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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 Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Weiqian Xia, Martin Kolk, Jan Saarela
Secularization theory has been challenged by research showing religious persistence and upswing in contexts across the world. In Europe, particularly in highly secular and historically religiously homogeneous Nordic settings, there has been little research, and representative data for minority groups are rare. We offer a pioneering study using national register data to study religious changes over
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Diversity Dynamics: How Local Religious Groups Appear, Persist, or Disappear over Time Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Jeremy Senn, Jörg Stolz, Christophe Monnot
Religious diversity is often described and measured statically. This article goes a step further by describing how congregational religious diversity changes over time, and by exposing the mechanisms underlying these changes. We combine data from two censuses (from 2008 and 2020) of congregations in Switzerland with a sample-based national congregation study conducted in 2008. Our main findings are
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Congregation Over Denomination: Analyzing Psychological Reactions to a Church Ruling on Same Sex Marriage Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Clara L. Wilkins, Jaclyn A. Lisnek, Kimia Saadatian, Lerone A. Martin
In 2019, the United Methodist Church (UMC) voted to maintain their stance of prohibiting the ordination of gay clergy and the performance of same-sex marriages within the church. As part of a multi-method study, we hosted focus groups, interviews, and conducted surveys with 54 individuals from four UMC churches to assess attitudes about the outcome of the vote. Consistent with hypotheses, the majority
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Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Benedetta Nicoli
This article argues that studying ultimate questions as “potential mediators” of religious worldviews increases sociological knowledge of religion outside institutional boundaries, as research on secularization indicates. Concurrently, other studies demonstrate that the public communication of science (PCS) influences public orientations toward religion. Integrating these contributions, I deploy a
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Christianity as a Spiritual Sidepiece: How Young Black People with Diverse Sexual Identities Navigate Religion Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Sandra L. Barnes
Research about the experiences of young black members of the LGBTQIA community often centers HIV-related themes. Fewer studies consider more emotive aspects of their lives such as their attitudes and behavior around religion and/or spirituality. This study is a response to this dynamic. Informed by the Structure versus Agency discourse, this qualitative analysis examines dimensions of the religious
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Religiously Unaffiliated Youth in Europe: Shifting Remnants of Belief and Practice in Contexts of Diffused Religion and Cohort Decline Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 José Pereira Coutinho, Sarah Wilkins Laflamme
This study investigates the remnants and dynamics of religious beliefs and practices among religiously unaffiliated youth in Europe, comparing them with the older unaffiliated as well as with the religiously affiliated. Using EVS 2017–2021 data to test contrasting hypotheses of diffused religion and cohort replacement, the study draws three main conclusions. First, youth believe more on average and
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Re-Examining Collective Religious Violence at Rajneeshpuram: A Cultural Opposition Model Analysis Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Stuart A. Wright
The research literature on collective religious violence with regard to new or nontraditional religious movements (NRMs) has revealed an engaging set of arguments about the relative importance of internal versus external factors. While internal or group-bounded factors are certainly significant, external factors and conditions are sometimes overlooked or at least not fully appreciated. This article
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Welcoming Strangers: Protestant Churches’ Involvement in Refugee Resettlement in the United States Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Young-joo Lee
Providing shelters and other aid for refugees is one of the core Christian principles, but there exists a great divide in Protestant churches’ response to the refugee crisis. This study examines what contributes to the divide, focusing on how various congregational characteristics relate to churches’ interests and involvement in refugee resettlement. The analysis of the 2018–2019 National Congregations
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E Pluribus Unum? Constructing a Typology of Contemporary Dutch Evangelicals Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Paul Vermeer, Saskia Glas
Against the background of the assumed polymorphous character of evangelicalism as a trans-denominational movement, this article aims to construct a typology of Dutch evangelicals and, subsequently, to test whether this religious typology also manifests sociodemographic differences. Two research questions are addressed: Which types can be distinguished among contemporary Dutch evangelicals on the basis
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Christianity, Helping People in Poverty, and Embodied Relationships Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Cameron Parsell, Rose Stambe
This article demonstrates that people animated by Christianity draw on faith to help people in poverty through building relationships. Contrasting with the literature that presents relationships as a means to change people, including through evangelizing, we find that relationships are conceived as an end in and of themselves. Drawing on an Australian ethnographic study with pastors and volunteers
