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Bearing false witness : debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history, Rodney Stark
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- Summary
- "As 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 a stunting of the progress of knowledge to be redeemed only by the secular spirit of the Enlightenment, and the religious Crusades were an early example of the rapacious Western thirst for riches and power. 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 positive light are, in fact, fiction. Why have we held these wrongheaded ideas so strongly and for so long? And if our beliefs are wrong, what, in fact, is the truth? In each chapter, Stark takes on a well-established anti-Catholic myth, gives a fascinating history of how each myth became the conventional wisdom, and presents a startling picture of the real truth"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 268 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: confronting distinguished bigots
- Sins of anti-semitism
- The suppressed Gospels
- Persecuting the tolerant pagans
- Imposing the Dark Ages
- Crusading for land, loot, and converts
- Monsters of the Inquisition
- Scientific heresies
- Blessed by slavery
- Holy authoritarianism - Protestant modernity
- Isbn
- 9781599474991
- Label
- Bearing false witness : debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history
- Title
- Bearing false witness
- Title remainder
- debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history
- Statement of responsibility
- Rodney Stark
- Subject
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- trueCatholic Church
- Catholic Church -- Apologetic works
- Catholic Church -- Controversial literature | History and criticism
- Catholic Church -- Doctrines
- trueChurch history
- Church history
- Controversial literature
- Apologetic writings
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies | History & Culture
- RELIGION -- Christianity | Catholic
- RELIGION -- Christianity | History
- Theology, Doctrinal
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Catholic Church
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "As 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 a stunting of the progress of knowledge to be redeemed only by the secular spirit of the Enlightenment, and the religious Crusades were an early example of the rapacious Western thirst for riches and power. 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 positive light are, in fact, fiction. Why have we held these wrongheaded ideas so strongly and for so long? And if our beliefs are wrong, what, in fact, is the truth? In each chapter, Stark takes on a well-established anti-Catholic myth, gives a fascinating history of how each myth became the conventional wisdom, and presents a startling picture of the real truth"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stark, Rodney
- Dewey number
- 282.09
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Catholic Church
- Catholic Church
- Catholic Church
- Catholic Church
- Catholic Church
- Church history
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Church history
- Controversial literature
- Theology, Doctrinal
- Label
- Bearing false witness : debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history, Rodney Stark
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: confronting distinguished bigots -- Sins of anti-semitism -- The suppressed Gospels -- Persecuting the tolerant pagans -- Imposing the Dark Ages -- Crusading for land, loot, and converts -- Monsters of the Inquisition -- Scientific heresies -- Blessed by slavery -- Holy authoritarianism - Protestant modernity
- Control code
- 1648177
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 268 pages
- Isbn
- 9781599474991
- Lccn
- 2016008676
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781599474991
- (OCoLC)940796119
- Label
- Bearing false witness : debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history, Rodney Stark
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: confronting distinguished bigots -- Sins of anti-semitism -- The suppressed Gospels -- Persecuting the tolerant pagans -- Imposing the Dark Ages -- Crusading for land, loot, and converts -- Monsters of the Inquisition -- Scientific heresies -- Blessed by slavery -- Holy authoritarianism - Protestant modernity
- Control code
- 1648177
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 268 pages
- Isbn
- 9781599474991
- Lccn
- 2016008676
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781599474991
- (OCoLC)940796119
Subject
- trueCatholic Church
- Catholic Church -- Apologetic works
- Catholic Church -- Controversial literature | History and criticism
- Catholic Church -- Doctrines
- trueChurch history
- Church history
- Controversial literature
- Apologetic writings
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies | History & Culture
- RELIGION -- Christianity | Catholic
- RELIGION -- Christianity | History
- Theology, Doctrinal
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Catholic Church
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