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  1. “Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain”: A Critique of the Rational Choice Approach to Religion

    Article • Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, August 2022, De Gruyter

    Dr James V Spickard

  2. The Porcupine Tango: What Ethnography Can and Cannot Do for Theologians

    Article • Ecclesial Practices, November 2016, Brill

    Dr James V Spickard

  3. Crafting Culture: ‘Tradition,’ Art, and Music in Disney's “It's A Small World”

    Article • The Journal of Popular Culture, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr James V Spickard

  4. Diversity Versus Pluralism? Notes from the American Experience

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr James V Spickard

  5. Faith, Hope, and Regulative Ideals: Epistemological Reflexivity in the Sociology of Religion

    Article • January 2012, Brill

    Dr James V Spickard

  6. Does Taves reconsider experience enough? A critical commentary onreligious experience reconsidered

    Article • Religion, October 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr James V Spickard

  7. Religion Crossing Boundaries

    Article • August 2010, De Gruyter

    Dr James V Spickard

  8. Introduction: Africa, The New African Diaspora, And Religious Transnationalism In A Global World

    Article • January 2010, De Gruyter

    Dr James V Spickard

  9. ‘Religion’ in global culture: New directions in an increasingly self-conscious world

    Article • January 2007, Brill

    Dr James V Spickard

  10. Ritual, Symbol, and Experience: Understanding Catholic Worker House Masses

    Article • Sociology of Religion, January 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr James V Spickard

  11. Charting the Inward Journey: Applying Blackmore's Model to Meditative Religious Experiences

    Article • Archive for the Psychology of Religion, January 2004, SAGE Publications

    Dr James V Spickard

  12. Globalization and Religious Organizations: Rethinking the Relationship Between Church, Culture, and Market

    Article • International Journal of Politics Culture and Society, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr James V Spickard

  13. CULTURAL CONTEXT AND THE DEFINITION OF RELIGION: SEEING WITH CONFUCIAN EYES

    Article • January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr James V Spickard

  14. DISCIPLINARY CONFLICT IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION: ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, AND "LINES IN THE SAND"

    Article • Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, June 2002, Brill

    Dr James V Spickard

  15. Rethinking Religious Social Action: What Is "Rational" about Rational-Choice Theory?

    Article • Sociology of Religion, January 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr James V Spickard

  16. A revised functionalism in the sociology of religion: Mary Douglas's recent work

    Article • Religion, April 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Dr James V Spickard

  17. Experiencing Religious Rituals: A Schutzian Analysis of Navajo Ceremonies

    Article • Sociological Analysis, January 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr James V Spickard

  18. Steps toward a Sociology of Religious Experience: The Theories of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Alfred Schutz

    Article • Sociological Analysis, January 1990, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr James V Spickard

  19. A Guide to Mary Douglas's Three Versions of Grid/Group Theory

    Article • Sociological Analysis, January 1989, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr James V Spickard

  20. Environmental Variation and the Plausibility of Religion: A California Indian Example

    Article • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, September 1987, JSTOR

    Dr James V Spickard

  21. Animal Rights Language and the Public Policy

    Article • Between the Species An Online Journal for the Study of Philosophy and Animals, April 1987, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly

    Dr James V Spickard

  22. Phenomenology

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Dr James V Spickard

  23. 54. Ethnography/Religion

    Article • Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr James V Spickard

  24. Douglas, Mary (1921–2007)

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr James V Spickard

  25. Global Migration

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr James V Spickard

  26. Micro Qualitative Approaches to the Sociology of Religion: Phenomenologies, Interviews, Narratives, and Ethnographies

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr James V Spickard

  27. For a Sociology of Religious Experience

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr James V Spickard