Religions

Papers
(The TQCC of Religions 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Religiosity in Poland63
Finding Wholes in the Metaverse: Posthuman Mystics as Agents of Evolutionary Contextualization61
A Systematic Literature Review of Populism, Religion and Emotions49
Exploring Religions in Relation to Populism: A Tour around the World34
The “Right” History: Religion, Race, and Nostalgic Stories of Christian America29
Civilizational Populism: Definition, Literature, Theory, and Practice28
Death Anxiety, Religiosity and Culture: Implications for Therapeutic Process and Future Research27
Religion in Creating Populist Appeal: Islamist Populism and Civilizationism in the Friday Sermons of Turkey’s Diyanet26
Religious and Pro-Violence Populism in Indonesia: The Rise and Fall of a Far-Right Islamist Civilisationist Movement24
Online Live-Stream Broadcasting of the Holy Mass during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland as an Example of the Mediatisation of Religion: Empirical Studies in the Field of Mass Media Studies and Pastora21
Current Mental Health Clients’ Attitudes Regarding Religion and Spirituality in Treatment: A National Survey20
To Open or Close? COVID-19, Mosques and the Role of Religious Authority within the British Muslim Community: A Socio-Legal Analysis20
Validation of the Interreligious Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRSi-7, CRSi-14, and CRSi-20): Salience of Religion among Selected Youth in the Philippines19
Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism in Society, in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Paradigmatic Focus on ‘St. Paul’s Route’ in the Central Macedonia Region, Greece19
Eco-Anxiety and Pastoral Care: Theoretical Considerations and Practical Suggestions18
Mapping Digital Religion: Exploring the Need for New Typologies18
Authoritarianism, Democracy, Islamic Movements and Contestations of Islamic Religious Ideas in Indonesia17
Love Jihad and the Governance of Gender and Intimacy in Hindu Nationalist Statecraft17
Religious Moderation in Indonesian Muslims17
Preliminary Research on the Social Attitudes toward AI’s Involvement in Christian Education in Vietnam: Promoting AI Technology for Religious Education16
‘Forced’ Online Religion: Religious Minority and Majority Communities’ Media Usage during the COVID-19 Lockdown16
Spirituality and Well-Being: Theory, Science, and the Nature Connection16
Spiritual Care in Palliative Care16
Practicing Religion during a Pandemic: On Religious Routines, Embodiment, and Performativity15
“Fight, Die, and If Required Kill”: Hindu Nationalism, Misinformation, and Islamophobia in India15
Coronavirus-Driven Digitalization of In-Person Communities. Analysis of the Catholic Church Online Response in Spain during the Pandemic15
Validation of the Abrahamic Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS-5, CRS-10, and CRS-15): Evidence from Selected University Students in the Philippines14
Writing Orisha Music: Text, Tradition, and Creativity in Afro-Cuban Liturgy14
Pro-Violence Sermons of a Secular State: Turkey’s Diyanet on Islamist Militarism, Jihadism and Glorification of Martyrdom14
Religious Populisms in the Asia Pacific14
Online Opportunities in Secularizing Societies? Clergy and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland14
Prison as a Site of Intense Religious Change: The Example of Conversion to Islam14
Religious Freedom in the Time of the Pandemic14
Hinduism, Hindutva and Hindu Populism in India: An Analysis of Party Manifestos of Indian Rightwing Parties14
Replika: Spiritual Enhancement Technology?13
What Kind of Islamophobia? Representation of Muslims and Islam in Italian and Spanish Media13
Jain Veganism: Ancient Wisdom, New Opportunities13
Religion as an Authoritarian Securitization and Violence Legitimation Tool: The Erdoğanist Diyanet’s Framing of a Religious Movement as an Existential Threat13
Hindu Nationalism Online: Twitter as Discourse and Interface13
The Relationship between Psycholinguistic Features of Religious Words and Core Dimensions of Religiosity: A Survey Study with Japanese Participants13
