David Westerlund
Impact in
- General Social Sciences top 1%
- Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria
- Anthropology top 5%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- African history and culture studies
Papers in
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- Religion, Society, and Development 7
- Religion and Society Interactions 3
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- African history and culture analysis 7
- Co-authors
- Anita Jacobson‐Widding (1 shared paper)Una Maclean (1 shared paper)Greg Simons (3 shared papers)Jan Platvoet (1 shared paper)Ingvar Svanberg (3 shared papers)T. O. Beidelman (1 shared paper)Abdulaziz Yusuf Lodhi (1 shared paper)Rosalind I. J. Hackett (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Journal of Religion in Africa (9 papers)Review of Religious Research (1 paper)Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion (1 paper)Studia Islamica (1 paper)The International Journal of African Historical Studies (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- Sweden
In The Last Decade
David Westerlund
27 papers receiving 197 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 56
- General Social Sciences 46
- Anthropology 100
- Religious studies 23
- Sociology and Political Science 190
- Political Science and International Relations 86
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | 59 | |
| 2 | 1993 | 35 | |
| 3 | Ujamaa na dini : a study of some aspects of society and religion in Tanzania, 1961-1977 | 1980 | 31 |
| 4 | 2006 | 24 | |
| 5 | 1986 | 23 | |
| 6 | 2003 | 19 | |
| 7 | African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation: From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans | 2006 | 15 |
| 8 | 1997 | 14 | |
| 9 | African Religion in African Scholarship: A Preliminary Study of the Religious and Political Background | 1985 | 10 |
| 10 | 2016 | 9 | |
| 11 | Global Pentecostalism: Encounters with Other Religious Traditions | 2009 | 9 |
| 12 | 1983 | 8 | |
| 13 | Reaction and Action: Accounting for the Rise of Islamism | 1997 | 8 |
| 14 | African Islam in Tanzania | 1999 | 7 |
| 15 | 2016 | 6 | |
| 16 | En studie i islamofobi : [Recension av:] Jonas Otterbeck a Pieter Bevelander, Islamofobi: en studie av begreppet, ungdomars attityder och unga muslimers utsatthet | 2007 | 5 |
| 17 | 1999 | 5 | |
| 18 | 2016 | 5 | |
| 19 | 1992 | 3 | |
| 20 | Religion i Sverige | 2008 | 2 |
About David Westerlund
David Westerlund is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Education, General Social Sciences and Anthropology, having authored 36 papers that have together received 310 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (8 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (7 papers), African history and culture analysis (7 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (7 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers), African cultural and philosophical studies (3 papers), Christian Theology and Mission (3 papers) and African history and culture studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Social Sciences (46 citations), Anthropology (100 citations), Religious studies (23 citations), Sociology and Political Science (190 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (86 citations). David Westerlund has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Anita Jacobson‐Widding, Una Maclean, Greg Simons, Jan Platvoet, Ingvar Svanberg, T. O. Beidelman, Abdulaziz Yusuf Lodhi, Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Mikael Stenmark and Julia Clancy‐Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Religion in Africa, Review of Religious Research, Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion, Studia Islamica and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.
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