Review of Religious Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Review of Religious Research 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Book Review: Peter Mundey, Review of Sacred Consumption: The Religions of Christianity and Consumerism in America31
Book Review: Courtney Ann Irby, Review of Guiding God’s Marriage: Faith and Social Change in Premarital Counseling26
“I Come Out Because I Love You”: Positive Coming Out Experiences among Latter-day Saint Sexual and Gender Minorities19
The Arts in Sacred Spaces: How Religious Conservatism and Cultural Omnivorousness Influence Attitudes about Congregational Involvement in the Arts18
Is There Really ‘Another’ Counterexample to the Secularization Thesis? Religious Dynamics in Italy between 1910 and 201316
‘God will protect us’: Belief in God/Higher Power's ability to intervene and COVID-19 vaccine uptake16
Book Reviews: Thad S. Austin and Katie R. Comeau, Caring for Clergy: Understanding a Disconnected Network of Providers13
Understanding Coping Mechanisms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Stakeholders of the African Sisters Education Collaborative10
Catholic Foundations: An Analysis of Governance Structures, Transparency, and Financial Performance10
Chinese Exceptionalism? Folk Religions and Subjective Well-being10
Religiosity over the Life Course and Flourishing: Are There Educational Differences?9
Population Dynamics of Religious Affiliations in Nigeria9
Rates and Reasons for Not Reporting Religious Discrimination to Authority Figures8
Deifying College: How Does Religion Dignify Those Who Face Secular Inequities?8
Is Together Better? Investigating the Relationship between Network Dynamics and Congregations’ Vitality and Sustainability8
Catholic Diocesan and Religious Priests’ Perceptions of Social Support from Their Fellow Priests, Bishops, and Religious Superiors6
The Limits of Congregational Support for Working Women6
Creative Work, Divine Struggles, and Self-Esteem: Evidence from Singapore6
Planting Seeds: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem6
Book Review: Jack Delehanty, Review of Making Moral Citizens: How Faith-Based Organizers Use Vocation for Public Action6
Masculine God Imagery Shapes the Association between Empathic Concern and Life Satisfaction6
Being Evangelical is Complicated: How Students’ Identities and Experiences Moderate Their Perceptions of Campus Climate5
Book Review: Review of Signs of Life: Catholic, Mainline, and Conservative Protestant Congregations of Canada4
Book Review: Rose Aslan, Review of Muslim Prayer in American Public Life Review of Muslim Prayer in American Public Life by AslanRose, 2024. New York, United States of A4
Barriers to Belonging: The Church Experiences of Families of Children with Disabilities4
What Is Religious Fundamentalism? Asking Scientists Who Study the Construct4
The Role of Church Support Networks in the Relationship between Discrimination and Psychiatric Disorders among Older African Americans4
Moral Careers of Muslim College Students: How I Became a Better Muslim through TikTok4
Which U.S. Congregational Leaders Also Work as Chaplains? A National Overview4
Dominion, Stewardship, and Perceptions of the Problem of Climate Change4
Using the Body to Retrieve the Soul: Learning From Modern Chinese Shaman Phenomenology of the Body4
Book Review: Grace Duddy Pomroy, Review of Funding Forward: A Pathway to More Sustainable Models for Ministry Review of Funding Forward: A Pathway to More Sustainable Mo3
Personal and Relational Processes of Repentance in Religious Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Families3
Effects of Religious Tourism Policies on Religious Development3
Book Review: Stolzenberg, Nomi M., and David N. Myers, Review of American Shetetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, A Hasidic Village in Upstate New York3
Excluded or Part of the Team? Investigating of the Role of Grandparents in Christian Faith Nurture, Using Discourse Analysis3
Sacred Meets Synthetic: A Multi-Method Study on the First AI Church Service3
“I Know That Goes Against My Religion”: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion with Religious Reflexivity3
Faith, Doubt, and Context: How the Lifecourse Shapes the Space Between Religious and Secular Worldviews2
Humble with God? How Education and Race Shape the Association between God-Mediated Control and Humility in Later Life2
Book Review: Joshua Iyadurai, Review of Social Research Methods: For Students and Scholars of Theology and Religious Studies Review of Social Research Methods: For Stude2
Timothy O. Benedict, Spiritual Ends: Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan2