Islam and Foreign Policy: Turkey’s Ambivalent Religious Soft Power in the Authoritarian Turn13
Is Suicide the Unforgivable Sin? Understanding Suicide, Stigma, and Salvation through Two Christian Perspectives12
Online Temptations: Divorce and Extramarital Affairs in Kazakhstan12
Navigating Religion Online: Jewish and Muslim Responses to Social Media12
The Value of Belongingness in Relation to Religious Belief, Institutionalized Religion, Moral Judgement and Solidarity12
Negotiating Gendered Religious Space: Australian Muslim Women and the Mosque12
From Love Jihad to Grooming Gangs: Tracing Flows of the Hypersexual Muslim Male through Far-Right Female Influencers12
Sixteen Contributors: A Response12
A.I. in Religion, A.I. for Religion, A.I. and Religion: Towards a Theory of Religious Studies and Artificial Intelligence12
Banal Catholicism, Morality Policies and the Politics of Belonging in Spain11
Interreligious Dialogue Groups Enabling Human Agency11
The African American Church House: A Phenomenological Inquiry of an Afrocentric Sacred Space11
Crisis and Continuation: The Digital Relocation of Jain Socio-Religious Praxis during the COVID-19 Pandemic11
Validation of the Short Forms of Centrality of Religiosity Scale in Russia11
Russian World and Ukrainian Autocephaly: Religious Narratives in Anti-Colonial Nationalism of Ukraine11
Spirituality and Religiosity during Suicide Bereavement: A Qualitative Systematic Review11
How to Cope with Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Perspectives of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism11
Polish Catholic Bishops, Nationalism and Liberal Democracy11
Investigating Pre-Competition-Related Discrete Emotions and Unaccustomed Religious Coping among Elite Student-Athletes: Implications for Reflexive Practice11
Reassessing Shamanism and Animism in the Art and Archaeology of Ancient Mesoamerica11
Belonging through Events? Exploring the Demographic Profile, Motivations, and Experiences of Those Attending the Afternoon Carol Services on Christmas Eve at Liverpool Cathedral11
Religion and International Relations: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?11
Where Would You Go? Race, Religion, and the Limits of Pastor Mental Health Care in Black and Latino Congregations10
Sexuality and Affection in the Time of Technological Innovation: Artificial Partners in the Japanese Context10
Dialogue, Worldview Inclusivity, and Intra-Religious Diversity: Addressing Diversity through Religious Education in the Finnish Basic Education Curriculum10
Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials: How Social Media Influencers Reimagine Religious Authority and Islamic Practices10
Religion and Populism in the Global South: Islamist Civilisationism of Pakistan’s Imran Khan10
Pilgrimage and Religion: Pilgrim Religiosity on the Ways of St. James10
Religious Freedom in Pakistan: A Case Study of Religious Minorities10
How Religion, Social Class, and Race Intersect in the Shaping of Young Women’s Understandings of Sex, Reproduction, and Contraception10
How Does Religious Commitment Affect Satisfaction with Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Examining Depression, Anxiety, and Stress as Mediators10
Multidimensional Prayer Inventory: Psychometric Properties and Clinical Applications10
Formation of the Traditional Chinese State Ritual System of Sacrifice to Mountain and Water Spirits10
Exploring the Roles of Daily Spiritual Experiences, Self-Efficacy, and Gender in Shopping Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Model9
Violence and Jihad in Islam: From the War of Words to the Clashes of Definitions9
Brazilian Adaptation and Validation of the Religious and Spiritual Struggles (RSS) Scale—Extended and Short Version9
The Romanian Orthodox Church, the European Union and the Contention on Human Rights9
Cultural Factors Influencing Mental Health Stigma: Perceptions of Mental Illness (POMI) in Pakistani Emerging Adults9
Islamic Religious Authority in Cyberspace: A Qualitative Study of Muslim Religious Actors in Australia9
Fostering Tolerance and Respect for Diversity through the Fundamentals of Islamic Education9
