Most cited papers in Religion and Society Interactions
What are the most cited papers in Religion and Society Interactions?
The most cited paper in Religion and Society Interactions is "Foundations of Social Theory" (Frederick C. Gamst, 1991), with 8,033 citations. Next come "Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy" (7,088) and "Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation" (6,567).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 666 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foundations of Social Theory Frederick C. Gamst · Anthropology of Work Review | Sep 1991 | 8,033 |
| 2 | Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy Seymour Martin Lipset · American Political Science Review | Mar 1959 | 7,088 |
| 3 | Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation David A. Snow, E. Burke Rochford, Steven K. Worden et al. · American Sociological Review | Aug 1986 | 6,567 |
| 4 | Modernization, cultural change, and democracy the human development sequence Ronald F. Inglehart, Christian Welzel | 2005 | 3,725 |
| 5 | Two Faces of Power Peter Bachrach, Morton S. Baratz · American Political Science Review | Dec 1962 | 3,387 |
| 6 | Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice James V. Spickard, Catherine Bell · Sociology of Religion | 1993 | 3,370 |
| 7 | Handbook of Religion and Health Harold George Koenig, Michael E. McCullough, David B. Larson · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | May 2004 | 3,270 |
| 8 | Coloniality of Power and Eurocentrism in Latin America Aníbal Quijano · International Sociology | Jun 2000 | 3,084 |
| 9 | Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women? A Contingent "Yes" Jane Jebb Mansbridge · The Journal of Politics | Aug 1999 | 2,946 |
| 10 | The narrative constitution of identity: A relational and network approach Margaret R. Somers · Theory and Society | Oct 1994 | 2,938 |
| 11 | Beyond SES: A Resource Model of Political Participation Henry E. Brady, Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman · American Political Science Review | Jun 1995 | 2,920 |
| 12 | The Logic of Violence in Civil War Stathis N. Kalyvas · Cambridge University Press eBooks | May 2006 | 2,430 |
| 13 | Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications Harold George Koenig · ISRN Psychiatry | 16 Dec 2012 | 2,410 |
| 14 | Sacred and secular religion and politics worldwide Pippa Norris, Ronald F. Inglehart | 2004 | 2,254 |
| 15 | Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity Michael Lambek · American Anthropologist | 23 May 2005 | 2,190 |
| 16 | The Moral Foundations of Trust Eric M. Uslaner · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2005 | 2,064 |
| 17 | Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of religion and spirituality: Implications for physical and mental health research. Peter C. Hill, Kenneth I. Pargäment · American Psychologist | 2003 | 1,942 |
| 18 | On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough * Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano, Nathan Nunn · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 20 Feb 2013 | 1,895 |
| 19 | The agent-structure problem in international relations theory Alexander E. Wendt · International Organization | 1987 | 1,875 |
| 20 | The Limits of the State: Beyond Statist Approaches and their Critics Timothy F. Mitchell · American Political Science Review | Mar 1991 | 1,830 |
| 21 | People's opium? Religion and economic attitudes Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales · Journal of Monetary Economics | 2003 | 1,714 |
| 22 | The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge Donald W. Light, Peter Ludwig Berger, Thomas Luckmann · Sociological Analysis | 1967 | 1,635 |
| 23 | Toward a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change, and Civil War, 1816–1992 Håvard Hegre · American Political Science Review | Mar 2001 | 1,631 |
| 24 | Religious coping and psychological adjustment to stress: A meta-analysis Gene G. Ano, Erin B. Vasconcelles · Journal of Clinical Psychology | 2005 | 1,624 |
| 25 | Conceptualizing Religion and Spirituality: Points of Commonality, Points of Departure Peter C. Hill, Kenneth II. Pargament, Ralph W. Hood et al. · Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour | Mar 2000 | 1,622 |
| 26 | Introduction to the Economics of Religion Laurence R. Iannaccone · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics | 1998 | 1,585 |
| 27 | Religion and Spirituality: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy Brian J. Zinnbauer, Kenneth I. Pargäment, Brenda S. Cole et al. · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | Dec 1997 | 1,542 |
| 28 | Spiritual Well-Being: Conceptualization and Measurement Craig W. Ellison · Journal of Psychology and Theology | Dec 1983 | 1,495 |
| 29 | Religious Involvement and Subjective Well-Being Christopher G. Ellison · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Mar 1991 | 1,486 |
| 30 | The Religion-Health Connection: Evidence, Theory, and Future Directions Christopher G. Ellison, Jeffrey S. Levin · Health Education & Behavior | Dec 1998 | 1,474 |
| 31 | Religion in the Public Sphere Jürgen Habermas · European Journal of Philosophy | 14 Mar 2006 | 1,447 |
| 32 | Research on Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health: A Review Harold George Koenig · The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | May 2009 | 1,437 |
| 33 | Spirituality, religion, and health: An emerging research field. William R. Miller, Carl E. Thoresen · American Psychologist | 2003 | 1,434 |
| 34 | The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art Brian Steensland, Lynn D. Robinson, W. Bradford Wilcox et al. · Social Forces | Sep 2000 | 1,375 |
| 35 | Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology Werner Stark, Max Weber, Guenther Roth et al. · Sociological Analysis | 1970 | 1,330 |
| 36 | The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Donald A. Nielsen, Émile Durkheim, Karen E. Fields · Sociology of Religion | 1996 | 1,318 |
| 37 | Why Strict Churches Are Strong Laurence R. Iannaccone · American Journal of Sociology | Mar 1994 | 1,317 |
| 38 | Ethnicity without groups Rogers Brubaker · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 11 Nov 2004 | 1,303 |
| 39 | Motivation and Justification: A Dual‐Process Model of Culture in Action Stephen Vaisey · American Journal of Sociology | May 2009 | 1,294 |
| 40 | Being Human: The Problem of Agency Ulf Himmelstrand, Margaret Scotford Archer · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | May 2002 | 1,292 |
| 41 | When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God Tanya Marie Luhrmann | 27 Mar 2012 | 1,220 |
| 42 | Religion and Economic Growth across Countries Robert J. Barro, Rachel M. McCleary · American Sociological Review | Oct 2003 | 1,190 |
| 43 | Religiousness and depression: Evidence for a main effect and the moderating influence of stressful life events. Timothy B. Smith, Michael E. McCullough, Justin Poll · Psychological Bulletin | 19 Jun 2003 | 1,158 |
| 44 | Globalization and Religious Nationalism: Self, Identity, and the Search for Ontological Security Catarina Kinnvall · Political Psychology | 3 Sep 2004 | 1,141 |
| 45 | Introducing Archigos: A Dataset of Political Leaders Hein E. Goemans, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Giacomo Chiozza · Journal of Peace Research | 25 Feb 2009 | 1,141 |
| 46 | The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL): A Five-Item Measure for Use in Epidemological Studies Harold George Koenig, Arndt Büssing · Religions | Dec 2010 | 1,131 |
| 47 | "Beyond the Melting Pot": Cultural Transmission, Marriage, and the Evolution of Ethnic and Religious Traits* Alberto Bisin, Thierry Verdier · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 2000 | 1,130 |
| 48 | Religion, Social Networks, and Life Satisfaction Chaeyoon Lim, Robert D. Putnam · American Sociological Review | Dec 2010 | 1,115 |
| 49 | Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic Sheri Berman · World Politics | Apr 1997 | 1,102 |
| 50 | A Complete Data Set of Political Regimes, 1800–2007 Carles Boix, Michael K. Miller, Sebastian Rosato · Comparative Political Studies | 26 Nov 2012 | 1,102 |
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