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In the literature of sociology of religion, there is a
considerable scarcity of recent thematic
meta-analyses. In this paper, we demonstrate the usefulness
of such analyses to study thematic and
spatial patterns of Christianity-focused results presented in
high-impact journals. First, we created a new
sampling and data cleaning protocol for collecting and
selecting data from EBSCO and journal websites.
Categorization was inductive and based on Grounded Theory.
During the process, we identified eleven
major themes in Christianity-focused research; each of these
further divided into subtopics. Than all
selected articles were further investigated in terms of first
author affiliation, journal editor affiliation and
journal publisher?s geographic location. Results shows that
the analysis we have performed concerning 160
articles published in ?A?-category international journals
provided not only a structured overview of current
themes in Christianity-focused research within the field, but
also identified a major anglo-saxon research
environment bias valid through both religion-specific and
general studies.
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