Patristic Society, 1997.
O.C. Tanner Lecture, Mormon History Association, 1998.
Plenary Address, World Conference on New Religions, sponsored by the Center for Studies of New Religions (Torino, Italy). 2002.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
The Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery. Forthcoming.
One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001.
Bahasa Indonesian edition: S. Abdul Majeed & Co. (Kuala Lumpur), 2002.
Rodney Stark and Roger Finke, Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2000.
Paperback edition: 2000.
Rodney Stark and W. S. Bainbridge, Religion, Deviance, and Social Control. New York: Routledge, 1997.
Paperback edition: 1997.
Rodney Stark and Lynne Roberts. Contemporary Social Research Methods. Bellevue, WA: MicroCase Corporation, 1996.
Second edition, MicroCase, 1998.
Third edition, Wadsworth, 2002.
The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.
Der Aufstieg des Christentums. German edition (translation by Wolfgang Müller): Weinheim: Beltz Athenäum, 1997.
De Eerste Eeuwen. Dutch edition (translation by Julie Plokker): Baarn: Ten Have, 1998.
El Auge del Cristianismo. Spanish edition (translation by Sergio Coddou): Barcelona: Editorial Andres Bello, 2001.
Portuguese edition: Editora Paulinas, in press.
Paperback edition: San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997
Roger Finke and Rodney Stark, The Churching of America - 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1992.
Paperback edition: Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Doing Sociology: An Introduction Through MicroCase, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1992.
Second edition, Wadsworth, 1995.
Third edition, Wadsworth, 1998.
Fourth edition, Wadsworth, 2002.
Criminology: An Introduction Through MicroCase, Bellevue, WA: MicroCase Corporation, 1989.
Second edition, MicroCase, 1992.
Third edition, MicroCase, 1995.
Steven Messner and Rodney Stark, Criminology: An Introduction Through MicroCase Explorit, fourth edition, Bellevue, WA: MicroCase Corporation, 1998.
Exploring The Standard Cross-Cultural Sample, Seattle: MicroCase, 1988.
Second edition: 1993.
Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge, A Theory of Religion, Bern and New York: Peter Lang, 1987.
New edition: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Polish edition (translation by Tomasz Kunz): Kraków: NOMOS, 2001.
Crime and Deviance in North America, Seattle: MicroCase, 1986.
Second edition: 1993.
(editor) Religious Movements. Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers, New York: Paragon House, 1985.
Paperback edition: Paragon House, 1985.
Sociology, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1985.
Second edition: Wadsworth, 1987.
Third edition: Wadsworth, 1989.
Fourth edition: Wadsworth, 1992.
Fifth edition: Wadsworth, 1994.
Sixth edition: Wadsworth, 1996.
Seventh edition: Wadsworth, 1998.
Eighth edition: Wadsworth, 2001.
Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge, The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985.
Paperback edition: University of California Press, 1986.
(with others) Social Problems, New York: Random House, 1975.
(Editor and primary contributor) Society Today: Second Edition, Del Mar, Calif.: CRM Books, 1973.
Police Riots: Collective Violence and Law Enforcement, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1972.
Paperback edition: Focus Books, 1972.
Rodney Stark, Bruce D. Foster, Charles Y. Glock and Harold E. Quinley, Wayward Shepherds: Prejudice and the Protestant Clergy, New York: Harper and Row, 1971.
Rodney Stark and Charles Y. Glock, American Piety: The Nature of Religious Commitment, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968.
Paperback edition: University of California Press, 1970.
Charles Y. Glock and Rodney Stark, Christian Beliefs and Anti-Semitism, New York: Harper and Row, 1966.
Paperback edition: Harper Torchbooks, 1969.
Republished, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979.
Charles Y. Glock and Rodney Stark, Religion and Society in Tension, Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965.
Paperback edition: Rand McNally, 1968.

