Richard Madsen
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Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Madsen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1567160 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Madsen Context triple: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, Richard Madsen]
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A.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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B.
John Dawson
John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
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C.
David Kurtz
David Kurtz is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname associated with the name Kurtz.
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D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
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E.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Madsen Target entity description: Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
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A.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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B.
John Dawson
John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
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C.
David Kurtz
David Kurtz is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname associated with the name Kurtz.
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D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
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E.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ person ⓘ sinologist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Anita Chan
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Ann Swidler ⓘ Jonathan Unger ⓘ Peter Berger ⓘ
surface form:
Peter L. Berger
Robert N. Bellah ⓘ Steven M. Tipton ⓘ Tracy B. Strong ⓘ Wei-ming Tu ⓘ William M. Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Maryknoll Seminary ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese studies
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comparative sociology ⓘ cultural sociology ⓘ modernity studies ⓘ morality and ethics ⓘ sociology ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ |
| genre | academic writing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of modernity in the United States and East Asia
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collaboration with Robert N. Bellah on American culture and religion ⓘ studies of religion and morality in Chinese society ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Chinese culture
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Chinese society ⓘ modernity ⓘ morality ⓘ religion in China ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Anna Sun
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Fenggang Yang ⓘ Mayfair Yang ⓘ Yang Fenggang ⓘ Yunxiang Yan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chen Village
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China and the American Dream ⓘ China’s Catholics ⓘ Chinese Religiosities ⓘ Democracy’s Dharma ⓘ Habits of the Heart ⓘ Meaning and Modernity ⓘ Morality and Power in a Chinese Village ⓘ The Good Life in China ⓘ The Many and the One ⓘ Uncivil Society ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of the sociology department at UC San Diego
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co-director of the Pacific Century Institute ⓘ director of the UC Fudan Center ⓘ professor of sociology ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| workLocation | San Diego ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard Madsen Description of subject: Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.