The Civilizing God.("For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch- Hunts, and the End of Slavery")(Book Review)

From: National Review | Date: July 28, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch- Hunts, and the End of Slavery, by Rodney Stark (Princeton, 496 pp., $35)

Would the peoples of the Arab world be better off with a Bible in their hands or a Koran? In the recent debate about Christian evangelizing in Muslim lands, that's the question implicitly raised but rarely addressed in an explicit fashion. Time magazine devoted a cover story to the general subject -- "Should Christians Convert Muslims?" -- without ever touching on the most interesting and relevant point of all: the belief of ...

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