Book Review: The Church Must Grow or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Christianity Review of The Church Must Grow or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Chri2
Societal Inputs, Religious Outputs, and Young Adults: A Cross-Cohort Analysis of Attitudes toward Same-Sex Relations and Civil Liberties for Gays and Lesbians2
Correction to: Theological Education as “Being With” the Future Church: Applied Research among Local Leaders in an Australian Baptist Denomination 10.1007/s13644-021-00480-z2
Perceptions of Group Boundaries between Amish and Non-Amish during the COVID-19 Pandemic2
Maternal Resolution and Religious Processing in Muslim Bedouin Mothers of Children with Special Needs2
Talk of Prayer: How Shared Expectations Organize Cultural Tool Use2
Book Review: Review of Joel Thiessen, Arch Chee Keen Wong, and Mark D. Chapman, The Stories Congregations Tell: Flourishing in the Face of Transition and Change Review o2
Book Review: Review of 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America2
Book Review: Review of Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education: Critical Perspectives on Teaching Islam in Primary and Secondary Schools by Nadeem A. Memon (Ed), Mohamad Abdalla, Mariam Alhasy2
Book Review: Phil Davignon, Practicing Christians, Practical Atheists: How Cultural Liturgies and Everyday Social Practices Shape the Christian Life2
Contrasting Experiences: Gender Disparities in Spirituality, Character Strengths, Mental Health, and Social Justice among Next-Generation Religious Leaders2
Holier Than Thou? Comparing Spirituality and Religiosity among Africans, the African Diaspora, and Caucasians1
Religious Social Networks: How Upbringing and Education Shape Social Ties Over Time1
Book Review: Why Religion is Good for American Democracy1
Community Shades of Green: An Evaluation of Israeli Haredi Environmental Perspectives1
Transcendent Accountability and Pro-Community Attitudes: Assessing the Link Between Religion and Community Engagement1
Book Review: Maureen K. Day, Review of Cultural Catholics: Who They Are, How to Respond1
Book Review: Jennifer McClure Haraway, Review of No Congregation Is an Island: How Faith Communities Navigate Opportunities and Challenges Together Review of No Congrega1
Introduction to the Special Issue: The Catholic Priesthood in Times of Change1
The Rhythm of Hidden Religious Heritage: Dhol Puja of India’s Hijra Community1
Belief in Divine Support and Sense of Mattering: The Image of God as a Moderator?1
Book Review: Organizational Behavior in Christian Perspective: Theory and Practice for Church and Ministry Leaders Review of Organizational Behavior in Christian Perspective: Theory and Practice for C1
Cohesion and Constraint: Expanding a Model of Jewish Ethnicity1
Childhood Abuse and the Mental Health of Seminary Students: The Mediating Role of R/S Struggles1
Can Modern and Traditional Hebrew Instruction be Integrated in Jewish Education? An Assessment of Ivrit b’Ivrit Curriculum1
Book Review: Zain Abdullah, Review of The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Race Review of The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Race by AbdullahZain, 2024. 1
Perception of Climate Change among Vulnerable Groups and Religious Faiths in Nigeria1
Book Review: Mark Juergensmeyer, When God Stops Fighting When God Stops Fighting by JuergensmeyerMark, 2022. Berkeley: University of California Press.1
Book Review: Review of Global Christianity: A Guide to the World's Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe1
Christian Human Rights Lawyers in Authoritarian China: A Spiritual Capital and Social Capital Explanation1
The Social Fabric of Faith: The Interconnectedness of Community Influence and Authentic Religious Expression1
Book Review: Review of Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics1
Book Review: Christopher P. Scheitle, Review of The Faithful Scientist: Experiences of Anti-Religious Bias in Scientific Training1
Book Review: Review of Exploring the Public Effects of Religious Communication on Politics1
Explanations for Individual Secularization: Exploring the Effects of Life Course Events on Religious Decline in the Netherlands Between 2009 and 20201
Does Religion Foster Prejudice among Adherents of all World Religions? A Comparison across Religions1
A Matter of Conscience: American Women Religious, Feminist Agency, and the Catholic Church1
What Happened to Parishioner Giving During & After Covid-19? Estimating the Effects of Covid-19 on Religious Donating Behavior1
