Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is 0. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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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 ebo25
Exploring Nonreligious Identities Among Malaysian University Students: An Exploratory Study of an Emerging Subculture22
Religious Predictors of Bullying Perpetration in Youth21
“I Thank God We're Rich”: Justifying Economic Inequality in an Evangelical Congregation20
Religious Coping and Family Quality of Life Among Parents of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: Testing the Mediating Role of Mindfulness16
Introduction: W. E. B. Du Bois: Religion and Social Inequality14
Racism in the Hands of an Angry God: How Image of God Impacts Cultural Racism in Relation to Police Treatment of African Americans13
Antiracism as Inclusivity: The Racial Justice Paradigm of White Progressive Churches12
Collaborative or Independent? Buddhist Monks’ Perceptions of Nonconflict Between Religion and Science12
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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
Functions of the Black Church in a Global Society: A Du Boisian Approach11
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience11
Race, Religion, and Death: How Racial Attitudes Contextualize the Relationship Between Religion and Support for Capital Punishment11
SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN INDIA: BEYOND DISENCHANTMENT. By RennyThomas. London: Routledge, 2022. 214pp. $160.00 cloth, $44.05 eBook.11
Religion and Policy Preferences in Context: Born‐Again Christian Identity, Support for Inclusive COVID‐19 Aid, and the Broader Political Environment11
The Association between Religious Discrimination and Health: Disaggregating by Types of Discrimination Experiences, Religious Tradition, and Forms of Health10
Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?10
Associations of Childhood Experiences With Adulthood Religious and Relational Outcomes Among Protestants and Catholics in the United States10
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The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling9
Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina's Dirty War8
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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
Analysis of Religious Bias among Christian Students in Science8
Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry7
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. $35.007
Religiosity and Social Trust: What Happens When Diversity Increases?7
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Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran7
Navigating Religion, Gender, and Race: Women Leaving Religion in Western Europe6
Religious Correlates of Religious Victimization in Youth: Findings from Two Nationally Representative Surveys6
“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy6
Ethnodoxy and Immigration Attitudes in the Middle East/North Africa6
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Pluralism in the Mind: Patterns and Predictors of Identifying With Multiple World Religions6
The Mediating Roles of Political Ideology, Dominion Belief, and Stewardship Belief in the Relationship Between Christianity and Environmentalism: Evaluating Lynn White's Thesis in the Netherlands6
The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?6
Making Space Behind the Veil: Black Agency within a Predominantly White Religion5
Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness5
Trust in God: The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Religiosity in China5
Faith in Transition: The Complex Interplay of Parent and Peer Influences on Catholic Value Internalization Among College Students5
Tattoo Artists as Religious Figures5
How Christian Leaders Navigate Race After George Floyd's Murder: A Study of Unsettled Times5
“I Have to Trust God to Protect My Babies”: Anti‐Black Racism, Black Motherwork‐Related Stress, and Religious Coping5
Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Transcendent Accountability and Religiopolitical Awareness5
Congregation Shopping During the Pandemic: A Research Note4
The Impact of Ritual Participation on Perceived Moral Objectivity: A Longitudinal Investigation of the U.S. Adolescents4
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
Parental Sanctification, God Images, and Parental Happiness and Satisfaction in the United States4
Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice4
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
