Religion imagery
Stark and Finke use imagery to describe their issue with the social scientific reading of religion. They use language such as "unreasonable" and irrational," in order to emphasize the prevailing attitudes towards religion in the realm of social science.
Enlightenment imagery
In order to describe the attitudes towards religion during the Enlightenment era, Stark and Finke use imagery. For example, they describe how social science is a "child" of the Enlightenment, meaning it followed on from it and utilized a lot of the same ideas. Another use of imagery is the use of language such as "false" and "wicked," in order to show the dismissal of religion by social science.
Thomas Hobbes imagery
In the text, Stark and Finke quote the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, and his arguments about religion. For example, Hobbes dismissed all religion as "credulity," "ignorance" and "lies," and also argued that Gods are only "creatures of their own fancy." As such, this imagery makes it clear what his attitudes towards religion were.