Are Women Elders Paid Less than Men? A Brief Report from the North Carolina Statewide Longitudinal Survey of United Methodist Clergy1
Catalysts of Connectedness: A Case for Greater Complexity in Religious Identity Formation Research1
Book Review: Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, Robert Chao Romero, and Nancy Wang Yuen, Review of God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants1
Divine Compensation? Gender, Religiosity, and the Link Between Feeling Underpaid and Psychological Distress1
Science and Religion in the Context of a Good Death1
Financial Hardship, Religious Experience, and Health1
Anticipating Sabbath Predicts Higher Quality Sleep: A Longitudinal Adventist Study1
Book Review: Ted A. Smith, Review of the End of Theological Education1
An Organizational Analysis of the Schismatic Church of Satan1
Character Matters? Christian Nationalism and Insistence on Ethical Political Leaders0
Religious Affiliation and Homeownership: Contemporary Patterns of Ownership, Value, and Status0
Program Evaluation in Religious Domain: A Systematic Mapping and Analysis of Academic Literature0
Social Class and Social Cohesion among American Jews0
A Smaller Pie with a Different Taste: The Evolution of the Western-European Religious Landscape (European Values Study, 1981–2017)0
Book Review: Andrew Whitehead, Review of American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel0
Occupational Stressors and Flourishing among Roman Catholic Priests: The Eucharist as the “Source and Summit”0
In Our Own Image: How Americans Rate Jesus on the Ideological Spectrum0
Book Review: Sanctifying Suburbia: How the Suburbs became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals Review of Sanctifying Suburbia: How the Suburbs became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals0
Audience Considerations: Ten Tips, Crafting a Hook, and the Writing Process0
The Norwegian Memory Tasks: Using Pensioner Auto-Biographies to Study Religion in a Secularizing Country0
Finding Congregations through Online Searches: Possibilities and Perils0
The Social Activity of Polish Migrants in the Republic of Ireland from the Perspective of Their Religiosity0
Between Theory and Practice: American Muslims and the Limits of American Civil Religion0
Book Review: Emily Smith, Review of The Science of the Good Samaritan0
Evangelical Organizations’ Responses to Domestic Violence: How the Cultural Production of Religious Beliefs Challenges or Enshrines Patriarchy0
Religion and Americans’ Fear of Crime in the 21st Century0
Mohism as Confucianism Critique: Examining the Multifaceted Relationship of Christianity and Confucianism in China0
Malcontented Ministers? Predictors of Clergy Job Dissatisfaction and Thoughts of Leaving Ministry0
Conservatism, Prayer, and Flourishing Among Catholic Priests0
Religious Schools, Home Schools, and Gender-Role Beliefs in Adulthood0
Book Review: Review of Church Planters: Inside the World of Religion Entrepreneurs0
Religion and Social Trust: Evidence From Chinese Christians in New Zealand0
Does Religiosity Buffer the Adverse Mental Health Effects of Work-Family Strain? Examining the Role of an Overlooked Resource0
Book Review: Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun, Review of Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society0
Reclaiming American Islam: The Empirical Case for Blackamerican Muslims as the “Indigenous [B]lack Presence”0
Internalized Racism? A Study of Christian Nationalism and Perceptions of Asian Hate and White Privilege Among Asians and Asian Americans0
Why Public Scholarship Needs Research on Religion for Religious Leaders: H. Paul Douglass Lecture, Religious Research Association0
COVID-19 Impacts on Christian and Muslim Organizations in Germany: A Comparative Mixed Methods Study0
Book Review: Wendy Cadge, Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains0
The Demographic Makeup of Congregations and Clergy Mental Health: A Research Note0
Increased Bible Reading, Religious Beliefs, and Prosociality During College0
Religious Belief, Calling, and Marginalized Communities0
Book Review: Bonnie Ives Marden, Review of Church Finances for Missional Leaders:Best Practices for Faithful Stewardship Review of Church Finances for Missional Leaders:0
Book Review: Why God Needs War and War Needs God JuergensmeyerM. (2025). Why God Needs War and War Needs God. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 120pp, $190
Measurement and Conceptualization of Christian Nationalism: A Critical Examination and Alternative Approach0
Book Reviews: Chris Seiple and Dennis R. Hoover, The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement0
