This book debunks one of the most widely touted arguments of the secular intellectual elite: that religion is somehow detrimental to American society. Rodney Stark draws from an expansive pool of sociological research to show that religions many blessingssuch as its effect on crime, public health, education, and overall prosperitynot only fall upon believers, but even on those Americans who most oppose religion.
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This book debunks one of the most widely touted arguments of the secular intellectual elite: that religion is somehow detrimental to American society. Rodney Stark draws from an expansive pool of sociological research to show that religions many blessingssuch as its effect on crime, public health, education, and overall prosperitynot only fall upon believers, but even on those Americans who most oppose religion.
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