Allan W. Eister

637 total citations
23 papers, 384 citations indexed

About

Allan W. Eister is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan W. Eister has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 384 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Philosophy and 7 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Allan W. Eister's work include Religion and Society Interactions (13 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (7 papers) and Mormonism, Religion, and History (6 papers). Allan W. Eister is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (13 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (7 papers) and Mormonism, Religion, and History (6 papers). Allan W. Eister collaborates with scholars based in United States. Allan W. Eister's co-authors include John C. McKinney, K. O. L. Burridge, Guy E. Swanson, Carroll J. Bourg, Werner Stark, Wayne C. Booth, Patrick H. McNamara, J. Spencer Trimingham and Robert Towler and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces and Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Allan W. Eister

21 papers receiving 268 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allan W. Eister United States	11	206	51	51	47	29	23	384
Ephraim H. Mizruchi United States	9	281 1.4×	79 1.5×	27 0.5×	23 0.5×	12 0.4×	18	473
Marco Orrú United States	8	187 0.9×	72 1.4×	12 0.2×	15 0.3×	20 0.7×	15	365
Carl Gersuny United States	9	256 1.2×	124 2.4×	13 0.3×	13 0.3×	14 0.5×	32	505
Norman Birnbaum United States	9	390 1.9×	165 3.2×	15 0.3×	30 0.6×	14 0.5×	45	700
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein United States	12	369 1.8×	169 3.3×	21 0.4×	27 0.6×	29 1.0×	31	563
Michael Lessnoff United Kingdom	10	148 0.7×	111 2.2×	11 0.2×	28 0.6×	8 0.3×	22	360
Robert V. Kemper United States	10	387 1.9×	64 1.3×	14 0.3×	14 0.3×	56 1.9×	50	610
Chaim I. Waxman United States	12	459 2.2×	93 1.8×	27 0.5×	29 0.6×	13 0.4×	64	613
François Bourricaud France	11	198 1.0×	83 1.6×	8 0.2×	11 0.2×	16 0.6×	49	400
Jacques Godbout Canada	11	267 1.3×	45 0.9×	13 0.3×	15 0.3×	26 0.9×	62	439

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Eister, Allan W.. (1978). Religion and Science in A.D. 1977: Conflict? Accommodation? Mutual Indifference? Or What?. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 17(4). 347–347. 1 indexed citations

Eister, Allan W., et al.. (1976). Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion. Review of Religious Research. 17(2). 176–176. 18 indexed citations

McNamara, Patrick H. & Allan W. Eister. (1975). Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion. Sociological Analysis. 36(2). 175–175. 5 indexed citations

Towler, Robert, et al.. (1975). Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion. British Journal of Sociology. 26(1). 117–117. 3 indexed citations

Eister, Allan W., et al.. (1975). Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 14(3). 309–309. 6 indexed citations

Bourg, Carroll J. & Allan W. Eister. (1975). Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion.. Social Forces. 54(2). 491–491. 11 indexed citations

Eister, Allan W., et al.. (1975). Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 14(1). 74–74. 6 indexed citations

Eister, Allan W., et al.. (1974). Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America. Review of Religious Research. 15(2). 109–109. 32 indexed citations

Eister, Allan W.. (1972). An Outline of a Structural Theory of Cults. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 11(4). 319–319. 29 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W. & Werner Stark. (1971). Types of Religious Man. Volume IV of The Sociology of Religion: A Study of Christendom.. American Sociological Review. 36(4). 734–734. 2 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W. & J. Spencer Trimingham. (1970). The Influence of Islam upon Africa. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 9(2). 178–178. 5 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W. & Guy E. Swanson. (1968). Religion and Regime: A Sociological Account of the Reformation.. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 9(3). 269–269. 15 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W. & Werner Stark. (1968). The Sociology of Religion: A Study of Christendom. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 7(2). 294–294. 10 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W.. (1967). Toward a Radical Critique of Church-Sect Typologizing: Comment on "Some Critical Observations on the Church-Sect Dimension". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 6(1). 85–85. 13 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W. & John C. McKinney. (1967). Constructive Typology and Social Theory.. American Sociological Review. 32(3). 515–515. 184 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W.. (1966). THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION. By Thomas F. O'Dea. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 120 pp. Cloth, $3.95; paper, $1.50. Social Forces. 45(2). 312a–313. 1 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W.. (1965). Evalutions of Selected Jobs and Occupations by University Students in a Developing Country: Pakistan. Social Forces. 44(1). 66–73. 1 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W.. (1964). Values, Sociology and the Sociologists. Sociological Analysis. 25(2). 108–108. 1 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W.. (1964). Perspective on the Functions of Religion in a Developing Country: Islam in Pakistan. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 3(2). 227–227. 2 indexed citations

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Eister, Allan W.. (1957). Religious Institutions in Complex Societies: Difficulties in the Theoretic Specification of Functions. American Sociological Review. 22(4). 387–387. 10 indexed citations

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