| Secularization patterns in the old paradigm WS Goldstein Sociology of Religion 70 (2), 157-178, 2009 | 118 | 2009 |
| Marx, critical theory, and religion: A critique of rational choice W Goldstein Brill, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| Messianism and Marxism: Walter Benjamin and Ernst Bloch's dialectical theories of secularization WS Goldstein Critical Sociology 27 (2), 246-281, 2001 | 43 | 2001 |
| Critical theory of religion vs. critical religion WS Goldstein, R King, J Boyarin Critical Research on Religion 4 (1), 3-7, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| Managing the environmental legitimation crisis BK Marshall, WS Goldstein Organization & environment 19 (2), 214-232, 2006 | 30 | 2006 |
| Patterns of Secularization and Religious Rationalization in Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. WS Goldstein Implicit Religion 12 (2), 2009 | 28 | 2009 |
| How can mainstream approaches become more critical? WS Goldstein, R Boer, R King, J Boyarin Critical Research on Religion 3 (1), 3-12, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| What makes critical religion critical? A response to Russell McCutcheon WS Goldstein Critical Research on Religion 8 (1), 73-86, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
| Can a religious approach be critical? WS Goldstein, J Boyarin, R Boer Critical Research on Religion 2 (1), 3-5, 2014 | 13 | 2014 |
| Sociological theory of religion WS Goldstein Religion Compass 6 (7), 347-353, 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| The dialectics of religious conflict: Church–sect, denomination and the culture wars WS Goldstein Culture and Religion 12 (01), 77-99, 2011 | 12 | 2011 |
| Reconstructing the classics: Weber, Troeltsch, and the historical materialists WS Goldstein Method & theory in the study of religion 26 (4-5), 470-507, 2014 | 11 | 2014 |
| The dialectics of religious rationalization and secularization: Max Weber and Ernst Bloch WS Goldstein Critical sociology 31 (1-2), 115-151, 2005 | 11 | 2005 |
| The Dialectical Pattern of Secularization: A Comparative-Historical Approach WS Goldstein Religion, Öffentlichkeit, Moderne: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven, 19-39, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| On a balanced critique: (or on the limits of critique) WS Goldstein, R King, J Boyarin Critical Research on Religion 5 (1), 3-8, 2017 | 8 | 2017 |
| The Mandate of Heaven on earth: religious and secular conflict in China WS Goldstein Journal of religious and political practice 3 (1-2), 25-45, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
| An Introduction to Religion and Marxism WS Goldstein Critical Sociology 31 (1-2), 9-13, 2005 | 7 | 2005 |
| Secularization and the Iranian Revolution WS Goldstein Islamic Perspective 4, 50-67, 2010 | 6 | 2010 |
| Dreaming of the Collective Awakening: Walter Benjamin and Ernst Bloch's Theories of Dreams WS Goldstein Humanity & Society 30 (1), 50-66, 2006 | 6 | 2006 |
| Editorial WS Goldstein, R Boer, J Boyarin Critical Research on Religion 1 (1), 3-8, 2013 | 5* | 2013 |
