OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is 3. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
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 ebo	25
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Exploring Nonreligious Identities Among Malaysian University Students: An Exploratory Study of an Emerging Subculture	22
“I Thank God We're Rich”: Justifying Economic Inequality in an Evangelical Congregation	17
Religious Predictors of Bullying Perpetration in Youth	14
Religious Coping and Family Quality of Life Among Parents of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: Testing the Mediating Role of Mindfulness	14
Racism in the Hands of an Angry God: How Image of God Impacts Cultural Racism in Relation to Police Treatment of African Americans	13
Introduction: W. E. B. Du Bois: Religion and Social Inequality	13
Antiracism as Inclusivity: The Racial Justice Paradigm of White Progressive Churches	12
Functions of the Black Church in a Global Society: A Du Boisian Approach	12
Collaborative or Independent? Buddhist Monks’ Perceptions of Nonconflict Between Religion and Science	12
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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: 9780197587652	12
A Research Note on the Relinquished Properties of Houses of Worship in the Greater Boston Region, 2000–2022	11
Race, Religion, and Death: How Racial Attitudes Contextualize the Relationship Between Religion and Support for Capital Punishment	11
Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?	10
The Association between Religious Discrimination and Health: Disaggregating by Types of Discrimination Experiences, Religious Tradition, and Forms of Health	10
Religion and Policy Preferences in Context: Born‐Again Christian Identity, Support for Inclusive COVID‐19 Aid, and the Broader Political Environment	10
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience	10
The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling	9
Issue Information	8
Associations of Childhood Experiences With Adulthood Religious and Relational Outcomes Among Protestants and Catholics in the United States	8
(Dis)Belief in God Among Younger and Older Poles: Analytic Thinking and Cultural Learning Between Generations and Over Time	7
Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran	7
Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina's Dirty War	7

How Christian Leaders Navigate Race After George Floyd's Murder: A Study of Unsettled Times	7
Analysis of Religious Bias among Christian Students in Science	7
The Religious Right and Russia: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Russia and Vladimir Putin Before and After the Ukrainian Invasion	7
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Religiosity and Social Trust: What Happens When Diversity Increases?	7
Religious Correlates of Religious Victimization in Youth: Findings from Two Nationally Representative Surveys	6
Ethnodoxy and Immigration Attitudes in the Middle East/North Africa	6
Issue Information	6
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. $35.00	6
Navigating Religion, Gender, and Race: Women Leaving Religion in Western Europe	6
The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?	6
Belief in Supernatural Agents and Lay Explanations About the Causes of Poverty	6
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 Netherlands	5
“I Have to Trust God to Protect My Babies”: Anti‐Black Racism, Black Motherwork‐Related Stress, and Religious Coping	5
“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy	5
Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry	5
Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness	5
Pluralism in the Mind: Patterns and Predictors of Identifying With Multiple World Religions	5
Faith in Transition: The Complex Interplay of Parent and Peer Influences on Catholic Value Internalization Among College Students	5
Immigrants’ Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain	4
Faith and the Fragility of Justice: Responses to Gender‐Based Violence in South Africa	4
The Impact of Ritual Participation on Perceived Moral Objectivity: A Longitudinal Investigation of the U.S. Adolescents	4
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
Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category	4
Be Fruitful and Multiply? Complementarianism, Pronatalism, and Suppression of Reproductive Rights	4
Trust in God: The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Religiosity in China	4
Parental Sanctification, God Images, and Parental Happiness and Satisfaction in the United States	4
Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice	4
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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
Introduction: Religion and Bodies Special Issue	4
Tattoo Artists as Religious Figures	4
Christian Nationalism and Violence Against Religious Minorities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis	4
Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Positive Orientation and Gratitude in a Polish Sample	4
Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics	4
Making Space Behind the Veil: Black Agency within a Predominantly White Religion	4
Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Transcendent Accountability and Religiopolitical Awareness	4
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 Study	3
Religious Fundamentalism and Perception of Group Norms as Predictors of Radical Action Intention	3
Sexual Minorities, Religion, and Self‐Rated Health in the United States	3
A Democratic Approach to Religion News: Christianity and Islam in the British and Turkish Press	3
Religious Belonging, Belief, and Practice in a Multi‐Faith Context: A Comparison of Sole‐Affiliation Adherents and Individuals With Multiple Religious Identities	3
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Ambiguous Boundaries of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Belonging in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis of Plural and Cultural Religiosity	3
What Makes Politicians “Religious”? How Identity Congruence Shapes Religious Evaluations	3
Issue Information	3
Re‐Examining Collective Religious Violence at Rajneeshpuram: A Cultural Opposition Model Analysis	3
Correction	3

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Socioeconomic Advantage or Community Attachment? A Register‐Based Study on the Difference in National Lutheran Church Affiliation Between Finnish and Swedish Speakers in Finland	3
Congregation Shopping During the Pandemic: A Research Note	3
Do Religious Politicians Take Risks Differently? Evidence From Pakistan	3
Evangelical Civil War on the College Campus, White Evangelical Right Framing Resistance to Racial Justice in 2020s America	3
The Others: Finding and Counting America's Invisible Churches	3
A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving: A Closer Look	3
WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS. By OyèrónkéOládémọ. New York: NYU Press, 2022. vii + 187pp. $22.00 paperback, $89.00 hardcover	3
Religious Exit Costs	3