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Allan W. Eister

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14

Publications

607

Citations

13

H-Index

1957

Active since

Affiliations

University of New Mexico(Current)

Allan W. Eister is an author at University of New Mexico specializing in language studies, religion studies, and religious systems.

Top concepts

LanguageReligion StudiesReligious SystemsComparative ReligionChristian StudiesCultureSociologyAnthropologySpiritualityCritical Theory

Publications per year

1957–1977

14

Publications

14

Constructive Typology and Social Theory.

Allan W. Eister, John C. McKinney · American Sociological Review · 1967 · 264 citations

Social Theory, Sociology, Social Foundations +3

Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America

Allan W. Eister, Robert S. Elwood · Review of Religious Research · 1974 · 60 citations

Culture, Spiritual Practices, Spirituality +6

Toward a Radical Critique of Church-Sect Typologizing: Comment on "Some Critical Observations on the Church-Sect Dimension"

Allan W. Eister · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1967 · 53 citations

Critical Observations, Religion Studies, Christian Practice +7

An Outline of a Structural Theory of Cults

Allan W. Eister · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1972 · 37 citations

Culture, Structural Theory, Cultural Structure

Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion.

Carroll J. Bourg, Allan W. Eister · Social Forces · 1975 · 29 citations

Religion Studies, Religiosity, Spirituality +5

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