Polarization but Not Pillarization Catholicism and Cultural Change in Post-Transformation Poland9
Transnational Religious Tourism in Modern China and the Transformation of the Cult of Mazu9
Spirituality and Health in Pandemic Times: Lessons from the Ancient Wisdom9
Between Text and Context: Understanding Ḥadīth through Asbab al Wurud9
Dying to Go Green: The Introduction of Resomation in the United Kingdom9
Church-Franchise: Missional Innovation for Church Planting and Leadership Mentorship in Neo-Pentecostal and Neo-Prophetic Churches in Africa9
‘The March Is Not Ended’: ‘Church’ Confronting the State over the Zimbabwean Crisis9
The Epistemic Status of Mystical Experience in Ibn ʻArabī’s Legal Reasoning9
Interpersonal Forgiveness and Meaning in Life in Older Adults: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of the Religious Meaning System9
“Dies Irae?” The Role of Religiosity in Dealing with Psychological Problems Caused by The COVID-19 Pandemic—Studies on a Polish Sample9
James Sterba’s New Argument from Evil9
Demonic and Divine Attributions around COVID-19 Vaccines: Links with Vaccine Attitudes and Behaviors, QAnon and Conspiracy Beliefs, Anger, Spiritual Struggles, Religious and Political Variables, and S9
Introduction: “Love Jihad”: Sexuality, Reproduction and the Construction of the Predatory Muslim Male9
Covid-19 and Korean Buddhism: Assessing the Impact of South Korea’s Coronavirus Epidemic on the Future of Its Buddhist Community9
The Securitization of Love Jihad8
“Back to Sender”: Re-Visiting the Belief in Witchcraft in Post-Colonial Zimbabwean Pentecostalism8
Religious Education in Poland during the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Perspective of Religion Teachers of the Silesian Voivodeship8
Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention to Teach Spiritual Care to Spanish Nursing Students8
The Workaholism Phenomenon in Portugal: Dimensions and Relations with Workplace Spirituality8
Life Scripts, Counter Scripts and Online Videos: The Struggle of Religious-Nationalist Community Epistemic Authorities against Military Service for Women8
Gratitude to God Predicts Religious Well-Being over Time8
Religious, but Not Spiritual: A Constructive Proposal8
Political Mobilisation of Religious, Chauvinist, and Technocratic Populists in Indonesia and Their Activities in Cyberspace8
Spirituality as a Predictor of Psychological Well-Being: An Explanatory Mechanism of Religiosity and Sustainable Consumption8
Teaching Global Citizenship in a Muslim-Majority Country: Perspectives of Teachers from the Religious, National, and International Education Sectors in Pakistan8
Personal Resources and Spiritual Change among Participants’ Hostilities in Ukraine: The Mediating Role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Turn to Religion8
Transforming “Ritual Cultural Features” into “Modern Product Forms”: A Case Study of Ancient Chinese Ritual Vessels8
Consultations in New Prophetic Churches and African Traditional Religions: A Case Study of Divine Healing in Assessing Syncretistic Practices in the South African Context8
Main Cathedral of Mutual Legitimation: The Church of the Russian Armed Forces as a Site of Making Power Meaningful8
Eternity in Low Earth Orbit: Icons on the International Space Station8
Spirituality and Healthcare—Common Grounds for the Secular and Religious Worlds and Its Clinical Implications8
Transcripts of Unfulfillment: A Study of Sexual Dysfunction and Dissatisfaction among Malay-Muslim Women in Malaysia8
The Validity of Prayer Importance Scale (PIS)8
Islamophobia: With or without Islam?8
Philosophical Practice as Spiritual Exercises towards Truth, Wisdom, and Virtue8
The Invention of Sacred Places and Rituals: A Comparative Study of Pilgrimage8
Protecting Buddhist Women from Muslim Men: “Love Jihad” and the Rise of Islamophobia in Myanmar8
Religiosity as a Factor Supporting Parenting and Its Perceived Effectiveness in Hungarian School Children’s Families8
“It’s Not Doctrine, This Is Just How It Is Happening!”: Religious Creativity in the Time of COVID-198
An Overview of Muslim Spiritual Parenting8
