The Rise of Mormonism

The Rise of Mormonism (2005) is a book which was written by the sociologist of religions Rodney Stark. It was reviewed in Journal of Mormon History.^[1]

Contents

Preface by Rodney Stark

Introduction by Reid L. Neilson

1. Extracting Social Scientific Models from Mormon History
2. Joseph Smith Among the Revelators
3. Mormon Networks of Faith
4. Rationality and Mormon Sacrifice
5. Modernization, Secularization, and Mormon Growth
6. The Basis of Mormon Success
7. The Rise of a New World Faith

Bibliography

Further Acknowledgments

Index

Editions

• Stark, Rodney (2005). The Rise of Mormonism. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-13634-X. 

References

External links

• The Rise of Mormonism at the publisher's site