"Église mormone Histoire." . . "Mormons" . . "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" . . "Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours" . . . "\"This new work, the first to collect Rodney Stark's influential writings on the Mormon church, includes previously published essays, revised and rewritten for this volume. His work sheds light on both the growth of Mormonism and on how and why certain religions continue to grow while others fade away.\"--Jacket." . . . . . "Will Mormonism be the next world faith, one that will rival Catholicism, Islam, and other major religions in terms of numbers and global appeal? This was the question Rodney Stark addressed in his much-discussed and much-debated article, \"\"The Rise of a New World Faith\"\" (1984), one of several essays on Mormonism included in this new collection. Examining the religion's growing appeal, Rodney Stark concluded that Mormons could number 267 million members by 2080. In what would become known as \"\"the Stark argument, \"\" Stark suggested that the Mormon Church offered contemporary sociologist."@en . . "Church history"@en . . "Church history" . . . . "The rise of Mormonism"@en . "The rise of Mormonism" . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . . . . . . . "Soziologie." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology of Religion." . . "Mormon Church History." . . "USA." . . "Mormon Church" . . "RELIGION Christianity Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)" . . . . "Geschichte." . . "United States" . .