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Bearing False Witness

Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History

  • Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: SPCK Publishing
  • 15.6 x 23 x 2.2 cm

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Taking aim at the conspiracies levelled against the Catholic faith, this eloquent investigation debunks myths we all held to be true, and why.
Anna Hockley

Anna Hockley

Eden Christian Books Specialist

A must-read for followers of Church history, and anyone looking to better understand Christianity. This fervent and thought-through examination of how Catholicism has been represented over past centuries, is a powerfully written book which brings new light to dark corners of the past, by looking a the lies borne against Catholicism.

TRUE OR FALSE:

The Protestant Reformation broke the repressive Catholic grip on progress and ushered in capitalism, science, religious freedom and the modern world

The Spanish Inquisition tortured and murdered huge numbers of innocent people for 'imaginary' crimes, such as witchcraft and blasphemy

The Catholic hierarchy has always resisted efforts to establish liberal democracies and has often been eager to support dictators including Hitler

In this powerful and persuasive book Rodney Stark subjects a number of widely-held beliefs to a rigorous historical assessment. He gives a compelling account of how each of them became accepted as the conventional wisdom, how egotism and ideology often worked together to create false or highly distorted picture of people and events, and how we need to work hard to recover the truth if we're unable to undo the cultural damage that centuries of anti-Catholic history have done.

In this powerful and persuasive book Rodney Stark subjects these and other widely-held beliefs to a rigorous historical assessment. He gives a compelling account of how each of them became accepted as the conventional wisdom, how egotism and ideology often worked together to create false or highly distorted pictures of people and events, and how we need to work hard to recover the truth if we're to undo the cultural damage that centuries of anti-Catholic history has done.

Bearing False Witness and Reformation Myths
Reformation MythsBearing False Witness
  • Author

    Rodney Stark

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    SPCK Publishing

  • Published

    March 2018

  • Weight

    395g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780281077748

  • ISBN-10

    0281077746

  • Eden Code

    4501562

1. The Sin of Anti-Semetism

2. The Suppressed Gospels

3. Persecuted Tolerant Pagans

4. Imposing the Dark Ages

5. Crusading for Land, Loot, and Converts

6. Monsters of the Inquisition

7. Scientific Heresies

8. Blessed Be Slavery

9. Holy Authoritarianism

10. Protestant Modernity

Rodney Stark is Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, Texas. He is also Honorary Professor of Sociology at Peking University in Beijing, China. His bestselling book The Rise of Christianity was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist and three of his other books have received Distinguished Book Awards.

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