. ▁Al mond ▁and ▁James ▁S . ▁Cole man , ▁Karl ▁W . ▁Deutsch , ▁S .   N . ▁Eisen stadt , ▁Se ym our ▁Martin ▁Li ps et , ▁Samuel ▁P . ▁Hun ting ton , ▁David ▁E . ▁Ap ter , ▁Luci an ▁W . ▁P ye , ▁Sid ney ▁Ver ba , ▁and ▁Chal mers ▁Johnson , ▁and ▁others , ▁Par s ons ' ▁influence ▁is ▁clear . ▁ ▁Indeed , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁int ensive ▁influence ▁of ▁Par s ons ' ▁ideas ▁in ▁political ▁soci ology ▁that ▁originally ▁got ▁scholar ▁William ▁Bu xt on ▁interested ▁in ▁his ▁work . ▁In ▁addition , ▁David ▁East on ▁would ▁claim ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁political ▁science , ▁the ▁two ▁sch ol ars ▁who ▁had ▁made ▁any ▁serious ▁attempt ▁to ▁construct ▁a ▁general ▁theory ▁for ▁political ▁science ▁on ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁political ▁support ▁were ▁East on ▁and ▁Par s ons . ▁ ▁Interest ▁in ▁religion ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁sch ol ars ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁correspond ed ▁extens ively ▁with ▁during ▁his ▁lifetime ▁and ▁whose ▁opinion ▁he ▁highly ▁val ued ▁was ▁Robert ▁N . ▁B ella h . ▁Par s ons ' s ▁discussion ▁with ▁B ella h ▁would ▁cover ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁topics , ▁including ▁the ▁the ology ▁of ▁Paul ▁Till ich . ▁The ▁correspond ence ▁would ▁continue ▁when ▁B ella h , ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁went ▁to ▁Japan ▁to ▁study ▁Japanese ▁religion ▁and ▁ide ology . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9