Articles and Chapters
"Policy and the Pros: An Organizational Analysis of a Metropolitan Newspaper," Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 7 (1962) 11-31.
"On the Incompatibility of Religion and Science: A Survey of American Graduate Students," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 3 (1963) 3-20.
"Class, Radicalism, and Religious Involvement," American Sociological Review, 29 (1964) 698-706.
"Through a Stained Glass Darkly: Reciprocal Protestant-Catholic Images in America," Sociological Analysis, 25 (1964) 159-166.
"A Taxonomy of Religious Experience," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 5 (1965) 97-116.
John Lofland and Rodney Stark, "Becoming a World-Saver: A Theory of Conversion to a Deviant Perspective," American Sociological Review, 30 (1965) 862-875.
Rodney Stark and Charles Y. Glock, "The New Denominationalism," Review of Religious Research, 7 (1965) 8-17.
"Social Contexts and Religious Experiences," Review of Religious Research, 7 (1965) 17-28.
Charles Y. Glock and Rodney Stark, "Is There an American Protestantism?" Transaction, Dec., 1965: 8-13, 49.
Charles Y. Glock and Rodney Stark, "Religion and Anti-Semitism in America: A Summation," Continuum 4 (1966) 330-340.
Rodney Stark and Stephen Steinberg, "Jews and Christians in Suburbia," Harper's Magazine, Aug., 1967, 73-78. (A brief version of #14).
"Age and Faith," Sociological Analysis, 29 (1968) 1-10.
Rodney Stark and Charles Y. Glock, "Will Ethics be the Death of Christianity?" Transaction, 5 (1968) 7-14.
Rodney Stark and Stephen Steinberg, "It Did Happen Here: An Investigation of Political Anti-Semitism," in Peter I. Rose (ed.), The Ghetto and Beyond, New York: Random House, 1969, 357-383.
Rodney Stark and Charles Y. Glock, "Prejudice and the Churches," in Charles Y. Glock and Ellen Siegelmen (eds.) Prejudice U.S.A., New York: Praeger, 1969, 70-95.
"Protest + Police = Riot," in James McEvoy and Abraham Miller (eds.), Black Power and Student Rebellion, Belmont: Wadsworth, 1969, 167-196.
"The Police in Protest," In Jerome Skolnick (ed.), The Politics of Protest, New York: Ballantine Books, 1969, 241-292.
Travis Hirschi and Rodney Stark, "Hellfire and Delinquency," Social Problems, 17 (1969) 202-213.
Rodney Stark and Bruce D. Foster, "In Defense of Orthodoxy: Notes on the Validity of an Index," Social Forces, 48 (1970) 383-393.
Rodney Stark, Bruce D. Foster, Charles Y. Glock and Harold Quinley, "Sounds of Silence," Psychology Today, 3 (1970) 38-41, 60-61.
Rodney Stark and James McEvoy III, "Middle-Class Violence," Psychology Today, 4 (1970) 52-54, 110-112.
"The Economics of Piety: Religion and Social Class," in Gerald W. Thielbar and Saul D. Feldman (eds.), Issues in Social Inequality, Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1971, 483-503.
"Psychopathology and Religious Commitment," Review of Religious Research, 12 (1971) 165-176.
Lincoln E. Moses, Allan Goldfarb, Charles Y. Glock, Rodney Stark, and Morris L. Eaton, "A Validity Study using the Leighton Instrument," American Journal of Public Health, 61 (1971) 1785-1793.
"Police Riots: An Anatomical Report," Urban Life and Culture, 1 (1972) 7-38.
Lawrence E. Cohen and Rodney Stark, "Discriminatory Labelling and the Five-Finger Discount," Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 11 (1974) 25-39.
"Public Opinion," Chapter 12 in American Government Today. Del Mar, CA: CRM Books (1974) 367-385.
"Money, Media, and Campaigns," Chapter 14 in American Government Today. Del Mar, CA: CRM Books (1974) 411-433.
Rodney Stark and W.S. Bainbridge, "Of Churches, Sects, and Cults: Preliminary Concepts for a Theory of Religious Movements," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 18 (1979) 117-131.
Rodney Stark, W.S. Bainbridge, and Daniel P. Doyle, "Cults of America: A Reconnaissance in Space and Time," Sociological Analysis, 40 (1979) 347-359.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Cult Formation: Three Compatible Models," Sociological Analysis, 40 (1979) 283-295.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Sectarian Tension," Review of Religious Research, 22 (1980) 105-124.
Rodney Stark and W.S. Bainbridge, "Networks of Faith: Interpersonal Bonds and Recruitment to Cults and Sects," American Journal of Sociology, 85 (1980) 1376-1395.
Rodney Stark and W.S. Bainbridge, "Towards a Theory of Religion: Religious Commitment," Journal for the Scientjfic Study of Religion, 19 (1980) 114-128.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Client and Audience Cults in America," Sociological Analysis, 41 (1980) 199-214.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Scientology: to be Perfectly Clear," Sociological Analysis, 41 (1980) 128-136.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Superstitions: Old and New." The Skeptical Inquirer, 4 (1980) 18-31.
Rodney Stark, Daniel P. Doyle, and Lori Kent, "Rediscovering Moral Communities: Church Membership and Crime," in Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson (eds.), Understanding Crime, Beverly Hills: Sage, 1980, 43-52.