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Religious Ritual Compliance with COVID-19 Mandates in Plain Communities: A Case Study of Amish Obituaries and Funeral Practices Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, Rachel E. Stein
Measures to limit COVID-19's spread were vital at the pandemic's onset. While some churches complied with public health mandates, others resisted them. Some religious ceremonies depend on third parties independent of the church. Funerals may require mortuary services overseen by funeral directors. Religious groups that may otherwise resist public health directives may comply when they depend on a third
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A Search for Liberalizing Religion: Political Asymmetry in the American Religious Landscape Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Landon Schnabel
This study explores potential heterogeneity in the relationship between religion and politics in the United States. Rather than assume all religion is conservatizing, it conducts a broad preliminary search for liberalizing religion across three cross-sectional national datasets. While the study finds the most liberal politics among adherents of particular “liberal” religious groups rather than among
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Religion as a Determinant of Relationship Stability Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Christopher Boulis, Benno Torgler
There is a burgeoning literature that investigates the effects of religion on relationship dissolution. This study is distinguished from prior scholarship in three broad areas: The investigation estimates the effect of religion on relationship stability using multiple measures of religious affiliation and religious observance; it is based on information of the respondent and their partner for both
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Sexual Minorities, Religion, and Self-Rated Health in the United States Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Stephen Cranney
While religiosity has generally been found to be associated with health, sexual minority individuals are a theoretically unique population in the literature. Because of sample size issues, the extent to which sexual minority individuals differ from nonsexual minority individuals in the health and religion relationship has been difficult to comprehensively test; additionally, the theoretically germane
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“Like Little Knives, Stabbing Me”: The Impact of Microaggressions on LGBTQ+ Teens and Their Parents in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Sydney A. Sorrell, G. Tyler Lefevor, Connor O. Berg
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) teens raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (CJCLDS) experience microaggressions in their religious contexts. Active Latter-Day Saint parents of LGBTQ+ teens also face microaggressions in their religious environments, despite not holding an LGBTQ+ identity. We examined the impacts of microaggressions and the coping
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Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Positive Orientation and Gratitude in a Polish Sample Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Magdalena Razmus, Wiktor Razmus, Beata Zarzycka
Although religiosity has been recognized as a predictor of health and well-being, links between religiosity and body image have not been extensively examined. The objective of our study was to explore possible pathways through which religious commitment might be associated with body appreciation in a Polish sample. Participants (N = 262) completed measures of religious commitment, positive orientation
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“Not Being Counted”: Women's Place and Religious Space in Jewish Orthodox Communities During the COVID-19 Crisis Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 OFIRA FUCHS, RACHEL WERCZBERGER, SHLOMO GUZMEN-CARMELI
This article draws on the anthropology of crisis to analyze ways in which communal-religious responses to crisis situations can reveal engrained social and cultural structures, and especially their gendered aspects. We focus on two alternative forms of Jewish communal prayer service that emerged in Orthodox communities in Israel during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: street and balcony minyans
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Strange Affinities in the Search for Personalized Health: New Age Practices and Genetic Testing Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Christopher P. Scheitle, Bernard D. DiGregorio, Katie E. Corcoran
A prominent focus of New Age beliefs and practices has always been health and healing—including the use of holistic healing, power crystals, homeopathy, and complementary and alternative medicine. Given its association with modern science and medicine, genetic testing would seem to run counter to New Age alternative medical practices. On the other hand, the use of at-home genetic health tests and the
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Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina's Dirty War Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Pearce Edwards, Gabrielle Esparza
Whether religious groups advance or limit human rights has been a topic of recent debate among human rights scholars. This article studies the conditions under which religious leaders advance human rights in the context of Argentina's Jewish community during the country's 1976–1983 military dictatorship. Three major influences on religious support for human rights—autonomy from a religious community's
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Changes in Politics and Religiosity Among Students at a Protestant University Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Brandon M. Brown, Kevin D. Dougherty, Jeremy E. Uecker, Sarah A. Schnitker, Perry L. Glanzer
College is a setting and time of profound change in the lives of emerging adults. This change can include shifts in identity related to politics and religion. Given widespread attention to the alignment of religious people with conservative politics and less religious people with liberal politics (i.e., the “God Gap”), we ask: do college students who become politically liberal lose their religion in
