Irving Hexham

1.7k total citations
51 papers, 742 citations indexed

About

Irving Hexham is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Irving Hexham has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 742 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Religious studies and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Irving Hexham's work include South African History and Culture (11 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (10 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers). Irving Hexham is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (11 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (10 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers). Irving Hexham collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa. Irving Hexham's co-authors include Dan O’Meara, Peter Kallaway, John Comaroff, Jean Comaroff, James A. Beckford, Norman Etherington, Carol Muller, Bryan Wilson, Ivan Karp and Karla Poewe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, The Canadian Journal of Sociology and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Irving Hexham

40 papers receiving 501 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irving Hexham Canada 12 456 142 102 95 92 51 742
Gerd Baumann Netherlands 10 782 1.7× 157 1.1× 144 1.4× 224 2.4× 42 0.5× 32 1.2k
Wolé Soyinka United States 20 419 0.9× 360 2.5× 118 1.2× 111 1.2× 75 0.8× 103 1.3k
Francis G. Hutchins United States 7 385 0.8× 188 1.3× 64 0.6× 200 2.1× 22 0.2× 18 774
Harvey Cox United States 10 427 0.9× 58 0.4× 72 0.7× 73 0.8× 180 2.0× 44 651
Robert A. Orsi Brazil 15 701 1.5× 175 1.2× 53 0.5× 203 2.1× 89 1.0× 55 987
Anne Firor Scott United States 17 436 1.0× 59 0.4× 81 0.8× 175 1.8× 38 0.4× 75 921
Matthew Engelke United Kingdom 19 761 1.7× 527 3.7× 79 0.8× 164 1.7× 101 1.1× 47 1.1k
Nell Irvin Painter United States 11 494 1.1× 91 0.6× 58 0.6× 116 1.2× 25 0.3× 41 831
Aimé Césaire France 14 514 1.1× 397 2.8× 127 1.2× 152 1.6× 304 3.3× 57 1.2k
Fawzia Afzal‐Khan United States 7 428 0.9× 143 1.0× 95 0.9× 190 2.0× 22 0.2× 24 855

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Fields of papers citing papers by Irving Hexham

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irving Hexham

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All Works

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Hexham, Irving, et al.. (2018). New Religions as Global Cultures. 1 indexed citations
2.
Poewe, Karla & Irving Hexham. (2015). Surprising Aryan Mediations between German Indology and Nazism: Research and the Adluri/Grünendahl Debate. International Journal of Hindu Studies. 19(3). 263–300.
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Poewe, Karla & Irving Hexham. (2005). Jakob Wilhelm Hauer's New Religion and National Socialism. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 20(2). 195–215. 3 indexed citations
4.
Becken, Hans-Jürgen, et al.. (2004). The Story of Isaiah Shembe, Vol. I: History and Traditions Centered on EkuphaKameni and Mount NhlangaKazi. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 37(1). 137–137. 4 indexed citations
5.
Hexham, Irving & Dan O’Meara. (1999). Forty Lost Years: The Apartheid State and the Politics of the National Party, 1948-1994. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(2/3). 503–503. 85 indexed citations
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Hexham, Irving & Karla Poewe. (1999). “Verfassungsfeindlich“: Church, State, And New Religions In Germany. Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 2(2). 208–227. 11 indexed citations
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Robbins, Thomas, Irving Hexham, & Karla Poewe. (1998). New Religions as Global Cultures: Making the Human Sacred. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 37(2). 375–375. 11 indexed citations
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Hexham, Irving, et al.. (1997). Moya: The Holy Spirit in an African Context. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 30(2). 482–482. 19 indexed citations
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Hexham, Irving, et al.. (1997). Living Faiths in South Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 29(3). 674–674. 22 indexed citations
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Hexham, Irving. (1997). Isaiah Shembe, Zulu Religious Leader. Religion. 27(4). 361–373. 1 indexed citations
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Etherington, Norman & Irving Hexham. (1996). The Scriptures of the Amanazaretha of Ekuphakameni: Selected Writings of the Zulu Prophets Isaiah and Londa Shembe. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 29(1). 214–214. 5 indexed citations
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Brinkerhoff, Merlin B., et al.. (1991). The Perception of Mormons by Rural Canadian Youth. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 30(4). 479–479. 2 indexed citations
13.
Hackett, Rosalind I. J., et al.. (1991). New Religious Movements in Nigeria. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 25(1). 136–136. 10 indexed citations
14.
Hughes, Kenneth, et al.. (1990). Book reviews. Social Dynamics. 16(2). 91–132. 1 indexed citations
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Hexham, Irving, et al.. (1989). Trapped in Apartheid: A Socio-Theological History of the English-Speaking Churches. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(3). 516–516. 6 indexed citations
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Hexham, Irving, et al.. (1989). An Appetite for Power: Buthelezi's Inkatha and South Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(2). 380–380. 2 indexed citations
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Guy, Jeff, Robert B. Edgerton, & Irving Hexham. (1989). Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(2). 357–357. 3 indexed citations
18.
Hexham, Irving. (1988). Texts on Zulu Religion: Traditional Zulu Ideas About God. 6 indexed citations
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Hexham, Irving & Peter Kallaway. (1987). Apartheid and Education. Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation. 12(2). 364–364. 62 indexed citations
20.
Hexham, Irving. (1982). Some Aspects of Religion and Spiritual Healing in Cultsville, a Contemporary North American City. Studies in Church History. 19. 415–429. 1 indexed citations

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