Christian Nationalism and Violence Against Religious Minorities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis4
Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category4
Ambiguous Boundaries of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Belonging in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis of Plural and Cultural Religiosity4
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 pape4
Introduction: Religion and Bodies Special Issue4
Immigrants’ Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain4
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Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Positive Orientation and Gratitude in a Polish Sample4
Evangelical Civil War on the College Campus, White Evangelical Right Framing Resistance to Racial Justice in 2020s America3
Religious Fundamentalism and Perception of Group Norms as Predictors of Radical Action Intention3
Religious Exit Costs3
Sexual Minorities, Religion, and Self‐Rated Health in the United States3
WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS. By OyèrónkéOládémọ. New York: NYU Press, 2022. vii + 187pp. $22.00 paperback, $89.00 hardcover3
Socioeconomic Advantage or Community Attachment? A Register‐Based Study on the Difference in National Lutheran Church Affiliation Between Finnish and Swedish Speakers in Finland3
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Re‐Examining Collective Religious Violence at Rajneeshpuram: A Cultural Opposition Model Analysis3
Religious Belonging, Belief, and Practice in a Multi‐Faith Context: A Comparison of Sole‐Affiliation Adherents and Individuals With Multiple Religious Identities3
Do Religious Politicians Take Risks Differently? Evidence From Pakistan3
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Religiously Unaffiliated Youth in Europe: Shifting Remnants of Belief and Practice in Contexts of Diffused Religion and Cohort Decline3
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“This Is Not a Space for Politics”: Intergenerational Disagreements About the Meanings of Church Space3
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Adolescents’ Change in Motivation as a Result of Buddhist Education: How Does It Make a Difference in Their Learning Outcomes?3
Examining Average Age at First Marriage within Orthodox Judaism: A Large Community‐Based Study3
What Makes Politicians “Religious”? How Identity Congruence Shapes Religious Evaluations3
The Others: Finding and Counting America's Invisible Churches3
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A Democratic Approach to Religion News: Christianity and Islam in the British and Turkish Press3
The Right Kind of Children: Christian Nationalism, Religiosity, and Support for Selective Versus General Pronatalism3
A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving: A Closer Look3
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Christianity, Helping People in Poverty, and Embodied Relationships2
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
Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism2
The Influence of Religious Affiliation on the Political Views of LGBT Americans2
Who Is (Not) Afraid of Immigration? A Mediation Analysis Into the Ambivalence of Christian Religiosity for Immigration‐Related Attitudes2
“Exceptional Bodies” and Lived Religion: Religious and Spiritual Experiences Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer2
“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South2
How Exceptional Is the West? An Investigation of Worldwide Trends in Societal‐Average Levels of Religiosity, 1981–20202
Science and the Pulpit: Clerical Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States2
Types of Internet Activity and the Religious Commitment of American Adults2
“See You Sunday?” Effects of Attending a Specific Weekend Religious Service on Emotional Well‐Being: A State/Trait Analysis of the SoulPulse Study2
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Magic, Religion, and Science: Secularization Trends and Continued Coexistence2
Korean Christian Missionaries in High‐Risk Countries: Interaction with International Religious Networks and Domestic Response2
Philanthropic Giving and Volunteering Among Religious Disaffiliates2
Religious Ritual Compliance with COVID‐19 Mandates in Plain Communities: A Case Study of Amish Obituaries and Funeral Practices2
The Weak(ening) Link Between Religiosity and Morality: Evidence from Five Western Countries2
What Counts as Discrimination Against Whom? Understanding Perceived Discrimination Against Christians2