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In God We Distrust: Christian Nationalism and Anti-Atheist Attitude Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 FANHAO NIE
Prior research found that Christian nationalism, a belief that integrates Christian identity with American national identity, was associated with more negative views toward marginalized groups, such as religious minorities. Relatively less known is the relationship between Christian nationalism and attitudes toward atheists. Specifically, even less is known about whether or not Christian nationalism
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Masculine God Imagery and Sense of Life Purpose: Examining Contingencies with America's “Four Gods” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Laura Upenieks, Rebecca Bonhag
Though God imagery has been extensively studied within sociological and psychological traditions, much less attention has been paid to gendered God concepts and their connections to well-being. Previous work has suggested that God images may reflect ontological assumptions that inform interpretations of the world as well as one's place within it. We argue that the relationship between masculine God
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What Makes Politicians “Religious”? How Identity Congruence Shapes Religious Evaluations Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Samuel L. Perry, Joshua T. Davis
How do Americans evaluate politicians’ religiosity? We theorize extra-religious “identity congruence,” the perceived correspondence between others’ group identities and our own, will powerfully shape evaluations. We test this expectation using data from two large, nationally representative surveys that ask Americans to rate the religiosity of prominent politicians. Consistent with our theory, the strongest
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Religious Service Attendance and Religious and Secular Organizational Engagement in the United Kingdom Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Joonmo Son
The study uses nationally representative data to examine whether the moral freighting Putnam and Campbell (2010) propose, based on American experiences, may apply to overall British society. Specifically, it tests whether religious service attendance increases religious or secular organizational activities, possibly due to moral freighting that encourages religious congregants to practice their faith
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Importance of Religion after Adversity Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Rachel J Knott, Benno Torgler
After major adversity, some people rely on their religious faith and networks for comfort, support, and material goods and services. Consistent with this behavior are findings that adversity has a positive causal effect on the importance of religion in people's lives. Using a large high-frequency US dataset, we estimate the causal effects of natural disasters on stated religious importance and attendance
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Does Leaving Faith Mean Leaving Family? Longitudinal Associations Between Religious Identification and Parent-Child Relationships Across Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Justin J. Hendricks, Sam A. Hardy, Emily M. Taylor, David C. Dollahite
The present study investigated the parent-child relational repercussions of converting to religion, switching, or deconverting from religion. Qualitative research indicates that these religious changes may negatively affect parent-child relationship quality, however, few quantitative studies investigate this issue. Subsequently, we utilized structural equation modeling to test if changes in religious
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The Others: Finding and Counting America's Invisible Churches Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 J. Gordon Melton, Todd Ferguson, Steven Foertsch
The 2010 U. S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations and Membership Survey (RCMS) is the most comprehensive picture of U.S. religious life, county by county. How thorough is the RCMS in covering local religious groups? To answer this question, three county snapshots were performed with collected data compared to the RCMS 2010 reported numbers. Data suggest that there has been an underreport by
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Introduction: W.E.B. Du Bois: Religion and Social Inequality Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 KORIE LITTLE EDWARDS
W.E.B. Du Bois understood the critical role religion plays in power inequities in the, world. He was very acquainted with how it is used as a tool to exclude and subordinate human beings and yet, at the same time, serve as a source of refuge. This special issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is a collection of articles that examines religion and social inequality from a variety
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Religious Identity-Inconsistent Attending: Its Correlates and Political Implications Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Paul A. Djupe, Ryan P. Burge, Christopher R.H. Garneau
The foundation of religious measurement in surveys presumes that individual religious affiliation (“What is your present religion, if any?”) accurately describes the religious community in which respondents are involved. But what if it doesn't? In a recent survey of 4,000 Americans, we asked whether their current congregation matches their religious identity and about a fifth of Americans indicated
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The Religious Foundations of Welfare, Social Inclusion, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Europe Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Aaron Ponce, Sandra Marquart-Pyatt
This paper unites disparate literature to test the influence of religious belonging and behavior characteristics along with secular welfare boundaries on anti-immigrant attitudes. We suggest that welfare states varied in their religious foundations during the transition from religious-based solidarity to modern state-based solidarity and formulate a novel analytical framework to hypothesize effects