Centrality of Religiosity among Select LGBTQs in the Philippines8
Nations under God: How Church–State Relations Shape Christian Responses to Right-Wing Populism in Germany and the United States8
Digital Media: When God Becomes Everybody—The Blurring of Sacred and Profane8
Modern Practice, Archaic Ritual: Catholic Exorcism in America8
Islam and Institutional Religious Freedom in Indonesia8
Indirect Relationship between Alcoholics Anonymous Spirituality and Their Hopelessness: The Role of Meaning in Life, Hope, and Abstinence Duration8
Sacred Sites, Rituals, and Performances in the Ecosystem of Religious Tourism8
Do Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous and Religiousness Both Directly and Indirectly through Meaning in Life Lead to Spiritual Experiences?8
The Correlation between Spiritual Well-Being and Burnout of Teachers8
The Influence of Spiritual Transcendence on a Centering Meditation: A Growth Curve Analysis of Resilience8
‘To Hell with Bishops’: Rethinking the Nexus of State, Law and Religion in Times of Crisis in Zimbabwe7
“Like a Vibration Cascading through the Body”: Energy-Like Somatic Experiences Reported by Western Buddhist Meditators7
Art and Influence, Presence and Navigation in Southern African Forager Landscapes7
Developing an Educational Course in Spiritual Care: An Action Research Study at Two Danish Hospices7
Animal Suffering, God and Lessons from the Book of Job7
Experiential Avoidance Mediates the Relationship between Prayer Type and Mental Health before and through the COVID-19 Pandemic7
Opting out of Religious Education and the Religiosity of Youth in Poland: A Qualitative Analysis7
The Socio-Pedagogical Dynamics of Religious Knowledge in Religious Education: A Participatory Action-Research in Greek Secondary Schools on Understanding Diversity7
Spiritual Communion in a Digital Age: A Roman Catholic Dilemma and Tradition7
The Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH): Psychometric Evaluation and Initial Validation of the SSSH Baseline Spirituality Survey7
Instrumentalization of Religious Conspiracy Theories in Politics of Victimhood: Narrative of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs7
Religiosity and Contentment among Teachers in the Philippines during COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediating Effects of Resilience, Optimism, and Well-Being7
Embodiment of Ancestral Spirits, the Social Interface, and Ritual Ceremonies: Construction of the Shamanic Landscape among the Daur in North China7
The Relationship between Religion and National Culture in Poland in Light of John Paul II’s Philosophical and Theological Reflections7
Political Islam: A 40 Year Retrospective7
Sports Chaplaincy, Theology and Social Theory Disrupting Performance-Based Identity in Elite Sporting Contexts7
The Salience of Islam to Muslim Heritage Children’s Experiences of Identity, Family, and Well-Being in Foster Care7
“Are You God? Damn Your Family!”: The Islam–Gender Nexus in Right-Wing Populism and the New Generation of Muslim Feminist Activism in Turkey7
Older Adults with Dementia: Association of Prayer with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Cognitive Function, and Sleep Disturbances7
Intercultural Theology as In-Between Theology7
Ensuring Individual Rights through Institutional Freedoms: The Role of Religious Institutions in Securing Religious Rights7
Islamist Populist Nation-Building: Gradual, Ad Hoc Islamisation of the Secular Education System in Turkey7
Respect for Religiosity: Review of Faith Integration in Health and Wellbeing Interventions with Muslim Minorities7
The Role of Religious Values and Beliefs in Shaping Mental Health and Disorders7
Understanding Responses to Worship Regulations in the Pandemic Era: Text Data Mining Analysis in the Indonesian Context7
How Modern Witches Enchant TikTok: Intersections of Digital, Consumer, and Material Culture(s) on #WitchTok7
“I Discovered I Love to Pray Alone Too”: Pluralist Muslim Women’s Approaches to Practicing Islam during and after Ramadan 20207
The Constitutionalization of the Civil State: The Self-Definition of Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen Following the Arab Uprisings7
