Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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RACE AND THE POWER OF SERMONS ON AMERICAN POLITICS. By R.Khari Brown, Ronald E.Brown, and James S.Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021. xii + 167 pp. $70.00 hardcover, $54.95 ebo22
Individuals’ Use of Religion in Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses19
Introduction: W. E. B. Du Bois: Religion and Social Inequality18
Antiracism as Inclusivity: The Racial Justice Paradigm of White Progressive Churches18
Fluidity of Faith: Predictors of Religion in a Longitudinal Sample of Chinese Adults18
Racism in the Hands of an Angry God: How Image of God Impacts Cultural Racism in Relation to Police Treatment of African Americans16
Religious Fundamentalism and Quest as Predictors of Moral Foundations Among Iranian Muslims14
RELIGION, VIRTUES, AND HEALTH: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT. By Neal M.Krause. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 304 pages. ISBN: 978019758765212
Race, Religion, and Death: How Racial Attitudes Contextualize the Relationship Between Religion and Support for Capital Punishment12
Collaborative or Independent? Buddhist Monks’ Perceptions of Nonconflict Between Religion and Science12
Religious Coping and Family Quality of Life Among Parents of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: Testing the Mediating Role of Mindfulness11
Functions of the Black Church in a Global Society: A Du Boisian Approach11
SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN INDIA: BEYOND DISENCHANTMENT. By RennyThomas. London: Routledge, 2022. 214pp. $160.00 cloth, $44.05 eBook.10
Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?9
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience9
Diversity in Religiosity Undermines Conventional Personal Morality Across the Globe: Evidence From 90 Nations, 300,000+ Individuals9
Religion and Policy Preferences in Context: Born‐Again Christian Identity, Support for Inclusive COVID‐19 Aid, and the Broader Political Environment9
Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran8
The Discursive and Practical Influence of Spirituality on Civic Engagement8
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The Religious Right and Russia: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Russia and Vladimir Putin Before and After the Ukrainian Invasion8
The Association between Religious Discrimination and Health: Disaggregating by Types of Discrimination Experiences, Religious Tradition, and Forms of Health8
Conservative Protestantism, Sexual Insecurity, and Masculine Discrepancy Stress7
Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry7
Ethnodoxy and Immigration Attitudes in the Middle East/North Africa7
How Christian Leaders Navigate Race After George Floyd's Murder: A Study of Unsettled Times7
Analysis of Religious Bias among Christian Students in Science7
Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina's Dirty War7
THE END OF EMPATHY: WHY WHITE PROTESTANTS STOPPED LOVING THEIR NEIGHBORS. By John W.Compton. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. 399 pp. $34.95 hardcover.6
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Religious Correlates of Religious Victimization in Youth: Findings from Two Nationally Representative Surveys6
“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy6
Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Transcendent Accountability and Religiopolitical Awareness6
FAITH COMMUNITIES AND THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: WHAT HAS WORKED, WHAT HASN'T, AND LESSONS WE CAN LEARN. By RobertWuthnow. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. 276 pp. $35.006
Has the New Natalism Reduced the Religious Fertility Advantage?5
Mattering to God and to the Congregation: Gendered Effects in Mattering as a Mechanism Between Religiosity and Mental Health5
Tattoo Artists as Religious Figures5
Parental Sanctification, God Images, and Parental Happiness and Satisfaction in the United States5
Trust in God: The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Religiosity in China5
Making Space Behind the Veil: Black Agency within a Predominantly White Religion5
On Weber, Pathogens, and Culture: A Global Empirical Analysis of Religion and Individualism5
Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness5
HANDING DOWN THE FAITH: HOW PARENTS PASS THEIR RELIGION ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. By ChristianSmith and AmyAdamczyk. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 264 pp. $29.95 hardcover.4
Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category4
IN THIS PLACE CALLED PRISON: WOMEN'S RELIGIOUS LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF PUNISHMNET. By RachelEllis. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2023. 270 pp. $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.4
Flowing Across with Demonic Hate: Belief in Supernatural Evil and Support for Stricter Immigration Policy4
The Impact of Ritual Participation on Perceived Moral Objectivity: A Longitudinal Investigation of the U.S. Adolescents4
Introduction: Religion and Bodies Special Issue4
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Christian Nationalism and Violence Against Religious Minorities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis4
THE ORIGINS OF SECULAR INSTITUTIONS. IDEAS, TIMING, AND ORGANIZATION. By H.Zeynep Bulutgil. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022. 258pp. £64.00 Hardback, £19.99 Paperback.4
Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Positive Orientation and Gratitude in a Polish Sample4
Religion, Punitive Sentiment, and the Mediating Effect of Racial Resentment4
Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice3
What Makes Politicians “Religious”? How Identity Congruence Shapes Religious Evaluations3
What Aspects of Religiosity are Associated with Values?3
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Re‐Examining Collective Religious Violence at Rajneeshpuram: A Cultural Opposition Model Analysis3
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Religious Fundamentalism and Perception of Group Norms as Predictors of Radical Action Intention3
Do Religious Politicians Take Risks Differently? Evidence From Pakistan3
Congregation Shopping During the Pandemic: A Research Note3
Religious Exit Costs3
Adolescents’ Change in Motivation as a Result of Buddhist Education: How Does It Make a Difference in Their Learning Outcomes?3
The Others: Finding and Counting America's Invisible Churches3
ONE FAITH NO LONGER: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHRISTIANITY IN RED AND BLUE AMERICA. By GeorgeYancey and AshleeQuosigk. New York, NY: New York University Press. 2021. ix + 291pp. $89.00 cloth, $30.00 pape3
Examining Average Age at First Marriage within Orthodox Judaism: A Large Community‐Based Study3
AGENTS OF GOD: BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORITY IN MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. By Jeffrey Guhin. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021. vii + 296 pp. $74.00 hardcover.3
Sexual Minorities, Religion, and Self‐Rated Health in the United States3
Evangelical Civil War on the College Campus, White Evangelical Right Framing Resistance to Racial Justice in 2020s America3
Religious Ritual Compliance with COVID‐19 Mandates in Plain Communities: A Case Study of Amish Obituaries and Funeral Practices2
Socioeconomic Advantage or Community Attachment? A Register‐Based Study on the Difference in National Lutheran Church Affiliation Between Finnish and Swedish Speakers in Finland2
WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS. By OyèrónkéOládémọ. New York: NYU Press, 2022. vii + 187pp. $22.00 paperback, $89.00 hardcover2
Christianity, Helping People in Poverty, and Embodied Relationships2
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Why Younger Catholics Seem More Committed: Survivorship Bias and/or “Creative Minority” Effects among British Catholics2
The National Survey of Religious Leaders: Background, Methods, and Lessons Learned in the Research Process2
Korean Christian Missionaries in High‐Risk Countries: Interaction with International Religious Networks and Domestic Response2
COVID‐19's effects upon the religious group resources, psychosocial resources, and mental health of Orthodox Jews2
Religiously Unaffiliated Youth in Europe: Shifting Remnants of Belief and Practice in Contexts of Diffused Religion and Cohort Decline2
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Using Large‐Scale Location Data to Examine Racial Diversity and Segregation in Church Attendees’ Home Neighborhoods2
POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE: RELIGION IN A WORLD OF MOVEMENT. By SimonColeman. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2021. 335 pp. $99.00 hardcover, $35.00 paperback, $30.00, ebook.2
POLISH CATHOLICISM BETWEEN TRADITION AND MIGRATION: AGENCY, REFLEXIVITY AND TRANSCENDENCE. By WojciechSadlon. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2021. xii + 195 pp. $160.00 cloth.2
Science and the Pulpit: Clerical Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States2
