In The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark attempts to carry this revision forward by extending it to the success of the West in more general terms: not only in science, but also in the growth of capitalism and the development of political freedom. He suggests that Western success in these areas was not inhibited but rather encouraged by Christian ideas, albeit ones that took some ...(展开全部)

罗德尼·斯达克（RodneyStark），美国贝勒大学教授，宗教研究所所长。著名宗教社会学家，运用理性选择理论分析宗教现象，开创了宗教社会学研究的新范式。著作有《基督教的兴起》（The Rise of Christianity：A Sociologist Reconsiders History，1996）、《信仰的法则》（Acts of Faith:Explaining the Human Side of Religion，2000）、《上帝的军队》（Gods Battalions：The Case for the Crusades，2009）等三十种。

This book argues for a society organized by voluntary cooperation under institutions of private property and exchange with little, ultimately no, government. It describes how the most fundamental functions of government might be replaced by private institutions, with services such as protecting individual rights and settling disputes provided by private firms in a competitive m...(展开全部)

What does economics have to do with law? Suppose legislators propose that armed robbers receive life imprisonment. Editorial pages applaud them for getting tough on crime. Constitutional lawyers raise the issue of cruel and unusual punishment. Legal philosophers ponder questions of justness. An economist, on the other hand, observes that making the punishment for armed robbery ...(展开全部)

What does economics have to do with law? Suppose legislators propose that armed robbers receive life imprisonment. Editorial pages applaud them for getting tough on crime. Constitutional lawyers raise the issue of cruel and unusual punishment. Legal philosophers ponder questions of justness. An economist, on the other hand, observes that making the punishment for armed robbery ...(展开全部)

This book argues for a society organized by voluntary cooperation under institutions of private property and exchange with little, ultimately no, government. It describes how the most fundamental functions of government might be replaced by private institutions, with services such as protecting individual rights and settling disputes provided by private firms in a competitive m...(展开全部)

Alister E. McGrath envisions a pivotal role for evangelicalism in shaping the future of Christianity.

Alister E. McGrath envisions a pivotal role for evangelicalism in shaping the future of Christianity.

The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full of, even fueled by, bias. This was not inevitable. The Gentrification of the Internet argues that much like our cities, the internet has become ...(展开全部)

霍尔丹博士从事职业咨询和求职研究五十多年了，是国际一流的权威。他创办了霍尔丹协会，提供遍及全球的职业和工作研究服务。他给许多大公司甚至一些国家的高级政府官撮提供咨询服务。他给北美和欧洲数以千记的管理培训人员讲授他的方法。今天，他倡导的方法被大多数 职业顾问所采用。本书呈现了霍尔丹对雇员如何赢得工作满意和职业成功，雇主如何赢得生产率增长的最新思考。