Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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RACE AND THE POWER OF SERMONS ON AMERICAN POLITICS. By R.Khari Brown, Ronald E.Brown, and James S.Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021. xii + 167 pp. $70.00 hardcover, $54.95 ebo19
Fluidity of Faith: Predictors of Religion in a Longitudinal Sample of Chinese Adults18
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Individuals’ Use of Religion in Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses17
Antiracism as Inclusivity: The Racial Justice Paradigm of White Progressive Churches16
Introduction: W. E. B. Du Bois: Religion and Social Inequality15
Racism in the Hands of an Angry God: How Image of God Impacts Cultural Racism in Relation to Police Treatment of African Americans14
Religious Fundamentalism and Quest as Predictors of Moral Foundations Among Iranian Muslims12
Collaborative or Independent? Buddhist Monks’ Perceptions of Nonconflict Between Religion and Science12
RELIGION, VIRTUES, AND HEALTH: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT. By Neal M.Krause. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 304 pages. ISBN: 978019758765212
Functions of the Black Church in a Global Society: A Du Boisian Approach10
Race, Religion, and Death: How Racial Attitudes Contextualize the Relationship Between Religion and Support for Capital Punishment10
SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN INDIA: BEYOND DISENCHANTMENT. By RennyThomas. London: Routledge, 2022. 214pp. $160.00 cloth, $44.05 eBook.10
Religion and Policy Preferences in Context: Born‐Again Christian Identity, Support for Inclusive COVID‐19 Aid, and the Broader Political Environment9
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience8
Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?8
Diversity in Religiosity Undermines Conventional Personal Morality Across the Globe: Evidence From 90 Nations, 300,000+ Individuals8
The Discursive and Practical Influence of Spirituality on Civic Engagement8
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TAKING AMERICA BACK FOR GOD: CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THE UNITED STATES. By Andrew L. Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. vii + 268 pp. $29.95.7
Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina's Dirty War7
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Conservative Protestantism, Sexual Insecurity, and Masculine Discrepancy Stress7
Analysis of Religious Bias among Christian Students in Science7
The Association between Religious Discrimination and Health: Disaggregating by Types of Discrimination Experiences, Religious Tradition, and Forms of Health7
The Religious Right and Russia: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Russia and Vladimir Putin Before and After the Ukrainian Invasion7
Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran7
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. $35.006
Ethnodoxy and Immigration Attitudes in the Middle East/North Africa6
How Christian Leaders Navigate Race After George Floyd's Murder: A Study of Unsettled Times6
Religious Correlates of Religious Victimization in Youth: Findings from Two Nationally Representative Surveys6
“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy6
Parental Sanctification, God Images, and Parental Happiness and Satisfaction in the United States5
Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry5
Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Transcendent Accountability and Religiopolitical Awareness5
Tattoo Artists as Religious Figures5
On Weber, Pathogens, and Culture: A Global Empirical Analysis of Religion and Individualism5
THE END OF EMPATHY: WHY WHITE PROTESTANTS STOPPED LOVING THEIR NEIGHBORS. By John W.Compton. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. 399 pp. $34.95 hardcover.5
Making Space Behind the Veil: Black Agency within a Predominantly White Religion5
Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness4
The Impact of Ritual Participation on Perceived Moral Objectivity: A Longitudinal Investigation of the U.S. Adolescents4
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Has the New Natalism Reduced the Religious Fertility Advantage?4
Trust in God: The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Religiosity in China4
Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category4
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
Mattering to God and to the Congregation: Gendered Effects in Mattering as a Mechanism Between Religiosity and Mental Health4
HANDING DOWN THE FAITH: HOW PARENTS PASS THEIR RELIGION ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. By ChristianSmith and AmyAdamczyk. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 264 pp. $29.95 hardcover.4
Christian Nationalism and Violence Against Religious Minorities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis4
Congregation Shopping During the Pandemic: A Research Note3
Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice3
Do Religious Politicians Take Risks Differently? Evidence From Pakistan3
Flowing Across with Demonic Hate: Belief in Supernatural Evil and Support for Stricter Immigration Policy3
AGENTS OF GOD: BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORITY IN MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. By Jeffrey Guhin. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021. vii + 296 pp. $74.00 hardcover.3
Sexual Minorities, Religion, and Self‐Rated Health in the United States3
What Makes Politicians “Religious”? How Identity Congruence Shapes Religious Evaluations3
ONE FAITH NO LONGER: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHRISTIANITY IN RED AND BLUE AMERICA. By GeorgeYancey and AshleeQuosigk. New York, NY: New York University Press. 2021. ix + 291pp. $89.00 cloth, $30.00 pape3
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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.3
What Aspects of Religiosity are Associated with Values?3
The Others: Finding and Counting America's Invisible Churches3
Re‐Examining Collective Religious Violence at Rajneeshpuram: A Cultural Opposition Model Analysis3
Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Positive Orientation and Gratitude in a Polish Sample3
Religion, Punitive Sentiment, and the Mediating Effect of Racial Resentment3
Examining Average Age at First Marriage within Orthodox Judaism: A Large Community‐Based Study3
