%0 Journal Article
%T Formal Explanation of Religion: A Progress Report
%J Sociology of religion
%D 1984
%A Bainbridge, William Sims
%A Stark, Rodney
%V 45
%N 2
%P 145-158
%X While written in response to a critique by Roy Wallis and Steve Bruce, this article provides an overview of the first five years of a project designed to develop and test a general scientific theory of religion.<p />
%G 
%I Association for the Sociology of Religion
%@ 1069-4404
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3710746