Book Review: Wes Markofski, Review of Good News for Common Goods: Multicultural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America0
Believing and Wanting to Belong: A Mixed-Methods Study of Dechurched Christians in Hong Kong0
Book Review: Ben Clements and Stephen Bullivant, Review of Catholics in Contemporary Britain: Faith, Society, Politics0
The New Parochialism? Polish Migrant Catholic Parishes on the Path of Change0
Catholic Sacraments of Initiation along with Religious and Spiritual Pathways to Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood: Longitudinal Evidence from the United States0
Believing without Belonging? The Effects of Racial Discrimination at the Mosque on Religiosity and Mosque Attendance through Belonging for Black Muslims0
Correction to Various articles0
Negotiating the Pulpit: African-American Clergywomen’s Acceptance of Guest Speaking Invitations0
Explaining Racial Attitudes: Race, Political Identity, Education, and Religious Outgrouping0
Correction to: Does Religion Foster Prejudice among Adherents of all World Religions? A Comparison across Religions0
Changes in Religiosity and Reliance on God during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Protective Role under Conditions of Financial Strain?0
Measuring Religious Evil: Examining the Use of Single-Item Measures in Religious Research0
Catalysts of Connectedness: Three Wellsprings of Jewish Culture and Their Effects on Jewish Cultural Identity0
Does Religious Service Attendance Condition the Link between Relationship Status and Mattering to Others? Evidence From the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic0
Book Review: Galen Watts, The Spiritual Turn: The Religion of the Heart and the Making of the Romantic Liberal Modernity0
A Preliminary National Survey of Accessible Features of Churches in the United States0
Understanding the Approaches of Churches in Addressing Community Need and Poverty: Black Churches in North Philadelphia0
Book Review: Review of After the Revival: Pentecostalism and the Making of a Canadian Church0
Book Review: Wendy Cadge, Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains0
Book Review: Jason E. Shelton, Review of The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion Review of The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dy0
Variations in Muslim Women’s Mosque Attendance by Individual and Country Characteristics: The Significance of Women’s Societal Engagement0
Barriers to the Healthcare System Faced by Ultra-Orthodox Religious Disaffiliates0
The Persistence of Religion as a Master Status for Chaplains0
Book Review: Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics0
Pandemic Spiritual Leadership: A Trans-national Study of Innovation and Spiritual Practices0
Religion and Intergroup Boundaries: Positive and Negative Ties among Youth in Ethnically and Religiously Diverse School Classes in Western Europe0
Perceiving Religion as Easily Changeable and Support for Religion as a Protected Class0
Motivations and Types of Religious Change in Contemporary America0
Book Review: Lisa A. Keister, Review of Catholics in America: A Social Portrait Review of Catholics in America: A Social Portrait by KeisterLisa A., 2024. New York, NY: 0
Forming Consciences into Collective Parish Actions: Catholic Parishioners’ Struggles for Institutional Change0
The Editorial Decision-Making Process: Evaluating Aims & Scope Alignment0
Book Review: Sarah Diefendorf, Review of The Holy Vote: Inequality and Anxiety Among White Evangelicals Review of The Holy Vote: Inequality and Anxiety Among White Evang0
Pastoral Ministry in Unsettled Times: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Clergy during the COVID-19 Pandemic0
“And Then COVID Happened…”: The Impact on Ministry and Disability in Local Churches0
Perceived Neighborhood Disorder, Self-Esteem, and the Moderating Role of Religion0
Multiple Roles of American Muslim Health Professionals as a Faith-based Organization: A Case Study0
Subtypes of Bullying and Friends’ Delinquency: Is Religiosity a Moderator?0
Does Religious Switching Predict Clergy Longitudinal Spiritual Well-being?0
How Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religiosity Explain Differences in Attitudes and Behaviour of Euthanasia of Dutch Protestants0
Book Review: Unraveling Religious Leadership: Power, Authority, and Decoloniality Review of Unraveling Religious Leadership: Power, Authority, and Decoloniality by Lizardy-HajbiKristina, 2024. Minneap0
How Digital Technologies are Reshaping the Economy of Daoist Temples in China: An Actor-network Theory Perspective0