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The Duality of American Christian Nationalism: Religious Traditionalism versus Christian Statism Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Ruiqian Li, Paul Froese
While posited as a unified ideology, Christian Nationalism (CN) actually contains two distinct views of what it means to be a “Christian Nation”—one which envisions a Christian civil society separate from the profanities of politics, what we call “Religious Traditionalism.” The other envisions a Christian federal government where power is wielded exclusively by ethno-religious insiders, or “Christian
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Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Michael Stausberg, Pooyan Tamimi Arab, Ammar Maleki
This article contributes to the internationalization of survey methodology by discussing a case from a totalitarian state, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2020, GAMAAN (The Group for Measuring and Analyzing Attitudes in Iran) conducted an online survey on religion. The survey had 50,000 participants, around 90 percent of whom lived in Iran. This article discusses the result that, after weighting,
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Triple Roles, Worship, and “Period Shaming”: How Muslim Women Maintain Belonging and Connection in Ramadan Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Anisa Buckley, Susan Carland
Ramadan is a time when Muslims experience an increased connection to God and an increased sense of belonging through communal acts of worship, but Muslim women are often excluded from many acts of worship due to religious restrictions while they are menstruating. This study innovatively applies concepts of “religious citizenship” and women's “triple roles” drawn from lived religion and feminist literature
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The Association between Religious Discrimination and Health: Disaggregating by Types of Discrimination Experiences, Religious Tradition, and Forms of Health Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Christopher P. Scheitle, Jacqui Frost, Elaine Howard Ecklund
Research finds that experiences of religious discrimination are often associated with poorer health outcomes. However, there remain important questions to consider gaps, including whether religious discrimination has similar health impacts on religious minority groups and religious majority groups, whether religious discrimination is equally harmful for both mental and physical health, and whether
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Correction to “Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-06-10
Johnston, Erin and Eagle, David. 2023. Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 62(1):68–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12816 In the third paragraph of the Data and Methods section the name of the Institutional Review Board was redacted in error. This should be corrected to Duke University, as follows: Interviews
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Classifying Muslims: Contextualizing Religion and Race in the United Kingdom and Germany Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Elisabeth Becker, Rachel Rinado, Jeffrey Guhin
Since the late 20th century, public discourse in Muslim-minority countries has centered around the question of how to classify Muslims. In this paper, we compare the state, academic, and self-classification of Muslims in two countries: the United Kingdom and Germany. We propose that the historical experience of anti-Semitism makes religion a more salient master category to understand Muslims in Germany
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“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Claire Chipman Gilliland
As Du Bois observed a century ago, the White Church as an institution is largely associated with maintaining the status quo of racial stratification rather than offering a progressive force. To analyze the rhetoric of predominantly White clergy on race, I analyze a sample of sermons from predominantly White congregations in Charlottesville, VA following the 2017 White supremacist rally (N = 87 sermons
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Religious Homogamy and Marital Satisfaction in South Korea: Exploring Variations across Religious Groups Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Sangsoo Lee, Myoung-Jin Lee
This study examines whether and how the association between religious homogamy (i.e., whether spouses have the same religious affiliation) and marital satisfaction varies across religious affiliations by utilizing a unique context that four large religious groups (i.e., Buddhists, Protestants, Catholics, and religious nones) coexist in South Korea. Our results show that while religious homogamy has
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How Exceptional Is the West? An Investigation of Worldwide Trends in Societal-Average Levels of Religiosity, 1981–2020 Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Louisa L. Roberts
Research shows most Western societies became less religious over recent decades. But we know much less about the rest of the world. Is the non-Western world also becoming less religious, as some varieties of secularization theory would lead us to expect? Using 1981-to-2020 World/European Values Survey data from 103 countries, this study describes, and uses mixed-effects models to rigorously estimate
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Racism in the Hands of an Angry God: How Image of God Impacts Cultural Racism in Relation to Police Treatment of African Americans Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Tim A. Lauve-Moon, Jerry Z. Park
Previous research suggests an angry God image is a narrative schema predicting support for more punitive forms of criminal justice. However, this research has not explored the possibility that racialization may impact one's God image. We perform logistic regression on Wave V of the Baylor Religion Survey to examine the correlation between an angry God image and the belief that police shoot Blacks more
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Making Space Behind the Veil: Black Agency within a Predominantly White Religion Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Michael Lee Wood, Grace Soelberg, Jacob S. Rugh
The work of W.E.B. Du Bois highlights the significance of Christian religion in Black American life. According to Du Bois, the Black Church serves as a site of self-formation and affirmation, and the White Church as a source of racist beliefs and justifications for inequality. In this paper, we expand Du Bois’ inquiry about the influence of religion with a study of Black Americans who belong to a predominantly
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Masculinity, Femininity, and Reported Paranormal Beliefs Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 TONY SILVA
Previous research has found that women are more likely than men to report belief in nonmaterial paranormal phenomena (e.g., psychics). There are inconsistent findings about whether men are more likely than women to report belief in material paranormal phenomena (e.g., bigfoot/sasquatch), and no prior survey research has examined gender expression (as masculine or feminine) as it relates to paranormal
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The Sociological Spirituality of W. E. B. Du Bois's Prayers for Dark People Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Matthew Hughey
Scholarship on W. E. B. Du Bois's understanding of religion is in the midst of a renaissance. Yet, few engage Du Bois's Prayers for Dark People, written over 1909–10 at Atlanta University. As a remedy, I first provide historical context on the production and reception of Prayers. I then delve into the content of Prayers, identifying the tenets of a Du Boisian “sociological spirituality” brought to
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Beliefs About Poverty and Inequality: Du Bois and Ethnic Differences Among Catholics Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Lisa A. Keister
Poverty is among the most challenging social problems in the United States today, and beliefs about the government's role in reducing inequality and raising living standards for the poor are critical to alleviating poverty and its consequences. Du Bois recognized the complex challenges associated with poverty and was ahead of his time in pointing to ethnicity and religion as fundamental to creating
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Evangelical Civil War on the College Campus, White Evangelical Right Framing Resistance to Racial Justice in 2020s America Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-20 Rebecca Y. Kim
This paper examines a civil war brewing among evangelicals on the college campus over racial justice—calls for greater racial equality, equity, and inclusion—in the era of Black Lives Matter (BLM). It examines how the white evangelical right are framing their resistance to racial justice and redrawing the color line in the contemporary college evangelical landscape not with distant “social justice
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Controlling the Past to Control the Future: Christian Nationalism and Mandatory Patriotic Education in Public Schools Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Samuel L. Perry, Joshua T. Davis, Joshua B. Grubbs
Recent debates about whether educators should teach America's racist history have sparked activism and legislation to ensure students are taught American history in such a way that promotes “patriotism,” amplifying cherished national myths, emphasizing American exceptionalism, and erasing negative historical facts. Building on insights from both social dominance theory and Christian nationalism research
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Is There a Crisis in Clergy Health?: Reorienting Research Using a National Sample Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Anna Holleman, David Eagle
Are religious leaders unusually unhealthy? This question has long occupied scholars interested in the study of religious institutions, and a significant body of research has examined the causes, correlates, and effects of poor health among clergy. In this study, we aimed to: (1) outline the development of, and bias inherent to, the scholarly understanding of clergy health over the past 50 years; (2)
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Divine Relations as a Basis of Subjective Social Status During Later-Life: Direct and Moderating Effects Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 LAURA UPENIEKS, ALEX E. BIERMAN, YEONJUNG LEE
Early social theorists, including W.E.B Du Bois, recognized the importance of religion and its links to inequality, particularly in how religious vocabularies are attuned to frictions with inimical concrete social and political realities. We apply these ideas to research on the intersection of religious beliefs and economic deprivation, examining how beliefs in divine relations not only structure subjective
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Functions of the Black Church in a Global Society: A Du Boisian Approach Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Marquisha Lawrence Scott
Globalization's impact on local communities is a topic that religious congregations should address as a means of moral and socioeconomic well-being. This is especially important for the Black Church if it hopes to continue supporting the socioeconomic outcomes of its congregants and community members, as it has in the past. Using Du Boisian assessments of the functions of the Black Church, this study
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Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W.E.B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Roger Baumann
W.E.B. Du Bois was thoroughly ambivalent about the political significance of American Black churches regarding their role in challenging racial inequality. He saw them as integral to Black social life, but also as failing to live up to their potential as drivers of liberation. And, while he focused primarily on Black churches within the United States, Du Bois was also committed to Black liberation
