Author

Allan W. Eister

Observed names: A. W. Eister, A.W. Eister

Observed institutions: Southern Methodist University, Wellesley College

OpenAlex ID: A5045465368

Constructive Typology and Social Theory.

1967 · Allan W. Eister, John C. McKinney · American Sociological Review · 259

Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America

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

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

1967 · Allan W. Eister · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 52

An Outline of a Structural Theory of Cults

1972 · Allan W. Eister · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 38

Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion.

1975 · Carroll J. Bourg, Allan W. Eister · Social Forces · 28

New Heaven, New Earth: A Study of Millenarian Activities

1977 · Allan W. Eister, Kenelm Burridge · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 26

Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion

1976 · Earl D. C. Brewer, Allan W. Eister · Review of Religious Research · 26

Religion and Regime: A Sociological Account of the Reformation.

1968 · Allan W. Eister, Guy E. Swanson · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · 23

The Sociology of Religion: A Study of Christendom

1968 · Allan W. Eister, Werner Stark · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 19

Religious Institutions in Complex Societies: Difficulties in the Theoretic Specification of Functions

1957 · Allan W. Eister · American Sociological Review · 16

Modern Dogma and the Rhetoric of Assent

1975 · Allan W. Eister, Wayne C. Booth · Sociological Analysis · 15

Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion

1975 · Myer S. Reed, Allan W. Eister · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 14

The Influence of Islam upon Africa

1970 · Allan W. Eister, J. Spencer Trimingham · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 14

Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion

1975 · Patrick H. McNamara, Allan W. Eister · Sociological Analysis · 10

Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion

1975 · Allan W. Eister, Oliver R. Whitley, et al. · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 9

Changing Perspectives in the Scientific Study of Religion

1975 · Robert Towler, Allan W. Eister, et al. · British Journal of Sociology · 4

Evalutions of Selected Jobs and Occupations by University Students in a Developing Country: Pakistan

1965 · A. W. Eister · Social Forces · 3

Perspective on the Functions of Religion in a Developing Country: Islam in Pakistan

1964 · Allan W. Eister · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 3

A Comparative Study of Religious Cult Behavior Among Negroes with Special Reference to Emotional Group Conditioning Factors.

1941 · Allan W. Eister, Raymond Julius Jones · American Sociological Review · 3

Types of Religious Man. Volume IV of The Sociology of Religion: A Study of Christendom.

1971 · Allan W. Eister, Werner Stark · American Sociological Review · 2

Brief survey report on Youth and Religion in the United States

1967 · A.W. Eister · Archives de sociologie des religions · 2

Empirical Research on Religion and Society: A Brief Survey of Some Fruitful Lines of Inquiry

1965 · Allan W. Eister · Review of Religious Research · 2

Perspectives sur les fonctions de la religion dans un pays en voie de développement : l'Islam au Pakistan

1963 · A.W. Eister · Archives de sociologie des religions · 2

Religion and Science in A.D. 1977: Conflict? Accommodation? Mutual Indifference? Or What?

1978 · Allan W. Eister · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1

THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION. By Thomas F. O'Dea. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 120 pp. Cloth, $3.95; paper, $1.50

1966 · A. W. Eister · Social Forces · 1

Works count: 43

Citation count: 634

H-index: 13

I10-index: 14