RNS STARK COLUMN

(RNS-AUG6) Rodney Stark’s new book, “God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades,” postulates that history has unfairly given the Crusades a bad rap.
For use with RNS-GOOD-CRUSADES, transmitted Aug. 6, 2009. Religion News Service photo courtesy of Baylor University.

(RNS-AUG6) Rodney Stark’s new book, “God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades,” postulates that history has unfairly given the Crusades a bad rap.
For use with RNS-GOOD-CRUSADES, transmitted Aug. 6, 2009. Religion News Service photo courtesy of Baylor University.

RNS STARK COLUMN

(RNS-AUG6) Rodney Stark’s new book, “God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades,” postulates that history has unfairly given the Crusades a bad rap.
For use with RNS-GOOD-CRUSADES, transmitted Aug. 6, 2009. Religion News Service photo courtesy of Baylor University.