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Most cited papers in Catholicism and Religious Studies

Catholicism and Religious Studies

What are the most cited papers in Catholicism and Religious Studies?

The most cited paper in Catholicism and Religious Studies is "Democracy's discontent: America in search of a public philosophy" (Peter deLeon, 1997), with 640 citations. Next come "WHY WERE THE EARLY CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED?1" (261) and "New Catholic Encyclopedia" (246).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 35 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Democracy's discontent: America in search of a public philosophy Peter deLeon · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 1997 640
2 WHY WERE THE EARLY CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED?1 G. E. M. de Ste. Croix · Past & Present 1963 261
3 New Catholic Encyclopedia Stuart Hannabuss · Reference Reviews May 2003 246
4 The functions of epideictic: The Boston massacre orations as exemplar Celeste Michelle Condit · Communication Quarterly Sep 1985 170
5 American Catholics: A History of the Roman Catholic Community in the United States Robert Dougherty Cross, James Hennesey · Journal of American History Sep 1982 170
6 Scientists are still keeping the faith Edward J. Larson, Larry A. Witham · Nature Apr 1997 161
7 Thank You, St. Jude: Women's Devotion to the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes. James Hennesey, Robert S. Orsi · The American Historical Review Oct 1997 146
8 Catholic Identity: Balancing Reason, Faith, and Power David A. Yamane, Michele Dillon · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews 2001 139
9 Newman's Theory of Health as Praxis Margaret A. Newman · Nursing Science Quarterly Mar 1990 132
10 The Role of the Popes in the Invention of Complementarity and the Vatican’s Anathematization of Gender Mary Anne Case · Religion and Gender Open access 19 Feb 2016 117
11 An Analysis of Baccalaureate College Mission Statements Barrett J. Taylor, Christopher C. Morphew · Research in Higher Education 2 Feb 2010 106
12 University mission and identity for a post post‐public era Simon Marginson · Higher Education Research & Development Mar 2007 96
13 :Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850–1950 Michael Phayer · The American Historical Review Dec 2005 94
14 “Overcoming Peasant Backwardness”: The Khrushchev Antireligious Campaign and the Rural Soviet Union Andrew B. Stone · The Russian Review 7 Mar 2008 94
15 The Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America R. Kirby Godsey, William C. Ringenberg · The Journal of Higher Education Nov 1988 93
16 How Culture Mattered at Vatican II: Collegiality Trumps Authority in the Council's Social Movement Organizations Melissa J. Wilde · American Sociological Review Aug 2004 92
17 Vatican II: The Battle for Meaning S. J. Mark Bosco · Journal of the American Academy of Religion 18 Dec 2012 91
18 Transposing the Merton Thesis: Apostolic Spirituality and the Establishment of the Jesuit Scientific Tradition Steven J. Harris · Science in Context 1989 91
19 Parish School: American Catholic Parochial Education from Colonial Times to the Present Edward J. Power, Timothy Walch · History of Education Quarterly 1997 91
20 Who is the Good Entrepreneur? An Exploration within the Catholic Social Tradition Jeffrey R. Cornwall, Michael J. Naughton · Journal of Business Ethics Apr 2003 91
21 God's Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right Leo P. Ribuffo · Journal of American History Sep 2011 88
22 Some Early Reactions to Veritatis Splendor Richard A. McCormick · Theological Studies Sep 1994 86
23 THE VERY IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY: ARISTOTLE, NEWMAN, AND US Alasdair MacIntyre · British Journal of Educational Studies 30 Sep 2009 85
24 God's Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right Darren Dochuk · Journal of Church and State 27 Sep 2011 82
25 The Education of Catholic Americans Robert McNamara, Andrew M. Greeley, Peter H. Rossi · Sociological Analysis 1966 80
26 A New Eyewitness Account of the Fourth Lateran Council Stephan Kuttner, Antonio García y García · Traditio 1964 73
27 Profit and More: Catholic Social Teaching and the Purpose of the Firm Andrew V. Abela · Journal of Business Ethics May 2001 73
28 The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany, by Guenter Lewy Raúl Hilberg · Political Science Quarterly Dec 1965 72
29 Angel Pope and Papal Antichrist Bernard McGinn · Church History Jun 1978 72
30 American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church. Paula M. Kane, CHARLES R. MORRIS · Journal of American History Sep 1999 70
31 The Modern University and Its Discontents: The Fate of Newman's Legacies in Britain and America Malcolm H. Campbell, Sheldon Rothblatt · History of Education Quarterly Open access 1999 70
32 Theology's Great Sin: Silence in the Face of White Supremacy James H. Cone · Black Theology Open access Jul 2004 70
33 The Role of Martyrdom and Persecution in Developing the Priestly Authority of Women in Early Christianity: A Case Study of Montanism Frederick C. Klawiter · Church History Sep 1980 67
34 Education: Commodity or public good?1 Gerald R. Grace · British Journal of Educational Studies Aug 1989 65
35 SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND THE MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS Margaret Gorman, Joseph Duffy, Margaret E. Heffernan · Religious Education Jun 1994 64
36 Ministers of Culture: Arnold, Huxley and Liberal Anglican Reform of Learning PAUL DUDLEY WHITE · History of Science Jun 2005 64
37 Inquiry and Inquisition: Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities William J. Courtenay · Church History Jun 1989 63
38 “She offered herself up”: The Victim Soul and Victim Spirituality in Catholicism Paula M. Kane · Church History Mar 2002 61
39 John Henry Newman: A biography Terry R. Wright · History of European Ideas 1991 60
40 The Culture of Catholic Schools James L. Heft · Catholic education/Catholic education (Dayton, Ohio. Online) Open access Sep 1997 59
41 The Church and Politics in Chile: Challenges to Modern Catholicism Harold Blakemore, Brian H. Smith · The History Teacher May 1984 59
42 Newman After a Hundred Years Alasdair MacIntyre · Philosophical Books Jul 1991 58
43 The Idea of a Christian University: Essays on Theology and Higher Education Jeff Astley, Leslie J. Francis, John F Sullivan et al. 2004 57
44 Learning for Its Own Sake: The German University as Nineteenth-Century Model Lenore O’Boyle · Comparative Studies in Society and History 1983 57
45 Breaking Bread: The Catholic Worker and the Origin of Catholic Radicalism in America David John O'Brien, Mel Piehl · Journal of American History Sep 1984 56
46 The Rhetoric of Science in The Rise of Christianity: A Response to Rodney Stark's Sociological Account of Christianization Todd E. Klutz · Journal of early Christian studies Jun 1998 56
47 The Catholic "Consistent Life Ethic" and Attitudes toward Capital Punishment and Welfare Reform Paul M. Perl, Jamie S. McClintock · Sociology of Religion 2001 56
48 How Public Confidence in Higher Education Varies by Social Context David Roland Johnson, Jared L. Peifer · The Journal of Higher Education 3 Apr 2017 55
49 Global Catholicism and the Politics of Civil Society José Casanova · Sociological Inquiry Jul 1996 52
50 BEFORE THE ORIGINAL POSITION: The Neo‐Orthodox Theology of the Young John Rawls Eric Gregory · Journal of Religious Ethics 10 May 2007 52

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