Religious Fundamentalism and Perception of Group Norms as Predictors of Radical Action Intention3
Religious Exit Costs3
Adolescents’ Change in Motivation as a Result of Buddhist Education: How Does It Make a Difference in Their Learning Outcomes?3
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Evangelical Civil War on the College Campus, White Evangelical Right Framing Resistance to Racial Justice in 2020s America2
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COVID‐19's effects upon the religious group resources, psychosocial resources, and mental health of Orthodox Jews2
Philanthropic Giving and Volunteering Among Religious Disaffiliates2
Science and the Pulpit: Clerical Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States2
WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS. By OyèrónkéOládémọ. New York: NYU Press, 2022. vii + 187pp. $22.00 paperback, $89.00 hardcover2
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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 Finland2
Religious Ritual Compliance with COVID‐19 Mandates in Plain Communities: A Case Study of Amish Obituaries and Funeral Practices2
Using Large‐Scale Location Data to Examine Racial Diversity and Segregation in Church Attendees’ Home Neighborhoods2
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A Democratic Approach to Religion News: Christianity and Islam in the British and Turkish Press2
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS2
Religiously Unaffiliated Youth in Europe: Shifting Remnants of Belief and Practice in Contexts of Diffused Religion and Cohort Decline2
How Exceptional Is the West? An Investigation of Worldwide Trends in Societal‐Average Levels of Religiosity, 1981–20202
Christianity, Helping People in Poverty, and Embodied Relationships2
The Weak(ening) Link Between Religiosity and Morality: Evidence from Five Western Countries2
Mind Attribution to Gods and Christians in the Chinese Cultural Context1
Toward Multiscalar Analyses of Religions1
Guardianship in Transition: Contextual Embodiment of Islamic Tenets Among Iranians in Kentucky1
Rest for Your Souls? Religion, Meaning, and Purpose in Life, and Sleep Quality in the United States1
RACE FOR REVIVAL: HOW COLD WAR SOUTH KOREA SHAPED THE AMERICAN EVANGELICAL EMPIRE. By HelenJin Kim, Oxford University Press, 2022. 256 pp. Online ISBN: 9780190062453, Print ISBN: 9780190062422, Hardba1
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Why Younger Catholics Seem More Committed: Survivorship Bias and/or “Creative Minority” Effects among British Catholics1
Magic, Religion, and Science: Secularization Trends and Continued Coexistence1
The National Survey of Religious Leaders: Background, Methods, and Lessons Learned in the Research Process1
BEYOND DOUBT: THE SECULARIZATION OF SOCIETY. By IsabellaKasselstrand, PhilZuckerman, and Ryan T.Cragun, New York: New York University Press. 2023. 240 pp. $89 cloth, $30 paperback.1
The Connection between Perceived Workplace Discrimination and Viewing Work as a Spiritual Calling1
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Measuring Religiosity of East Asians: Multiple Religious Belonging, Believing, and Practicing1
What Influenced Early Secularization? A Statistical Analysis of the Results of the 1923 Referendum in Estonia1
Barriers Inhibiting Women's Path to the Pulpit and the Gender Gap in Compensation1
EVIL DEEDS IN HIGH PLACES: CHRISTIAN AMERICA'S MORAL STRUGGLE WITH WATERGATE. By David E.Settje. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2020. 288 pp. $49.00 cloth.1
THE GLASS CHURCH: ROBERT H. SCHULLER, THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL, AND THE STRAIN OF MEGACHURCH MINISTRY. By Mark T.Mulder and GerardoMartí. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2020. vii + 276 pp. 1
Religious Markets Under Heavy Regulation: Diversification as a Survival Strategy of the Catholic Church in Communist Countries1
The Sociological Spirituality of W. E. B. Du Bois's Prayers for Dark People1
The Influence of Religious Affiliation on the Political Views of LGBT Americans1
Psychological Resilience After Cancer via Religion/Spirituality: Spiritual Capital Through a Life Course Lens1
POLISH CATHOLICISM BETWEEN TRADITION AND MIGRATION: AGENCY, REFLEXIVITY AND TRANSCENDENCE. By WojciechSadlon. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2021. xii + 195 pp. $160.00 cloth.1
“Exceptional Bodies” and Lived Religion: Religious and Spiritual Experiences Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer1
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Changes in Politics and Religiosity Among Students at a Protestant University1
Can the Scope of Secularization Theory Be Expanded Beyond the Modern‐Christian‐West? Exploring the Alevi Experience in Turkey1
Masculinity, Femininity, and Reported Paranormal Beliefs1
Do the Three Modern Social Conditions—High Existential Security, Education, and Urbanicity—Really Make People Less Religious? A Worldwide Analysis, 1989–20201
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The Relationship between Workplace Status and Workplace Religious Expression1
Zooming In and Out of Virtual Jewish Prayer Services During the COVID‐19 Pandemic1
Religion and Charitable Donations: Experimental Evidence from Africa1
Cross‐Cultural Commonalities in Religiosity by Measurement Invariance1
“See You Sunday?” Effects of Attending a Specific Weekend Religious Service on Emotional Well‐Being: A State/Trait Analysis of the SoulPulse Study1
POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE: RELIGION IN A WORLD OF MOVEMENT. By SimonColeman. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2021. 335 pp. $99.00 hardcover, $35.00 paperback, $30.00, ebook.1
Korean Christian Missionaries in High‐Risk Countries: Interaction with International Religious Networks and Domestic Response1
Masculine God Imagery and Sense of Life Purpose: Examining Contingencies with America's “Four Gods”1
Does Leaving Faith Mean Leaving Family? Longitudinal Associations Between Religious Identification and Parent‐Child Relationships Across Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood1
“THE SPIRITUAL TURN: THE RELIGION OF THE HEART AND THE MAKING OF ROMANTIC LIBERAL MODERNITY” By Watts, Galen.1
Does Belief in Supernatural Agents Moderate the Association Between Interpersonal Conflict at Work and Worker Well‐Being?1
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