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The Cost of Being Christian: The Association between Christian Affiliation and Discrimination Experiences among Asians in the United States Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Shichao Du
Whether religion contributes to or mitigates social inequality is ongoing. This study provides new evidence by examining the association between Christian affiliation and Asian citizens’ discrimination experiences. Using data from the National Asian American Survey and employing the Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting approach, this study finds that having a Christian affiliation is significantly
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The Connection between Perceived Workplace Discrimination and Viewing Work as a Spiritual Calling Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Christopher P. Scheitle, Daniel Bolger, Denise Daniels, Elaine Howard Ecklund
Research shows that perceived workplace discrimination shapes an individual's job satisfaction and intent to leave a job. This study considers whether these impacts may be attenuated if an individual views their work as a spiritual calling. Using data from a nationally representative survey (N = 9,907), our analysis shows that perceived work discrimination due to race, gender, and religion are all
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Christ, Country, and Conspiracies? Christian Nationalism, Biblical Literalism, and Belief in Conspiracy Theories Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 BROOKLYN WALKER, ABIGAIL VEGTER
When misinformation is rampant, “fake news” is rising, and conspiracy theories are widespread, social scientists have a vested interest in understanding who is most susceptible to these false narratives and why. Recent research suggests Christians are especially susceptible to belief in conspiracy theories in the United States, but scholars have yet to ascertain the role of religiopolitical identities
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Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter: Assessing the Association between Sermon Content and Racial Justice Attitudes and Behaviors Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 R. Khari Brown, Ronald E. Brown, Randall Wyatt
We use the 2020/2021 National Politics Study to examine two central questions: 1. How do religious beliefs and clergy sermons about race associate with support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) and racial justice work? And 2. Is the relationship between religion and BLM-related attitudes and activism similar or different across race groups? We found the following: In the months following the summer of 2020
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Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Transcendent Accountability and Religiopolitical Awareness Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Sung Joon Jang, Brandon M. Brown, Charlotte V. O. Witvliet, Joseph Leman, Byron R. Johnson, Matt Bradshaw
Prior research tends to find a positive relationship between religiosity and political participation. Explanations of this relationship have focused mostly on religiosity-generated organizational resources (e.g., civic skills), while paying less attention to psychological resources. We simultaneously examined different aspects of religiosity (belief, behavior, and belonging) and political participation
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Reasons for Leaving: Causes and Initial Triggers for Disaffiliation from Orthodox Judaism Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Rona Miles, Alla Chavarga, Estee Hirsch, Pesach Eisen, Yehudis Keller
Investigating both the causes and initial triggers for disaffiliation from Orthodox Judaism is an important part of understanding the complex lived experiences of exiters. This study documents an extensive number of causes for leaving Orthodox Judaism, as well as initial triggers, a less-often investigated, yet important component of disaffiliation. Using an online survey, over 700 open-ended responses
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The Religious Right and Russia: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Russia and Vladimir Putin Before and After the Ukrainian Invasion Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Samuel L. Perry, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Joshua T. Davis, Joshua B. Grubbs
Since 2016, Americans’ attitudes toward Russia and Vladimir Putin have shifted, with Republicans becoming far more supportive of both. And though condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 remains bipartisan, many Christian-right leaders still support Putin and Russia. What undergirds this support? Drawing on three national data sets, we theorize Americans’ warmth toward Putin and Russia
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Linking Religious Upbringing to Young Adult Moral Formation Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Jesse Smith
Recent scholarship has conceptualized morality in terms of multidimensional, intuitive traits that influence what people regard as right or wrong. Ample literature shows that religious factors are closely related to moral traits. However, little research has explored links between religious upbringing and adult moral outcomes. This study uses longitudinal data from the National Study of Youth and Religion
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Adolescents’ Change in Motivation as a Result of Buddhist Education: How Does It Make a Difference in Their Learning Outcomes? Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (IF 1.969) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Loc Tan Le
Motivation significantly influences students’ learning outcomes. Changing their learning motivation improves their performance. This study used an exploratory sequential mixed methods approach, with the participation of 140 adolescents attending retreats at three Zen monasteries belonging to the Truc Lam (Bamboo Forest) Zen sect, to examine how they changed their motivation, what made them change,