Rodney Stark
American sociologist
Rodney William Stark was an American sociologist of religion who was a longtime professor of sociology and of comparative religion at the University of Washington. Wikipedia
Born: July 8, 1934, Jamestown, ND
Died: July 21, 2022 (age 88 years), Woodway, TX
Affiliation: Baylor University
Institutions: University of Washington; Baylor University
Notable ideas: Stark–Bainbridge theory of religion
Notable works: The Churching of America, 1776–1990 (1990); The Rise of Christianity (1996); The Rise of Mormonism (2005)