# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-a-kent
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:56:22.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-a-kent"
name: "Stephen A. Kent"
slug: "stephen-a-kent"
description: "Stephen A. Kent is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He researches new religious movements (NRMs), and has published research on several such groups including the Children of God, the Church of Scientology, and other NRMs in Canada."
tagline: "Canadian sociologist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
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livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://skent.ualberta.ca"
sources:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump