Long established as a leading sociologist of American religion, Stark has in recent years extended his methodology into increasingly speculative territory. Here he follows up his inquiry into the ...

In a more nuanced way, a number of influential scholars, such as Rodney Stark and Regina Schwartz, have also cast monotheism as particularly intolerant towards the "Other" and thus a fertile ground ...

Archaeological discoveries have revealed inscriptions referencing “YHWH and his Asherah,” raising major questions about early Israelite religion. Some scholars argue this suggests that certain ...

Our high-school Bible teacher once said proudly that, by begetting monotheistic faith, Judaism has, more than any other religion in history, enabled the human race to make progress. The argument ...

Is God dead? The fantastic proposition of God’s demise has fuelled our wonderings for millennia. The great philosophers and scientists have conceded that God’s existence or non-existence is a personal ...

How does a follower of Jesus live within the world of pagan culture? Paul bases his (thoroughly Jewish) answer on the meaning of monotheism, a monotheism that is both creational and cultic. In 1 ...

Perhaps the most radical innovation of monotheism is the idea that there can be truth in religion. Ritual doesn't raise questions of truth: the act is the meaning and cannot be false, although it can ...

Allah The Almighty created man and Jinn and commanded them to worship Him, and made the validity of any act of worship contingent upon devotion and monotheism. Islam and all its rites and obligations ...