Masculine God Imagery and Sense of Life Purpose: Examining Contingencies with America's “Four Gods”2
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, Hardba2
The National Survey of Religious Leaders: Background, Methods, and Lessons Learned in the Research Process2
Using Large‐Scale Location Data to Examine Racial Diversity and Segregation in Church Attendees’ Home Neighborhoods2
Guardianship in Transition: Contextual Embodiment of Islamic Tenets Among Iranians in Kentucky1
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
Differentiated Threat and Religious Dominance: The Distinct Dynamics of Xenophobia and Islamophobia in the United States1
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Toward Multiscalar Analyses of Religions1
Inhabiting the White Church: Divinized Diversity and Antiracist Projects in Progressive Religious Organizations1
Does Leaving Faith Mean Leaving Family? Longitudinal Associations Between Religious Identification and Parent‐Child Relationships Across Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood1
Barriers Inhibiting Women's Path to the Pulpit and the Gender Gap in Compensation1
Rest for Your Souls? Religion, Meaning, and Purpose in Life, and Sleep Quality in the United States1
Crowding Out the Market: State Religious Policy and Social Capital Among Religious Adherents1
Cross‐Cultural Commonalities in Religiosity by Measurement Invariance1
The Sociological Spirituality of W. E. B. Du Bois's Prayers for Dark People1
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Minimalism: Between New Spirituality and L'Empire de l'Éphémère1
The Relationship between Workplace Status and Workplace Religious Expression1
Mind Attribution to Gods and Christians in the Chinese Cultural Context1
Racial and Religious Convergences and Divergences among Christian Students’ Approaches to Color‐Blindness, Color‐Cognizance, and Race in Christian Organizations0
Is Gun Ownership Racialized: An Examination Through the Lens of Denominational Affiliation0
When to Preach About Poverty: How Location, Race, and Ideology Shape White Evangelical Sermons0
“Like Little Knives, Stabbing Me”: The Impact of Microaggressions on LGBTQ+ Teens and Their Parents in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐Day Saints0
Code and Creed: The Construction of AI‐Islamic Discourse in Singapore's Media Landscape0
E Pluribus Unum? Constructing a Typology of Contemporary Dutch Evangelicals0
MASS OBSERVERS MAKING MEANING: RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND ATHEISM IN LATE 20TH‐CENTURY BRITAIN. By JamesHinton. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 (hardcover), 2023 (Paperback). xii + 190 pp. £81.00 h0
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Classifying Muslims: Contextualizing Religion and Race in the United Kingdom and Germany0
The Duality of American Christian Nationalism: Religious Traditionalism versus Christian Statism0
Do the Three Modern Social Conditions—High Existential Security, Education, and Urbanicity—Really Make People Less Religious? A Worldwide Analysis, 1989–20200
Religious Diversity and Multi‐Religiosity in Singapore0
Burning Bodies: Religion, Race, and Migrant Funerary Practices in the Early 20th‐Century Pacific West0
Mother–Child Religious Affiliation Discordance and Mother's Psychosocial Wellbeing in a Rural Sub‐Saharan Setting0
Embodying Tradition and Ascribing Meaning: Israeli Jewish Atheists Choosing to Circumcise Their Sons0
Changes in Politics and Religiosity Among Students at a Protestant University0
Science and Religion in Argentina: Mapping Moral and Epistemological Conflicts Through Moral Foundations Theory0
Welcoming Strangers: Protestant Churches’ Involvement in Refugee Resettlement in the United States0
Geographic Distribution of LGBT Affirming Christian Churches and Same‐Sex Households by US County0
The Power of Spousal Support in Ministry: A Longitudinal Study of Social Support Profiles, Marital Quality, and Ministry Satisfaction Among United Methodist Clergy0
Christ, Country, and Conspiracies? Christian Nationalism, Biblical Literalism, and Belief in Conspiracy Theories0
Beliefs About Poverty and Inequality: Du Bois and Ethnic Differences Among Catholics0
Race, Gender, and the Relationship Between Religious Factors and Verbal Ability: An Intersectional Approach0
Understanding Neither Atheists Nor Religious: Religious Nones and Multiple Religious Believing in South Korea0
Comparing Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians’ Religious and Political Beliefs Across Latin America and Sub‐Saharan Africa0
Public Support for the Accommodation of Religious Diversity: The Interplay Between Religious Identification, Threat Perception, and Cross‐Group Friendships0