Rodney Stark and W.S. Bainbridge, "Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation, The Annual Review of the Social Sciences of Religion, 4 (1980) 85-119.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "The Consciousness Reformation Reconsidered," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 20 (1981) 1-16.
"Must All Religions Be Supernatural?" in Bryan Wilson (ed.), The Social Impact of New Religious Movements, New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1981,159-177.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Friendship, Religion and the Occult," Review of Religious Research, 22 (1981) 313-327.
Rodney Stark and W.S. Bainbridge, "American-Born Sects: Initial Findings," Journal for the Scientjfic Study of Religion, 20 (1981) 130-149.
Rodney Stark and W.S. Bainbridge, "Secularization and Cult Formation in the Jazz Age," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 20 (1981) 360-373.
Rodney Stark, W.S. Bainbridge and Lori Kent, "Cult Membership in the Roaring Twenties," Sociological Analysis, 42 (1981) 137-162.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Suicide, Homicide, and Religion: Durkheim Reassessed," Annual Review of the Social Sciences of Religion, 5 (1981) 33-56.
Rodney Stark, Lori Kent, and Daniel P. Doyle, "Religion and Delinquency: The Ecology of a 'Lost' Relationship," Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 19 (1982) 4-24.
Rodney Stark and Lynne Roberts, "The Arithmetic of Social Movements: Theoretical Implications," Sociological Analysis, 43 (1982) 53-68.
Rodney Stark and W.S. Bainbridge, "Concepts for a Theory of Religious Movements," in Joseph H. Fichter (ed.), Alternatives to Mainline Churches, New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1983, 3-25. (An expanded version of #27).
Rodney Stark, Daniel P. Doyle, and Jesse Lynn Rushing, "Beyond Durkheim: Religion and Suicide," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 22 (1983) 120-131.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Church and Cult in Canada," Canadian Journal of Sociology, 7 (1982) 351-366.
Rodney Stark, W.S. Bainbridge, Robert Crutchfield, Daniel P. Doyle, and Roger Finke, "Crime and Delinquency in the Roaring Twenties," Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 20 (1983) 4-23.
"Religion and Conformity: Reaffirming a Sociology of Religion," Sociological Analysis, 46 (1984) 18-27.
"The Rise of a New World Faith," Review of Religious Research, 26 (1984) 18-27.
W.S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, "Formal Explanation of Religion: A Progress Report," Sociological Analysis, 45 (1984) 145-158.
"From Church-Sect to Religious Economies," in Phillip E. Hammond, ed., The Sacred in a Post-Secular Age, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985, 139-149.
"Europe's Receptivity to Religious Movements," in Rodney Stark (ed.) New Religious Movements: Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers, New York: Paragon, 1985, 301-343.
Roger Finke and Rodney Stark, "Turning Pews Into People: Estimating 19th Century Church Membership," Journal for the Scientjfic Study of Religion, 25 (1986) 180-192.
"The Class Basis of Early Christianity: Inferences From a Sociological Model," Sociological Analysis, 47 (1986) 216-225.
"Jewish Conversion and the Rise of Christianity: Rethinking the Received Wisdom," in Kent Harold Richards (ed.), Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986, 314-329.
"Demonstrating Sociology: Computers in the Classroom," in Reece McGee (ed.), Teaching the Mass Class, Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association, 1986, 130-141.
"Correcting Church Membership Rates: 1971 and 1980," Review of Religious Research, 29 (1987) 69-77.
"How New Religions Succeed: A Theoretical Model," in David Bromley and Phillip E. Hammond (eds.), The Future of New Religious Movements, Macon: Mercer University Press, 1987, 11-29.
"Religion and Conformity: A New Look," in James M. Day and William S. Laufer (eds.), Crime, Values and Religion, New York: Ablex Press, 1987, 111-120.
Rodney Stark, Lori Kent and Roger Finke, "Sports and Delinquency: Another Aspect of Moral Communities," in Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson (eds.), Positive Criminology, Beverly Hills: Sage, 1987, 115-124.
"Deviant Places: A Theory of the Ecology of Crime," Criminology, 25 (1987) 891-907.
Rodney Stark and Roger Finke, "American Religion in 1776: A Statistical Portrait," Sociological Analysis, 49 (1988) 39-51.
Roger Finke and Rodney Stark, "Religious Economies and Sacred Canopies: Religious Mobilization in American Cities, 1906," American Sociological Review, 53 (1988) 41-49.
Roger Finke and Rodney Stark, "How the Upstart Sects Won America: 1776-1850," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 28 (1989) 27-44.
