James V. Spickard

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James V. Spickard is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, James V. Spickard has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Philosophy and 13 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in James V. Spickard's work include Religion and Society Interactions (50 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (27 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 papers). James V. Spickard is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (50 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (27 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 papers). James V. Spickard collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. James V. Spickard's co-authors include Catherine Bell, John Heritage, Harold Garfinkel, Mary Douglas, Lawrence A. Young, Mary Jo Neitz, Steven Ney, Paul Heelas, Grace Davie and Linda Woodhead and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

James V. Spickard

65 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice

1993 1.3k citations James V. Spickard et al. Sociology of Religion profile →
Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology

1987 1.0k citations James V. Spickard et al. Sociological Analysis profile →

Peers

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Charles L. Briggs United States

Geoffrey M. White United States

Catherine Lutz United States

Andrew Smith United States

Webb Keane United States

Andrew Strathern United States

Dorothy Holland United States

Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo United States

Mary Louise Pratt United States

Naomi Quinn United States

Charles L. Briggs United States

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1.5k ×2.4

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819 ×1.8

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383 ×1.1

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542 ×1.6

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Fields of papers citing papers by James V. Spickard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James V. Spickard

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Spickard, James V.. (2017). Alternative Sociologies of Religion. 27 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (2017). Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 14 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (2017). Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism.

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Spickard, James V.. (2016). Understanding Medjugorje: A Khaldunian Approach to a Marian Apparition. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 277–298. 1 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (2015). Sex, Death, and Witchcraft: A Contemporary Pagan Festival. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 30(3). 555–557. 1 indexed citations

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Verbiest, Sarah, et al.. (2015). Participatory group prenatal education using photonovels: Evaluation of a lay health educator model with low-income Latinas.. PubMed. 7. 5 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (2013). Rethinking Secularism. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 28(1). 155–157. 105 indexed citations

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Pettinicchio, David, et al.. (2011). The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion. Sociology of Religion. 72(2). 238–249. 26 indexed citations

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Adogame, Afe & James V. Spickard. (2010). Religion Crossing Boundaries. 22 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (2010). Does Taves reconsider experience enough? A critical commentary onreligious experience reconsidered. Religion. 40(4). 311–313. 3 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (2005). Ritual, Symbol, and Experience: Understanding Catholic Worker House Masses. Sociology of Religion. 66(4). 337–337. 12 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (2004). Globalization and Religious Organizations: Rethinking the Relationship Between Church, Culture, and Market. International Journal of Politics Culture and Society. 18(1-2). 47–63. 13 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V. & James A. Beckford. (2004). Social Theory and Religion. Sociology of Religion. 65(4). 417–417. 7 indexed citations

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McGuire, Meredith B. & James V. Spickard. (2002). Narratives of Commitment: Social Activism and Radical Catholic Identity. Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion. 2 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V., et al.. (2002). Personal Knowledge and beyond: Reshaping the Ethnography of Religion. Review of Religious Research. 44(2). 206–206. 21 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (1999). Human Rights, Religious Conflict, and Globalisation. Ultimate Values in a New World Order. 1 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (1998). Rethinking Religious Social Action: What Is "Rational" about Rational-Choice Theory?. Sociology of Religion. 59(2). 99–99. 35 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V.. (1995). Body, Nature and Culture in Spiritual Healing. 5 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V., et al.. (1989). The Social Organization of Zen Practice: Constructing Transcultural Reality. Sociological Analysis. 50(4). 435–435. 3 indexed citations

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Spickard, James V. & Irene Silverblatt. (1988). Moon, Sun and Witches: Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 27(4). 658–658. 5 indexed citations

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