Correlates of Continued Church Membership Intention: An Empirical Study of Religion in Ghana0
Religious Service Attendance and Religious and Secular Organizational Engagement in the United Kingdom0
Governing During a Culture War: Religion and Local Government Officials’ Attitudes Toward Transgender Rights Policies in the United States0
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Importance of Religion after Adversity0
Attitudes Towards Members of Religious Groups: Considering the Role of a Scientific Worldview0
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Bridging the Gap: A Mediation Analysis of War Exposure, Feeling of Insecurity and Religiosity0
Religion, Tattoos, and Religious Tattoos: The Body as Sacred Subculture0
The Paradoxes of the Spiritual Self: Disidentification as a Marker of Identity0
“Not Being Counted”: Women's Place and Religious Space in Jewish Orthodox Communities During the COVID‐19 Crisis0
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Fellowship in the Fiery Furnace: A Research Note on How Christian Persecution Beliefs Transcend Racial Divides0
Religion and Embodiment: How Young Black People With Diverse Sexual Identities Experience Christianity0
Systems of Global Meaning in Atheists and Theists: Divergent World Beliefs, Sources of Meaning, and Values0
Religious and Racialized Emotions: How Race, Congregations, and Leadership Shape Racial Pessimism0
Christianity as a Spiritual Sidepiece: How Young Black People with Diverse Sexual Identities Navigate Religion0
Nondenominational Protestants: Do They More Closely Resemble Mainline, Evangelical, or Black Protestants in RELTRAD?0
Can We Explain the Generation Gap in Churchgoing?0
Exploring Religious Identities in 2020s China: Prevalence and Boundaries0
The Cost of Being Christian: The Association between Christian Affiliation and Discrimination Experiences among Asians in the United States0
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Differences in Religious Attendance Among Disabled and Nondisabled Early and Early Midlife Adults0
CHURCH PLANTERS: INSIDE THE WORLD OF RELIGION ENTREPRENEURS. By Richard N.Pitt. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022. ix + 326 pp. $34.95.0
Economy of Shadows: The Effects of Restrictive Regulation on Religiosity in China0
Religious Homogamy and Marital Satisfaction in South Korea: Exploring Variations across Religious Groups0
Religious Belief and Social Trust in the “Semi‐Acquaintance Society”: Evidence From China0
Arbaeen Event as an Alternative to Esxisting Bottlenecks0
Masculinity, Femininity, and Reported Paranormal Beliefs0
The Resilience of Clergywomen?: Gender and the Relationship between Occupational Distress and Mental Health among Congregational Leaders0
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Spiritual Abuse in Ghana: A Neglected Dimension of Intimate Partner Abuse in Sub‐Saharan Africa?0
“THE SPIRITUAL TURN: THE RELIGION OF THE HEART AND THE MAKING OF ROMANTIC LIBERAL MODERNITY” By Watts, Galen.0
Environmentalism and Christian Values in Hong Kong: The Potential Influences of Stewardship, Justice, Love, and Church Environmental Education0
Is There a Crisis in Clergy Health?: Reorienting Research Using a National Sample0
Can the Scope of Secularization Theory Be Expanded Beyond the Modern‐Christian‐West? Exploring the Alevi Experience in Turkey0
“Ye Double‐Minded”: Black Parishioners’ Attitudes toward Nonaffirming Church Climates0
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Supernatural Attributions for Extraordinary Events: Examining Cognitive and Contextual Predictors0
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 C0
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Linking Religious Upbringing to Young Adult Moral Formation0
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Development of the Spiritual Harm and Abuse Scale0
Controlling the Past to Control the Future: Christian Nationalism and Mandatory Patriotic Education in Public Schools0
To Teach the Body What Is Not Good: Time, Space, and Embodiment in Religious Treatment for Drug Addiction0
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Multidimensional Latent Religiosity Profiles and Sexual Behaviors in Late Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood0
The Religious Foundations of Welfare, Social Inclusion, and Anti‐Immigrant Attitudes in Europe0
Strange Affinities in the Search for Personalized Health: New Age Practices and Genetic Testing0
It's Not Just Fashion, It's Sin: The Impacts of Modesty Messaging on Female Adolescents Within the White Evangelical Church0
