SOCIOLOGIST

Rodney Stark

1934 - 2022

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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 Religion, and founding editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. Stark had written over 30 books, including The Rise of Christianity (1996), and more than 140 scholarly articles on subjects as diverse as prejudice, crime, suicide, and city life in ancient Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodney Stark has received more than 300,696 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rodney Stark is the 77th most popular sociologist, the 10,469th most popular biography from United States and the 26th most popular American Sociologist.

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  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Rodney Stark ranks 77 out of 79. Before him are Margaret Archer, Theda Skocpol, John Urry, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Ralph Miliband, and Loïc Wacquant. After him are Grażyna Gęsicka, and John Bellamy Foster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Rodney Stark ranks 504. Before him are Stanton T. Friedman, David Halberstam, Juan Manuel Bordeu, Nikola Kovachev, Ahmad NikTalab, and James Flynn. After him are Gábor Novák, Jaime Belmonte, Miroslav Koranda, Peter Schamoni, Alan Garner, and Buta Singh. Among people deceased in 2022, Rodney Stark ranks 551. Before him are George Woods, Robert Blust, Jorge Fons, Patricia A. McKillip, Robert Gordon, and Yury Zaitsev. After him are Josephine Tewson, Adriana Hoffmann, Vic Elford, Héctor Pulido, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, and Adolfas Šleževičius.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rodney Stark ranks 10,469 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Walker (1940), Reg E. Cathey (1958), Robert Spitzer (1932), James Flynn (1934), Ed Powers (1954), and Paul Johansson (1964). After him are Gregory Porter (1971), Tracie Thoms (1975), Gene Saks (1921), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Janeane Garofalo (1964), and Mick Garris (1951).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Rodney Stark ranks 26. Before him are Erik Olin Wright (1947), Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947), George Ritzer (1940), Robert Nisbet (1913), Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940), and Theda Skocpol (1947). After him are John Bellamy Foster (1953).

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