# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodney-stark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:20.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodney-stark"
name: "Rodney Stark"
slug: "rodney-stark"
description: "Rodney William Stark was an American sociologist of religion who was a longtime professor of sociology and of comparative religion at the University of Washington. At the time of his death he was the Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, co-director of the university's Institute for Studies of Religion, and founding editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion."
tagline: "American sociologist of religion (1934–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-07-08"
deathDate: "2022-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.rodneystark.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump