OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
RACE AND THE POWER OF SERMONS ON AMERICAN POLITICS. By R.Khari Brown, Ronald E.Brown, and James S.Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021. xii + 167 pp. $70.00 hardcover, $54.95 ebo	25
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Fluidity of Faith: Predictors of Religion in a Longitudinal Sample of Chinese Adults	20
Individuals’ Use of Religion in Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses	19
“I Thank God We're Rich”: Justifying Economic Inequality in an Evangelical Congregation	18
Antiracism as Inclusivity: The Racial Justice Paradigm of White Progressive Churches	16
Introduction: W. E. B. Du Bois: Religion and Social Inequality	15
Racism in the Hands of an Angry God: How Image of God Impacts Cultural Racism in Relation to Police Treatment of African Americans	13
RELIGION, VIRTUES, AND HEALTH: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT. By Neal M.Krause. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 304 pages. ISBN: 9780197587652	12
Race, Religion, and Death: How Racial Attitudes Contextualize the Relationship Between Religion and Support for Capital Punishment	12
Collaborative or Independent? Buddhist Monks’ Perceptions of Nonconflict Between Religion and Science	12
Functions of the Black Church in a Global Society: A Du Boisian Approach	11
Religious Coping and Family Quality of Life Among Parents of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: Testing the Mediating Role of Mindfulness	11
Religion and Policy Preferences in Context: Born‐Again Christian Identity, Support for Inclusive COVID‐19 Aid, and the Broader Political Environment	10
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience	10
SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN INDIA: BEYOND DISENCHANTMENT. By RennyThomas. London: Routledge, 2022. 214pp. $160.00 cloth, $44.05 eBook.	10
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Diversity in Religiosity Undermines Conventional Personal Morality Across the Globe: Evidence From 90 Nations, 300,000+ Individuals	9
The Association between Religious Discrimination and Health: Disaggregating by Types of Discrimination Experiences, Religious Tradition, and Forms of Health	9
The Discursive and Practical Influence of Spirituality on Civic Engagement	8
The Religious Right and Russia: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Russia and Vladimir Putin Before and After the Ukrainian Invasion	8
Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran	8
Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?	8
Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina's Dirty War	8
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Analysis of Religious Bias among Christian Students in Science	8
Conservative Protestantism, Sexual Insecurity, and Masculine Discrepancy Stress	7
Religious Correlates of Religious Victimization in Youth: Findings from Two Nationally Representative Surveys	7
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“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy	7
Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry	7
Ethnodoxy and Immigration Attitudes in the Middle East/North Africa	7
FAITH COMMUNITIES AND THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: WHAT HAS WORKED, WHAT HASN'T, AND LESSONS WE CAN LEARN. By RobertWuthnow. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. 276 pp. $35.00	7
Parental Sanctification, God Images, and Parental Happiness and Satisfaction in the United States	6
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.	6
Tattoo Artists as Religious Figures	6
Trust in God: The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Religiosity in China	6
How Christian Leaders Navigate Race After George Floyd's Murder: A Study of Unsettled Times	6
Making Space Behind the Veil: Black Agency within a Predominantly White Religion	6
Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Transcendent Accountability and Religiopolitical Awareness	6
On Weber, Pathogens, and Culture: A Global Empirical Analysis of Religion and Individualism	5
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.	5
Christian Nationalism and Violence Against Religious Minorities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis	5
Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category	5
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.	5
Faith in Transition: The Complex Interplay of Parent and Peer Influences on Catholic Value Internalization Among College Students	5
Immigrants’ Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain	5
Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness	5
The Impact of Ritual Participation on Perceived Moral Objectivity: A Longitudinal Investigation of the U.S. Adolescents	5
Introduction: Religion and Bodies Special Issue	5
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.	5
Do Religious Politicians Take Risks Differently? Evidence From Pakistan	4
Religion, Punitive Sentiment, and the Mediating Effect of Racial Resentment	4
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Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice	4
Flowing Across with Demonic Hate: Belief in Supernatural Evil and Support for Stricter Immigration Policy	4
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 pape	4
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Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Positive Orientation and Gratitude in a Polish Sample	4
What Makes Politicians “Religious”? How Identity Congruence Shapes Religious Evaluations	3
Religious Fundamentalism and Perception of Group Norms as Predictors of Radical Action Intention	3
Adolescents’ Change in Motivation as a Result of Buddhist Education: How Does It Make a Difference in Their Learning Outcomes?	3
Evangelical Civil War on the College Campus, White Evangelical Right Framing Resistance to Racial Justice in 2020s America	3
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS	3