Does a Religious Atmosphere Impact Corporate Social Responsibility? A Comparative Study between Taoist and Buddhist Dominated Atmospheres7
Emerging Hindu Rashtra and Its Impact on Indian Muslims7
Afghan-Hazara Migration and Relocation in a Globalised Australia7
Buddhist Pilgrimage and the Ritual Ecology of Sacred Sites in the Indo-Gangetic Region7
Reflections on Islamic Feminist Exegesis of the Qur’an7
The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat7
Brand Management of Catholic Church in Poland7
Associations between Prayer and Mental Health among Christian Youth in the Philippines7
Geopolitics of Catholic Pilgrimage: On the Double Materiality of (Religious) Politics in the Virtual Age7
Freedom of Religion and the Accommodation of Religious Diversity: Multiculturalising Secularism7
Vulnerance of Pastoral Care7
Faithful Stewards of God’s Creation? Swedish Evangelical Denominations and Climate Change6
What’s Love Got to Do with It? Religion and the Multiple Logic Tensions of Social Enterprise6
Trends in Online Religious Processes during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Hungary—Digital Media Use and Generational Differences6
Secularization Vindicated6
Þingeyrar Abbey in Northern Iceland: A Benedictine Powerhouse of Cultural Heritage6
Is God Morally Obligated to Prevent Evil? A Response to James Sterba6
Islamic Perspectives on Organ Transplantation: A Continuous Debate6
Perceived Group Deprivation and Intergroup Solidarity: Muslims’ Attitudes towards Other Minorities in the United States6
Rosa’s Theory of Resonance: Its Importance for (the Science of) Religion and Hope6
Religion and the Stigma of Suicide: A Quantitative Analysis Using Nationwide Survey Data from Hungary6
The Struggle of Indigenous Peoples to Maintain Their Spirituality in Latin America: Freedom of and from Religion(s), and Other Threats6
Dirty South Feminism: The Girlies Got Somethin’ to Say Too! Southern Hip-Hop Women, Fighting Respectability, Talking Mess, and Twerking Up the Dirty South6
Worldviews Complexity in COVID-19 Times: Australian Media Representations of Religion, Spirituality and Non-Religion in 20206
The Thomistic Dissolution of the Logical Problem of Evil6
Understanding Civilizational Populism in Europe and North America: The United States, France, and Poland6
“Yes, in Crisis We Pray”. The Role of Prayer in Coping with Pandemic Fears6
Attitudes of Polish Young Adults towards the Roman Catholic Church: A Sociological and Pastoral Analysis of Empirical Research among Young Adults and Teachers6
Deconversion Processes in Adolescence—The Role of Parental and Peer Factors6
Psychedelic Mystical Experience: A New Agenda for Theology6
Hindi Adaptation of Centrality of Religiosity Scale6
Spirituality through the Lens of Students in Higher Education6
Decolonizing Qurʾanic Studies6
Psychedelic Drugs and Atheism: Debunking the Myths6
A Comparative Study of Islam and Buddhism: A Multicultural Society Perspective6
International Relations by Proxy? The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church6
Addressing Religion in Secular Healthcare: Existential Communication and the Post-Secular Negotiation6
Hearing, Reflection, and Cultivation: Relating the Three Types of Wisdom to Mindfulness6
Mapping Instructional Barriers during COVID-19 Outbreak: Islamic Education Context6
Spiritual Care in Palliative Care: A Physician’s Perspective6
‘Deep Learning’ in Studies of Religion and Worldviews in Norwegian Schools? The Implications of the National Curriculum Renewal in 20206
In Search of Authenticity: Humanist Weddings in the Polish Context6
Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future?6
The Nexus of Digital Authoritarianism and Religious Populism6
What Role Does Religion Have in Shaping Human Consumption?6
Embodying Theology: Trauma Theory, Climate Change, Pastoral and Practical Theology6
A Compensatory Response to the Problem of Evil6
Religion and Life Satisfaction of Polish Female Students Representing Roman Catholic Affiliation: Test of Empirical Model6
The Causes of Societal Discrimination against Religious Minorities in Christian-Majority Countries6
