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Rodney Stark: Works, Research, Career & Science
Rodney William Stark (July 8, 1934 – July 21, 2022) was an American sociologist of religion who was a longtime professor of sociology and of comparative religion at the University of Washington. At the time of his death he was the Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, co-director of the university's Institute for Studies of…
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Rodney Stark topic overview
The analysis highlights Works, Research, Career and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Rodney Stark.
Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
86
Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Career and research · 21 topics
Selected works · 12 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Early life and education · 7 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
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Alma mater
University of Denver · University of California, Berkeley
Born
Rodney William Stark (1934-07-08)July 8, 1934 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States
Died
July 21, 2022(2022-07-21) (aged 88) Woodway, Texas, United States
Discipline
Religious studies · sociology
Influenced
Dana Evan Kaplan
Institutions
University of Washington · Baylor University
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
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How Rodney Stark connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Rodney Stark shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Rodney Stark → Archived, Becoming, Conversion, Cults, Darwin, Deviant Perspective American Sociological, Fable, Fact, John Lofland, Jon, Martin's Press, Meridian Magazine, New York, Of Churches, On Theory-Driven Methods, One America, Part, Preliminary Concepts, Religion, Religious Experience Another extracted example is Rodney Stark → Bryan, Capitalism, December, Freedom, Higher Education, How Christianity, How Christianity Led, Ideas Archived, ISBN, January, John Wiley, Led, Lehman, Rational Choice, Reason, Religion, Rodney Stark Archived, Science, Sociology, Sons. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Rodney Stark
Top relations
related to Articles· 38
Rodney Stark → Archived, Becoming, Conversion, Cults, Darwin, Deviant Perspective American Sociological, Fable, Fact, John Lofland, Jon, Martin's Press, Meridian Magazine, New York, Of Churches, On Theory-Driven Methods, One America, Part, Preliminary Concepts, Religion, Religious Experience
related to Further reading· 31
Rodney Stark → Bryan, Capitalism, December, Freedom, Higher Education, How Christianity, How Christianity Led, Ideas Archived, ISBN, January, John Wiley, Led, Lehman, Rational Choice, Reason, Religion, Rodney Stark Archived, Science, Sociology, Sons
Notable works· 3
Rodney Stark → The Churching of America, 1776–1990 (1990), The Rise of Christianity (1996), The Rise of Mormonism (2005)
Alma mater· 2
Rodney Stark → University of California, Berkeley, University of Denver
Discipline· 2
Rodney Stark → Religious studies, sociology
Institutions· 2
Rodney Stark → Baylor University, University of Washington
Sub-discipline· 2
Rodney Stark → Comparative religion, sociology of religion
Born· 1
Rodney Stark → Rodney William Stark (1934-07-08)July 8, 1934 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States
Died· 1
Rodney Stark → July 21, 2022(2022-07-21) (aged 88) Woodway, Texas, United States
Influenced· 1
Rodney Stark → Dana Evan Kaplan
Important terminology
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Rodney Stark relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 86 structured relationships around Rodney Stark. Examples in this analysis include Rodney Stark → Alma mater → University of Denver and Rodney Stark → Alma mater → University of California, Berkeley. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
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Alma mater
University of Denver
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Rodney Stark
Alma mater
University of California, Berkeley
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Rodney Stark
Born
Rodney William Stark (1934-07-08)July 8, 1934 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States
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Rodney Stark
Died
July 21, 2022(2022-07-21) (aged 88) Woodway, Texas, United States
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Rodney Stark
Discipline
Religious studies
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Rodney Stark
Discipline
sociology
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Rodney Stark
Influenced
Dana Evan Kaplan
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Rodney Stark
Institutions
University of Washington
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Rodney Stark
Institutions
Baylor University
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Rodney Stark
Notable ideas
Stark–Bainbridge theory of religion
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Rodney Stark
Notable works
The Churching of America, 1776–1990 (1990)
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Rodney Stark
Notable works
The Rise of Christianity (1996)
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Rodney Stark
Notable works
The Rise of Mormonism (2005)
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Rodney Stark
Sub-discipline
Comparative religion
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Rodney Stark
Sub-discipline
sociology of religion
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Rodney Stark
Thesis
Police riots: collective violence and law enforcement (1971)
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Rodney Stark
Website
www.rodneystark.com
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Rodney Stark bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Stark, American and William. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Rodney Stark, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Rodney Stark with Career and research. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
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Rodney Stark — Career and research· splits 31 ⟂ 22Rodney Stark — Selected works· splits 40 ⟂ 13Rodney Stark — Overview· splits 44 ⟂ 9Rodney Stark — Early life and education· splits 45 ⟂ 8
Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Rodney Stark
Nodes53
Edges52
Triples86
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1
Source & methodology
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