To Protect and Serve? Race and Police Use of Force across Religious Contexts0
Book Review: Rachel Ellis, This Place Called Prison: Women’s Religious Life in the Shadow of Punishment0
Religion Market Abuses and Religious Conversion in Cameroon Urban Areas0
Book Review: José Casanova and Peter C. Phan, Review of Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges0
The Consequences of Conversion: How Do White Muslims Experience Racialization and Privilege?0
Mental Health and Illness Perceptions and Experiences in Canadian Christian Congregations0
Book Review: Review of Studying Lived0
Book Review: Shamanism: The Timeless Religion SinghM. (2025). Shamanism: The Timeless Religion. Penguin Random House. Pp. 304. $30 (hardback). ISBN 978050
Are Online Congregations Representative? Exploring Resource and Political Differences0
The Financial Impacts of COVID-19 on United Methodist Churches in North Carolina: A Qualitative Study of Pastors’ Perspectives and Strategies0
Book Review Review of Religion in a Changing Workplace, by EcklundElaine HowardDanielsDeniseScheitleChristopher P.2024. New York City, NY: Oxford University Press. Pp. 216 + 201. $24.95. ISBN 978-01970
Parental Influence and Religious Context: A Cross-Level Perspective on Volunteering during Adolescence and Early Adulthood0
Religious Attendance and Health Behavior in Cross-National Perspective: The Role of Religious Context0
Understanding Best Practices in Managing Financial Constraints Among US Congregations: A Machine Learning Approach0
Book Review: Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women’s Health WilsonW. D. Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and0
Religious/spiritual struggles and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Does “talking religion” help or hurt?0
The Importance of Peer Review: Recommendations for Reviewers and Authors0
A Field Study Update on Organizational Satanism and Setianism in the United States0
Religion in China: How Can We Measure Change?0
Toward an Integrated Framework of Knowledge Transfer: When Non-Profit Organizations Become International0
Book Review: Review of the Struggle to Stay: Why Single Evangelical Women are Leaving the Church0
Book Review: Review of Work pray code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley0
Introduction to the Special Issue: Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders0
Health Disparities between Religious Majority and Minority: A Cross-National Analysis0
Theological Education as “Being With” the Future Church: Applied Research among Local Leaders in an Australian Baptist Denomination0
Gender Gaps in World Christianity: Membership, Participation, and Leadership0
Burnout Among Pastors in Relation to Congregation Member and Church Organizational Outcomes0
When God Calls: Temporality in Southern Baptist Calls to Missions0
The Effects of Role Differentiation among Clergy: Impact on Pastoral Burnout and Job Satisfaction0
Religious Disaffiliation From Orthodox Judaism: Social, Psychological, and Intellectual Factors Related to Exiting0
Book Review: Shariq Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif, and Micah A. Hughes, Review of Understanding Muslim Philanthropy Review of Understanding Muslim Philanthropy by SiddiquiShari0
Eating Your Cake and Having it Too: US Megachurches and Factors Associated with Attending Multiple Congregations0
Varying Beliefs in God and the Self-Concepts of Mattering and Dignity in a US Sample0
Book Review: Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing From Trauma and the Impact of High Control Religion0
Religious Congregations’ Technological and Financial Capacities on the Eve of the COVID-19 Pandemic0
How the U.S. Bishops Differ over Time and by Theological Orientation in What They Perceive to be the Greatest Hopes and Challenges in the U.S. Church0
Social Support in the Workplace, Praying for Others, and Job Satisfaction0
All May Not Be Forgiven: Post Seminary Financial Liabilities for Diocesan Catholics Pursuing Ordination0
Changing Religious Affiliation in the Chinese Mainland: A Cohort Perspective0
Digital Religion among U.S. and Canadian Millennial Adults0
“I Just Wanted Support”: Examining how LDS Clergy May Effectively Minister to Sexual and Gender Minority Congregants0
Book Review: Review of Stuck: Why Clergy are Alienated from their Calling, Congregation, and Career… and What to do about it0
Visible and Vocal: The Intersection of Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Women’s Political Priorities0
Is it the Sermon or the Choir? Pastoral Support, Congregant Support, and Worshiper Mental Health0
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