A Democratic Approach to Religion News: Christianity and Islam in the British and Turkish Press2
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS2
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Philanthropic Giving and Volunteering Among Religious Disaffiliates2
How Exceptional Is the West? An Investigation of Worldwide Trends in Societal‐Average Levels of Religiosity, 1981–20202
“Exceptional Bodies” and Lived Religion: Religious and Spiritual Experiences Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer2
The Weak(ening) Link Between Religiosity and Morality: Evidence from Five Western Countries2
The Relationship between Workplace Status and Workplace Religious Expression1
BEYOND DOUBT: THE SECULARIZATION OF SOCIETY. By IsabellaKasselstrand, PhilZuckerman, and Ryan T.Cragun, New York: New York University Press. 2023. 240 pp. $89 cloth, $30 paperback.1
Religious Markets Under Heavy Regulation: Diversification as a Survival Strategy of the Catholic Church in Communist Countries1
“See You Sunday?” Effects of Attending a Specific Weekend Religious Service on Emotional Well‐Being: A State/Trait Analysis of the SoulPulse Study1
Rest for Your Souls? Religion, Meaning, and Purpose in Life, and Sleep Quality in the United States1
Mind Attribution to Gods and Christians in the Chinese Cultural Context1
RELIGION AT THE EDGE: NATURE, SPIRITUALITY, AND SECULARITY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Edited by PaulBramadat, PatriciaO'Connell Killen, and SarahWilkins‐Laflamme. Vancouver, BC: University of British C1
“THE SPIRITUAL TURN: THE RELIGION OF THE HEART AND THE MAKING OF ROMANTIC LIBERAL MODERNITY” By Watts, Galen.1
BIRTH CONTROL BATTLES: HOW RACE AND CLASS DIVIDED AMERICAN RELIGION. By Melissa J.Wilde. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020. vii + 285 pp. $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.1
Toward Multiscalar Analyses of Religions1
Psychological Resilience After Cancer via Religion/Spirituality: Spiritual Capital Through a Life Course Lens1
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The Sociological Spirituality of W. E. B. Du Bois's Prayers for Dark People1
THE GLASS CHURCH: ROBERT H. SCHULLER, THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL, AND THE STRAIN OF MEGACHURCH MINISTRY. By Mark T.Mulder and GerardoMartí. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2020. vii + 276 pp. 1
Religion and Charitable Donations: Experimental Evidence from Africa1
Masculine God Imagery and Sense of Life Purpose: Examining Contingencies with America's “Four Gods”1
RACE FOR REVIVAL: HOW COLD WAR SOUTH KOREA SHAPED THE AMERICAN EVANGELICAL EMPIRE. By HelenJin Kim, Oxford University Press, 2022. 256 pp. Online ISBN: 9780190062453, Print ISBN: 9780190062422, Hardba1
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The Connection between Perceived Workplace Discrimination and Viewing Work as a Spiritual Calling1
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Measuring Religiosity of East Asians: Multiple Religious Belonging, Believing, and Practicing1
Does Belief in Supernatural Agents Moderate the Association Between Interpersonal Conflict at Work and Worker Well‐Being?1
Do the Three Modern Social Conditions—High Existential Security, Education, and Urbanicity—Really Make People Less Religious? A Worldwide Analysis, 1989–20201
Guardianship in Transition: Contextual Embodiment of Islamic Tenets Among Iranians in Kentucky1
Cross‐Cultural Commonalities in Religiosity by Measurement Invariance1
Magic, Religion, and Science: Secularization Trends and Continued Coexistence1
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The Influence of Religious Affiliation on the Political Views of LGBT Americans1
Barriers Inhibiting Women's Path to the Pulpit and the Gender Gap in Compensation1
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Can the Scope of Secularization Theory Be Expanded Beyond the Modern‐Christian‐West? Exploring the Alevi Experience in Turkey1
Changes in Politics and Religiosity Among Students at a Protestant University1
EVIL DEEDS IN HIGH PLACES: CHRISTIAN AMERICA'S MORAL STRUGGLE WITH WATERGATE. By David E.Settje. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2020. 288 pp. $49.00 cloth.1
Masculinity, Femininity, and Reported Paranormal Beliefs1
Does Leaving Faith Mean Leaving Family? Longitudinal Associations Between Religious Identification and Parent‐Child Relationships Across Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood1
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