# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-juergensmeyer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:35:21.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-juergensmeyer"
name: "Mark Juergensmeyer"
slug: "mark-juergensmeyer"
description: "Mark Juergensmeyer is an American sociologist and scholar specialized in global studies and religious studies, and a writer best known for his studies on comparative religion, religious violence, and global religion. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow and Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College."
tagline: "American historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unka_Mark_portrait_square%2C_2015-03-28.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Writers"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://juergensmeyer.org"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump