'''Rodney Stark''' is "one of the world’s most respected [[sociologist]]s of [[religion]]." <ref>[http://www.jknirp.com/stark.htm An Interview With Rodney Stark]</ref>.
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'''Rodney Stark''' is "one of the world’s most respected [[sociologist]]s of [[religion]]." <ref>[http://www.jknirp.com/stark.htm An Interview With Rodney Stark]</ref>. Stark has studied the phenomenon of [[conversion]] scientifically. <ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8294(199009)29%3A3%3C362%3ARSTBY%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B Rodney Stark: The Berkeley Years] - Armand L. Mauss - ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1990), pp. 362-366</ref>
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Stark has studied the phenomenon of [[conversion]] scientifically. <ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8294(199009)29%3A3%3C362%3ARSTBY%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B Rodney Stark: The Berkeley Years] - Armand L. Mauss - ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1990), pp. 362-366</ref>