"Modernization, Secularization and Mormon Success," in Thomas Robbins and Dick Anthony, eds., In Gods We Trust, second edition, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Books, 1990, 201-218.
"Normal Revelations: A Rational Model of 'Mystical' Experiences," in David G. Bromley, editor, Religion and the Social Order, Volume I. Greenwhich, JAI Press, 1991, 239-251.
"Christianizing the Urban Empire: An Analysis Based on 22 Greco-Roman Cities." Sociological Analysis, (1991) 52:77-88.
"Antioch as the Social Situation for Matthew's Gospel," in David L. Balch, editor, Social History of the Matthean Community: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to an Open Question. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1991:189-210.
"Epidemics, Networks and the Rise of Christianity," Semeia, 56 (1992) 159-175.
"A Note on the Reliability of Historical U.S. Census Data on Religion," Sociological Analysis, 52 (1992) 91-95.
Rodney Stark and Laurence R. Iannaccone, "Sociology of Religion," in Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief, and Marie L. Borgatta, managing editor, Encyclopedia of Sociology, New York: Macmillan, 1992: 2029-2037.
Rodney Stark and Kevin J. Christiano, "Support for the American Left, 1920-1924: The Opiate Thesis Reconsidered." Journal for the Scientjfic Study of Religion, 31 (1992) 62-75.
"How Sane People Talk to the Gods: A Rational Theory of Revelations" in Michael A. Williams, Collet Cox, and Martin S. Jaffe, editors, Innovation in Religious Traditions: Essays in the Interpretation of Religious Change. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1992:19-34 (An expanded version of #71).
"Do Catholic Societies Really Exist?" Rationality and Society, 4 (1992):261-271.
Rodney Stark and James C. McCann, "Market Forces and Catholic Commitment: Exploring the New Paradigm." Journal for the Scientjfic Study of Religion, 32 (1993):111-124.
Rodney Stark and Laurence R. Iannaccone, "Rational Choice Propositions About Religious Movements," in David G. Bromley and Jeffrey K. Hadden, editors, Religion and the Social Order (Vol3-A) Handbook on Cults and Sects in America. Greenwhich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1993, pp.241-261.
Rodney Stark and Roger Finke, "A Rational Approach to the History of American Cults and Sects," in David G. Bromley and Jeffrey K. Hadden, editors, Religion and the Social Order (Vol3-A): Handbook on Cults and Sects in America, Greenwhich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1993, pp.109-125.
Roger Finke and Rodney Stark, "Revising American Religious History." Image File: A Journal from the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, (1993) 7:2-6.
"Europe's Receptivity to New Religious Movements: Round Two." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, (1993) 32:389-397.
"Modernization and Mormon Growth: The Secularization Thesis Revisited," in Marie Cornwall, Tim B. Heaton, and Lawrence Young, editors, Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1994, pp.13-23.
"American Religion Remains Robust" Insight Magazine. (July 11, 1994) 10:20-23.
Rodney Stark and Laurence R. Iannaccone, "A Supply-Side Reinterpretation of the 'Secularization' of Europe." Journal for the Scientjfic Study of Religion, (1994) 33:230-252.
"What Makes Oregon Attractive to New Religious Movements," Oregon Humanities, Summer, 1994, pp. 22-25.
"The Role of Women in the Rise of Christianity." [The Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture] Sociology of Religion, (1995) 56:229-244.
"Religion and the Moral Order Reconsidered." The IARCA Journal (1995) 7:6-9.
Rodney Stark, Roger Finke, and Laurence Iannaccone. "Pluralism and Piety: England and Wales, 1851." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, (1995): 34:431-444.
Laurence R. Iannaccone, Daniel Olson, and Rodney Stark, "Religious Resources and Church Growth." Social Forces (1995) 74:705-731.
Roger Finke, Avery M. Guest, and Rodney Stark, "Mobilizing Local Religious Markets: Pluralism and Religious Participation in the Empire State, 1855-1865." American Sociological Review, (1996) 61:203-218.
"Religion as Context: Hellfire and Delinquency One More Time." Sociology of Religion, (1996) 57:163-173.
Rodney Stark, Laurence R. Iannaccone, and Roger Finke. "Religion, Science, and Rationality" American Economic Review, papers and proceedings (1996):433-437.
"Why Religious Movements Succeed or Fail: A Revised General Model." Journal of Contemporary Religion, (1996) 11:133-146.
Rodney Stark and Laurence R. Iannaccone. "Recent Religious Declines in Quebec, Poland, and the Netherlands: A Theory Vindicated." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, (1996) 35:265-271.
"So Far, So Good: A Brief Assessment of Mormon Membership Projections" Review of Religious Research (1996) 38:175-178.
"Bringing Theory Back In." in Lawrence E. Young, editor, Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment, London & New York: Routledge, (1997) pp. 3-23.
Rodney Stark and Laurence R. Iannaccone, "Why the Jehovah's Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Application." Journal of Contemporary Religion, (1997) 12:133-157.
"German and German-American Religion: Approximating A Crucial Experiment." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, (1997) 36:182-193.
Laurence R. Iannaccone, Roger Finke, and Rodney Stark, "Deregulating Religion: The Economics of Church and State." Economic Inquiry, (1997) 350-364.
"Catholic Contexts: Competition, Commitment, and Innovation." Review of Religious Research, (1998) 39:197-208.
"On Theory-Driven Methods" in Jon R. Stone, editor, The Craft of Religious Studies. New York: St. Martin's Press (1998) pp. 175-196.
"Live Longer, Healthier, and Better: The Untold Benefits of Becoming Christian in the Ancient World." Christian History (1998) 17:28-30.
"A Theoretical Assessment of LDS Growth." in James T. Duke, editor, Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, (1998) pp. 29-70.
"E Contrario." Journal of Early Christian Studies, (1998) 6:259-267.
"Spiegare le Variazioni Della Religiosita: il Modello del Mercato" ("Explaining International Variations in Religiousness: The Market Model.") translation by Maurizio Pisati, Polis: Ricerche e studi su società e politica in Italia, (1998) 12:11-31.
Laurence R. Iannaccone, Rodney Stark, and Roger Finke, "Rationality and the 'Religious Mind'." Economic Inquiry, (1998) 36:373-389.
"The Rise and Fall of Christian Science." Journal of Contemporary Religion, (1998) 13:189-214.
"Atheism, Faith, and the Social Scientific Study of Religion." Journal of Contemporary Religion, (1999) 14:41-62.
"Extracting Social Scientific Models from Mormon History." [the O.C. Tanner Lecture] Journal of Mormon History. (1999) 25 (1):174-194.
"A Theory of Revelations." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1999) 38:286-307.
"Secularization: The Myth of Religious Decline." Fides et Historia, (1999) 30:2:1-19.
"Secularization, R.I.P." (A greatly expanded version of #114) Sociology of Religion, (1999) 60:249-273.
"Micro Foundations of Religion: A Revised Theory." Sociological Theory, (1999) 17:264-289.
Rodney Stark and Roger Finke, "Catholic Religious Vocations: Decline and Revival." Review of Religious Research, (2000) 42:5-25.
"Rationality." Willi Braun and Russell McCutcheon, editors, Guide to the Study of Religion. London: Cassell (2000) pp:239-258.
"Religious Effects: In Praise of 'Idealistic Humbug.'" Review of Religious Research (2000) 41:289-310.
"Sociology of Religion" in Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief, Encyclopedia of Sociology (second edition), New York: Macmillan, (2000): 2964-2973.
"Efforts to Christianize Europe, 500-2000" Journal of Contemporary Religion. (2001) 16:105-123.
"Discovering Data: A Neglected Virtue of Theory-driven Research." Theory and Methods. The Official Journal of the Japanese Association of Mathematical Sociology. (2001) 16:19-29.
Susan Pitchford, Christopher Bader, and Rodney Stark. "Doing Field Studies of Religious Movements: An Agenda." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. (2001) 40:379-392.
Roger Finke and Rodney Stark. "The New Holy Clubs: Testing Church-To-Sect Propositions." Sociology of Religion. (2001) 62:175-189.
"Gods, Rituals, and the Moral Order." Journal for the Scientjfic Study of Religion. (2001) 40:619-636.
"Reconceptualizing Religion, Magic, and Science." Review of Religious Research. (2001) 43:101-120.
Rodney Stark and Roger Finke. "Beyond Church and Sect: Dynamics and Stability in Religious Economies." in Ted G. Jelen, editor, Sacred Markets and Sacred Canopies: Essays on Religious Markets and Religious Pluralism. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. in press.
Roger Finke and Rodney Stark, "The Dynamics of Religious Economies," in Michele Dillon, editor, Handbook for the Sociology of Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. in press.
"American Missionaries to 'Darkest' Europe." Sabrina P. Ramet and Gordana Crnkovic, editors, Kazaam! Splat! Ploof! The American Impact on European Popular Culture Since 1945, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. In press.
"Economics of Religion." in Robert A. Segal, editor, The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell. in press.
"Physiology and Faith: Addressing the 'Universal' Gender Difference in Religiousness." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. in press.
Alan S. Miller and Rodney Stark, "Gender and Religiousness: Can Socialization Explanations Be Saved?" Submitted: American Journal of Sociology.
"Upper Class Asceticism: Social Origins of Ascetic Movements and Medieval Saints."
Rodney Stark, Eva Hamberg, and Alan S. Miller. "Exploring Spirituality and Unchurched Religions in America, Sweden, and Japan."
Rodney Stark and Roger Finke. "Aggressive Gentiles: The Response of Non-Mormon Faiths in Utah."
"When Religious Movements Succeed: Final Stages."

