21. "China experienced spiritual directionlessness, " said Chai-sik Cheng, professor of the sociology of religion at Boston University. 22. The Association for the Sociology of Religion was the first to elect a woman president in 1938. 23. Stark was internationally recognized for work in the sociology of religion , social theory, and sociology of knowledge. 24. Introvigne is the author of tens of books and articles in the field of sociology of religion . 25. She has authored, co-authored, and edited books and articles dealing with the study and sociology of religion . 26. Landres'work on ethnographic methodology has been cited in handbooks for the study of the sociology of religion . 27. She became professor of Sociology of Religion in the university's Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies in 2004. 28. Sociology of Religion , 2006 by Richardson.29. William Sims Bainbridge frames the book as part of the debate whether sociology of religion is truly scientific. 30. Then he became agr�g?of economic and social sciences and earned a PhD in sociology of religion at IEP-Paris.