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Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Emily Thomas
Durham University
2
Alexandra Nagel
Twitter (United States)
3
Chris Adrian
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
4
Nikolay N. Podosokorsky
Russian Academy of Sciences
5
Kaiwen Jin
Sichuan University
6
Shai Feraro
Open University of Israel
7
Emily Thomas
Durham University
8
Nicole Bauer
Leibniz Association
9
Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
10
Mateo Sánchez Petrement
University of Amsterdam

Rising Stars Papers

1
Constance Naden’s Metaphysics: Hylo-Idealism’s Ideal Known World and Unknown Matter
Journal of the history of philosophy|2024
21 cit.
2
Nikolay Karamzin’s History in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot
Dostoevsky and World Culture Philological journal|2024
6 cit.
3
In Memory of Nina Fedotovna Budanova (1931–2024)
Dostoevsky and World Culture Philological journal|2024
2 cit.
4
In Memory of Valentina Alexandrovna Tvardovskaya (1931–2023)
Dostoevsky and World Culture Philological journal|2024
2 cit.
5
History in the Life and Work of F. M. Dostoevsky
Two centuries of the Russian classics|2024
2 cit.
6
Taking Our Own Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine|2024
2 cit.
7
The Boundaries of Existence: Mendelssohn's Proof in Light of Wolff and Boscovich
Journal of the history of philosophy|2024
1 cit.
8
Mikhail Katkov, Publisher of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky and World Culture Philological journal|2024
1 cit.
9
I.A. Krylov’s “Fables” in F.M. Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot
Studia Litterarum|2024
1 cit.
10
Results and Prospects of the International Online Conference “A Book in the Book,” in Memory of Alexander V. Mikhailov (1938–1995), October 2–4, 2023
Dostoevsky and World Culture Philological journal|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Alex Owen
Liverpool Hope University
2
Thomas Nail
University of Denver
3
Tyler J. Carrier
Kiel University
4
Helena Kupari
University of Eastern Finland
5
Stephen LeDrew
Memorial University of Newfoundland
6
Alina Coman
Transylvania University of Brașov
7
Aihe Wang
Purdue University West Lafayette
8
Roberto Sacco
Università Campus Bio-Medico
9
Thomas Cody Swift
Johns Hopkins University
10
Ethan Hurwitz
University of California San Diego

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Facing death, returning to life: A qualitative analysis of MDMA-assisted therapy for anxiety associated with life-threatening illness
Frontiers in Psychiatry|2022
14 cit.
2
New insight into highly efficient removal of tetracycline by calcined hydroxyapatite activated peroxymonosulfate: The role of calcium carbonate and phosphate group
Journal of Water Process Engineering|2023
12 cit.
3
What is COVID capitalism?
Distinktion Journal of Social Theory|2022
10 cit.
4
Recipients’ experience with information provision for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
BMC Psychiatry|2022
9 cit.
5
On the Spread of Microbes That Manipulate Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates
The American Naturalist|2022
7 cit.
6
The ethical imperative of trauma-sensitive care for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Journal of Mental Health|2023
6 cit.
7
The ambiguous role of materiality in transitions to Orthodox Christianity in contemporary Finland
Religion|2023
4 cit.
8
We Have Always Been Planetary
Environmental Philosophy|2022
3 cit.
9
Adsorption Performance of Glyphosate on Modified Shell Powder/Ce-N-Tio<sub>2</sub>
E3S Web of Conferences|2022
2 cit.
10
National Study on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing among Young People in Malta: Phase 1
European Psychiatry|2022
1 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Catherine Bell
The Alfred Hospital
2
Léo Marx
Debiopharm (Switzerland)
3
Keith Thomas
Science Oxford
4
Robert R. Redfield
University of California, Irvine
5
Stephen Katz
Trent University
6
Jeff Malpas
University of Tasmania
7
Andrew Strathern
University of Pittsburgh
8
Patricia A. Schoenrade
William Jewell College
9
Russell T. McCutcheon
University of Alabama
10
Max Weber
Heidelberg University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
The American Historical Review|1965
1.4k cit.
2
Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion|1999
1.4k cit.
3
Distress and Empathy: Two Qualitatively Distinct Vicarious Emotions with Different Motivational Consequences
Journal of Personality|1987
1.2k cit.
4
Methodology of the Social Sciences
British Journal of Sociology|1950
1.1k cit.
5
Magic, Science, and Religion and Other Essays.
The Philosophical Review|1948
1k cit.
6
Busy Bodies: Activity, aging, and the management of everyday life
Journal of Aging Studies|2000
709 cit.
7
Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism.
The Journal of Military History|1995
685 cit.
8
Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology
American Anthropologist|2005
682 cit.
9
Magic, Science and Religion.
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research|1949
678 cit.
10
The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
American Quarterly|1965
661 cit.

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