By Joshua Madden A&E Editor Trying to document the history of the world’s largest religion would be a difficult task for anyone, but Baylor Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences Dr. Rodney Stark decided to fit in all in a book around 500 pages long without sacrificing quality or accuracy. I’m happy to say that [...]

FIRST THINGS MAY 2011 Counting China’s Christians: There are as many Christians in China as there are members of the Communist Party. by Rodney Stark, Byron Johnson, and Carson Mencken Through much of the twentieth century, it was widely believed among Western intellectuals that the Chinese were immune to religion—an immunity that long preceded the [...]

Baylor Media Communications May 23, 2006 The John M. Templeton Foundation has awarded $1.7 million to Baylor University’s Center for Religious Inquiry Across Disciplines (CRIAD) to conduct a study on the spiritual beliefs and practices in China titled “An Empirical Study of Religions in China” (ESRIC). “This grant allows us the chance to produce scholarship [...]