Rodney Stark, Author at Catholic Herald

Rodney Stark

Unconventional wisdom on the Reformation

August 24, 2017

Reformation Myths by Rodney Stark, SPCK, £9.99 It’s looming ever closer. October 31, 2017 will mark exactly 500 years since Martin Luther is said to have nailed those theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. The air of commemoration and celebration will only grow stronger, whatever recalcitrant Catholics may say. Nevertheless, Professor

The Catholic work ethic

March 03, 2017

The idea that Protestants invented capitalism is a myth. In fact the system dates back to the 9th century and the great monastic estates

The Catholic work ethic

March 02, 2017

I was raised on the glories of the Reformation. Like all Lutherans, each Sunday I was further enlightened about Catholic wickedness and about how Martin Luther had set us free to think for ourselves and to seek knowledge, thereby bringing about the modern world. Although I had outgrown much of this by the time I

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