One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism

"I recommend this book with uncommon enthusiasm. It will command great attention and will be debated for many years. More than that, it has the potential of laying new foundations for the whole study of religion. It will last."--Jeffrey Burton Russell, author of "A History of Heaven"

"This is a powerful book that covers an enormous amount of material and puts it within a framework that is elegant, simple, and easy to follow. Stark is in the first-instance a great writer, and this book shows it. It is a major contribution to the sociology of religion and is, perhaps, the first work since The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism to make a forceful argument regarding the consequences of religious beliefs."--John Simpson, University of Toronto