In God We Distrust: Christian Nationalism and Anti‐Atheist Attitude0
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A Search for Liberalizing Religion: Political Asymmetry in the American Religious Landscape0
Policing (Im)Modesty in Modest Fashion: Islamic Feminist Renegotiations of Modesty in Influencer Culture0
Leaving Haredi Judaism: Coping Resources and Perceived Social Support During Community Transitions and Religious Disaffiliation0
Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Religiosity: Evidence from Germany0
The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland0
Religion Affects Whether US Women Marry Early, Without Cohabiting or Having a Nonmarital Birth First0
Triple Roles, Worship, and “Period Shaming”: How Muslim Women Maintain Belonging and Connection in Ramadan0
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men0
Religion and Derivative Use: Evidence from the Hedge Fund Industry0
Correction to “Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry”0
Counting on Whiteness: Religion, race, ethnicity, and the politics of Jewish demography0
Diversity Dynamics: How Local Religious Groups Appear, Persist, or Disappear over Time0
Religiosity and Secular and Ascetic Deviance0
Does Belief in Supernatural Agents Moderate the Association Between Interpersonal Conflict at Work and Worker Well‐Being?0
The Intergroup and Contextual Determinants of Real‐World Religious Donations: An Experimental Test in Jerusalem0
Prayer in America: A Detailed Analysis of the Various Dimensions of Prayer0
RELTRAD2: Refining the State of the Art of Religious Classification by Reconsidering the Categorization of Nondenominational Respondents0
Measuring Religiosity of East Asians: Multiple Religious Belonging, Believing, and Practicing0
Swapping Gender Traditionalism: Christianity, Buddhism, and Gender Ideology in South Korea0
Religious Inequality in America: The View from 19160
Religious Identity‐Inconsistent Attending: Its Correlates and Political Implications0
The Connection between Perceived Workplace Discrimination and Viewing Work as a Spiritual Calling0
Becoming Religious as an Education of Attention0
Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter: Assessing the Association between Sermon Content and Racial Justice Attitudes and Behaviors0
Religious Pluralism and Social Networks: How Exposure to Religious Pluralism Through Social Ties Influences Baptism Decisions0
Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging0
Gun Problem or God Problem? Support for Teacher‐Led Prayer in Public School and Solutions for School Shootings0
WE GOD'S PEOPLE: CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND HINDUISM IN THE WORLD OF NATIONS. By JocelyneCesari. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 2022. xii + 432 pp. $96.99 hardback, $34.99 paperback.0
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The Digitalization of Religion: Smartphone Use and Subjective Well‐Being during COVID‐190
Is the Catholic Church in America Experiencing Internal Secularization? Priests’ Assessments of Pope Francis and the Condition of the Church0
Congregation Over Denomination: Analyzing Psychological Reactions to a Church Ruling on Same Sex Marriage0
Embodied Practices of the Jewish Sabbath Among the Ultra‐Orthodox in Israel: Freedom Despite Limitations0
Trust in Religious Leaders and Voluntary Compliance: Lessons from Social Distancing during COVID‐19 in Central Asia0
Divine Relations as a Basis of Subjective Social Status During Later‐Life: Direct and Moderating Effects0
How Do Parents Choose Schools for Their Children? Experimental Evidence from the Private Christian School Sector0
White Religion, Politics, and Racial Resentment in the United States0
Reasons for Leaving: Causes and Initial Triggers for Disaffiliation from Orthodox Judaism0
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House Negro or Field Negro?: Racial Salience and Claims‐Making in the United Methodist Church0
Religion and Black/White Residential Segregation: The Influence of Religious and Regional Context0
The COVID‐19 Pandemic and Wealth Inequality: An Analysis of Wealth Disparities by Religion and Race0
Partisan and Racial Sorting of Christian Nationalism, 1996–2022: Backlash and Counter Backlash on the (White) Secular Left and Religious Right0
“A Person's God Should Look Like Them”: African Traditional Religions Among Black Queer Millennials and Gen Z Americans0
Black Church, Gay Church: Identity Prioritization and Church Preference Among Black Sexual Minorities0
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