Dick Houtman

Dick Houtman

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

H-index: 39

Europe-Belgium

About Dick Houtman

Dick Houtman, With an exceptional h-index of 39 and a recent h-index of 25 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, specializes in the field of cultural sociology, cultural change, cultural conflict, sociological theory, sociology of religion.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Shape of Spirituality: The Public Significance of a New Religious Formation

Do ‘Spiritual’ Self-identifications Signify Affinity with New Age Religion? Survey Evidence from the Netherlands

Purification or Pollution? The Debate over ‘Workplace Spirituality’

The Spiritual Turn and the Disenchantment of the World: Max Weber, Peter Berger and the Religion-Science Conflict

Religious and Secular Value Divides in Western Europe: A Cross-National Comparison (1981-2008)

Prophets, Puppets, and Pinheads: Contesting the Authority of Science in the COVID-19 Era

Toward Electoral (Ir)relevance of Moral Traditionalism? Religious Decline and Voting in Western Europe (1981-2017)

A Smaller Pie with a Different Taste: The Evolution of the Western-European Religious Landscape (European Values Study, 1981-2017)

Dick Houtman Information

University

Position

Professor of Sociology of Culture and Religion

Citations(all)

6770

Citations(since 2020)

2610

Cited By

5137

hIndex(all)

39

hIndex(since 2020)

25

i10Index(all)

90

i10Index(since 2020)

50

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Dick Houtman Skills & Research Interests

cultural sociology

cultural change

cultural conflict

sociological theory

sociology of religion

Top articles of Dick Houtman

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Shape of Spirituality: The Public Significance of a New Religious Formation

Dick Houtman

Galen Watts

eds

2024

Do ‘Spiritual’ Self-identifications Signify Affinity with New Age Religion? Survey Evidence from the Netherlands

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Paul Tromp

Anna Pless

Dick Houtman

2024/2

Purification or Pollution? The Debate over ‘Workplace Spirituality’

Cultural Sociology

Galen Watts

Dick Houtman

2023

The Spiritual Turn and the Disenchantment of the World: Max Weber, Peter Berger and the Religion-Science Conflict

The Sociological Review

Galen Watts

Dick Houtman

2023

Religious and Secular Value Divides in Western Europe: A Cross-National Comparison (1981-2008)

International Political Science Review

Anna Pless

Paul Tromp

Dick Houtman

2021/1

Prophets, Puppets, and Pinheads: Contesting the Authority of Science in the COVID-19 Era

Public Understanding of Science

Jolan Urkens

Dick Houtman

2023

Toward Electoral (Ir)relevance of Moral Traditionalism? Religious Decline and Voting in Western Europe (1981-2017)

Politics and Religion

A Pless

P Tromp

D Houtman

2023

A Smaller Pie with a Different Taste: The Evolution of the Western-European Religious Landscape (European Values Study, 1981-2017)

Review of Religious Research

Paul Tromp

Anna Pless

Dick Houtman

2021/10/16

The Dark Side of the Welfare State: The Universal Basic Income between Citizenship and Social Justice

Dick Houtman

2021/1/1

Introduction: A Cultural Sociology of the Authority of Science

Dick Houtman

Stef Aupers

Rudi Laermans

2021

Stage Fright and Romanticism in Il Giro del Mondo

Annals of Tourism Research

Francesco Cerchiaro

Dick Houtman

2021

The Post-Christian Spirituality Scale (PCSS): Misconceptions, Obstacles, Prospects

Dick Houtman

Paul Tromp

2020

Moral Traditionalism and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Converging Cultural Value Divides?

Anna Pless

Dick Houtman

2021

The Disenchantment of the World and the Authority of Sociology: How the Queen of the Sciences Lost Her Throne

Dick Houtman

2021

Science under Siege: Contesting the Secular Religion of Scientism

Dick Houtman

Stef Aupers

Rudi (eds) Laermans

2021

How Can Big Data Shape the Field of Non-Religion Studies? And Why Does It Matter?

Dominik Balazka

Dick Houtman

Bruno Lepri

2021/6/11

After Secularization: Unbelief in Europe

Dick Houtman

2020

Socialization

Karen K Myers

Dajung Woo

2017

'Believing without Belonging' in Twenty European Countries (1981-2008): De-institutionalization of Christianity or Spiritualization of Religion?

Review of Religious Research

Paul Tromp

Anna Kulkova

Dick Houtman

2020

Quantitative Research

D. Houtman

2020

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Co-Authors

H-index: 60
Jan Willem Duyvendak

Jan Willem Duyvendak

Universiteit van Amsterdam

H-index: 55
Birgit Meyer

Birgit Meyer

Universiteit Utrecht

H-index: 34
Peter Pels

Peter Pels

Universiteit Leiden

H-index: 31
Stef Aupers

Stef Aupers

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

H-index: 27
Jeroen van der Waal

Jeroen van der Waal

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

H-index: 25
Willem de Koster

Willem de Koster

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

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