BEFORE YOU TRY AND REMOVE THE STICK FROM MY ARSE, REMOVE THE TELEPHONE POLE FROM YOUR OWN ARSE.

dungbeetle

While Brown said he can't comment on the lawsuit, he said the church has published several articles over the last 20 years encouraging members to report sexual abuse and child molesters.

Stark, the UW sociologist who has studied the Witnesses, concurs. Over the last decade the church's two main publications, Awake and The Watchtower, have both run articles that support treating pedophiles as criminals.

WHAT THE F**K?

We have to treat them as an innocent man.

He is disfellowshipped for less time than a rape survivor that didn't scream.

If a man is known to the elders to be a pedophile, but it is not generally known by anyone else, that information is not shared with anyone else, even when he changes congregations.

He is to be treated as a human being, with respect.

He can always be used in postions of trust, and can eventually be used in positions of responsibility. Put another way, all child molesters in the Watchtower can enjoy almost all the privileges that women enjoy (except for pioneering).

SOME CRIMINALS!!!!

BEFORE YOU TRY AND REMOVE THE STICK FROM MY ARSE, REMOVE THE TELEPHONE POLE FROM YOUR OWN ARSE.

rmayer32

Sure report it to the police so you too can be disfellowshipped for being a victim.

I hate to keep saying it but to the Watchtower jerkoffs out there here's to ya:

Choke on that ya lousy bastards!

-Rick

Eutapro

Dr Stark is a shining star in his field. I am surprised at the immediate negative reaction that has occurred in connection with his statements concerning jws. Are we trying to throw serious science out the door?

Rodney Stark

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