After Hajj: Muslim Pilgrims Refashioning Themselves6
Recognition and Responsibility6
Christian Mindfulness and Mental Health: Coping through Sacred Traditions and Embodied Awareness6
Belief in God and Psychological Distress: Is It the Belief or Certainty of the Belief?6
Gandhi’s View on Judaism and Zionism in Light of an Interreligious Theology6
A Divine Rebellion: Indigenous Sacraments among Global “Lamanites”6
Is God Listening to My Prayers? Initial Validation of a Brief Measure of Perceived Divine Engagement and Disengagement in Response to Prayer6
Religiosity and Depression at Midlife: A Prospective Study6
The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Catalyst for Religious Polarization in Poland6
Rituals and Embodied Cultural Practices at the Beginning of Life: African Perspectives6
(In)active God—Coping with Suffering and Pain from the Perspective of Christianity6
What Do Palliative Care Professionals Understand as Spiritual Care? Findings from an EAPC Survey6
Popular Piety and Devotion to Parish Patrons in Poland and Spain, 1948–986
Psychedelic Epistemology: William James and the “Noetic Quality” of Mystical Experience6
The International Activity of Ordo Iuris. The Central European Actor and the Global Christian Right6
Multicultural Society as a Challenge for Coexistence in Europe5
Religion: Interrelationships and Opinions in Children and Adolescents. Interaction between Age and Beliefs5
In between Birth and Death, Past and Future, the Self and the Others: An Anthropological Insight on Commemorative and Celebrative Tattoos in Central Italy5
The Sacrificial Ritual and Commissioners to the South Sea God in Tang China5
Religion, Belonging, and Active Citizenship: A Systematic Review of Literature on Muslim Youth in Australia5
Frozen Bodies and Future Imaginaries: Assisted Dying, Cryonics, and a Good Death5
Shifting Paradigms in Islamic Higher Education in Europe: The Case Study of Leiden University5
Ontology in Neolithic Britain and Ireland: Beyond Animism5
The Role of Catholicism in Shaping a Culture of Sustainable Consumption5
Does God Work in All Things to the Good of Those Who Love Him? Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia Share Their Spiritual Struggles5
Twitter in Marketing Practice of the Religious Media. An Empirical Study on Catholic Weeklies in Poland5
Constancy and Changes in the Distribution of Religious Groups in Contemporary China: Centering on Religion as a Whole, Buddhism, Protestantism and Folk Religion5
Sacred Trees, Mystic Caves, Holy Wells: Devotional Titles in Spanish Rural Sanctuaries5
Religion-Related Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Practices and Initiatives of the Contemporary Chinese State5
Children and Climate Anxiety: An Ecofeminist Practical Theological Perspective5
The Emergence of Islamist Official and Unofficial Laws in the Erdoganist Turkey: The Case of Child Marriages5
On James Sterba’s Refutation of Theistic Arguments to Justify Suffering5
Music and Spirituality in Africa: Gospel Music, Spirituality, and Everyday Meaning-Making in Nigeria5
The Role of Religious Coping in Understanding the Suicide Risk of Older Adults during COVID-195
“Casting Our Sins Away”: A Comparative Analysis of Queer Jewish Communities in Israel and in the US5
Moral Ambivalence, Religious Doubt and Non-Belief among Ex-Hijabi Women in Turkey5
Irreligious Educators? An Empirical Study of the Academic Qualifications, (A)theistic Positionality, and Religious Belief of Religious Education Teachers in England and Scotland5
A Sense of Presence: Mediating an American Apocalypse5
Vulnerability, Vulnerance and Resilience—Spiritual Abuse and Sexual Violence in New Spiritual Communities5
The Devil and the Doctor: The (De)Medicalization of Exorcism in the Roman Catholic Church5
Stop the Spread: Gossip, COVID-19, and the Theology of Social Life5
Digital Authoritarianism: Protecting Islam in Multireligious Malaysia5
God’s Benevolent Love in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: Articulations and Experiences of Select Filipino Youth5
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