The Others: Finding and Counting America's Invisible Churches	3
What Aspects of Religiosity are Associated with Values?	3
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 States	3
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Religious Exit Costs	3
Examining Average Age at First Marriage within Orthodox Judaism: A Large Community‐Based Study	3
Congregation Shopping During the Pandemic: A Research Note	3
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Re‐Examining Collective Religious Violence at Rajneeshpuram: A Cultural Opposition Model Analysis	3
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The Weak(ening) Link Between Religiosity and Morality: Evidence from Five Western Countries	2
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The Influence of Religious Affiliation on the Political Views of LGBT Americans	2
The National Survey of Religious Leaders: Background, Methods, and Lessons Learned in the Research Process	2
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.	2
Using Large‐Scale Location Data to Examine Racial Diversity and Segregation in Church Attendees’ Home Neighborhoods	2
Religious Ritual Compliance with COVID‐19 Mandates in Plain Communities: A Case Study of Amish Obituaries and Funeral Practices	2
Religiously Unaffiliated Youth in Europe: Shifting Remnants of Belief and Practice in Contexts of Diffused Religion and Cohort Decline	2
Korean Christian Missionaries in High‐Risk Countries: Interaction with International Religious Networks and Domestic Response	2
How Exceptional Is the West? An Investigation of Worldwide Trends in Societal‐Average Levels of Religiosity, 1981–2020	2
POLISH CATHOLICISM BETWEEN TRADITION AND MIGRATION: AGENCY, REFLEXIVITY AND TRANSCENDENCE. By WojciechSadlon. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2021. xii + 195 pp. $160.00 cloth.	2
Science and the Pulpit: Clerical Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States	2
WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS. By OyèrónkéOládémọ. New York: NYU Press, 2022. vii + 187pp. $22.00 paperback, $89.00 hardcover	2
Christianity, Helping People in Poverty, and Embodied Relationships	2
COVID‐19's effects upon the religious group resources, psychosocial resources, and mental health of Orthodox Jews	2
A Democratic Approach to Religion News: Christianity and Islam in the British and Turkish Press	2
Masculine God Imagery and Sense of Life Purpose: Examining Contingencies with America's “Four Gods”	2
“See You Sunday?” Effects of Attending a Specific Weekend Religious Service on Emotional Well‐Being: A State/Trait Analysis of the SoulPulse Study	2
“Exceptional Bodies” and Lived Religion: Religious and Spiritual Experiences Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer	2
Socioeconomic Advantage or Community Attachment? A Register‐Based Study on the Difference in National Lutheran Church Affiliation Between Finnish and Swedish Speakers in Finland	2
Philanthropic Giving and Volunteering Among Religious Disaffiliates	2
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
Why Younger Catholics Seem More Committed: Survivorship Bias and/or “Creative Minority” Effects among British Catholics	1
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Rest for Your Souls? Religion, Meaning, and Purpose in Life, and Sleep Quality in the United States	1
Mind Attribution to Gods and Christians in the Chinese Cultural Context	1
RELIGION AT THE EDGE: NATURE, SPIRITUALITY, AND SECULARITY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Edited by PaulBramadat, PatriciaO'Connell Killen, and SarahWilkins‐Laflamme. Vancouver, BC: University of British C	1
“THE SPIRITUAL TURN: THE RELIGION OF THE HEART AND THE MAKING OF ROMANTIC LIBERAL MODERNITY” By Watts, Galen.	1
The Connection between Perceived Workplace Discrimination and Viewing Work as a Spiritual Calling	1
Masculinity, Femininity, and Reported Paranormal Beliefs	1
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Measuring Religiosity of East Asians: Multiple Religious Belonging, Believing, and Practicing	1
The Sociological Spirituality of W. E. B. Du Bois's Prayers for Dark People	1
Barriers Inhibiting Women's Path to the Pulpit and the Gender Gap in Compensation	1
Religious Markets Under Heavy Regulation: Diversification as a Survival Strategy of the Catholic Church in Communist Countries	1
Types of Internet Activity and the Religious Commitment of American Adults	1
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, Hardba	1
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BIRTH CONTROL BATTLES: HOW RACE AND CLASS DIVIDED AMERICAN RELIGION. By Melissa J.Wilde. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020. vii + 285 pp. $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.	1
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Toward Multiscalar Analyses of Religions	1
Do the Three Modern Social Conditions—High Existential Security, Education, and Urbanicity—Really Make People Less Religious? A Worldwide Analysis, 1989–2020	1
Guardianship in Transition: Contextual Embodiment of Islamic Tenets Among Iranians in Kentucky	1
Cross‐Cultural Commonalities in Religiosity by Measurement Invariance	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
Religion and Charitable Donations: Experimental Evidence from Africa	1
Magic, Religion, and Science: Secularization Trends and Continued Coexistence	1
Does Leaving Faith Mean Leaving Family? Longitudinal Associations Between Religious Identification and Parent‐Child Relationships Across Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood	1
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
Can the Scope of Secularization Theory Be Expanded Beyond the Modern‐Christian‐West? Exploring the Alevi Experience in Turkey	1
Changes in Politics and Religiosity Among Students at a Protestant University	1
Does Belief in Supernatural Agents Moderate the Association Between Interpersonal Conflict at Work and Worker Well‐Being?	1
Psychological Resilience After Cancer via Religion/Spirituality: Spiritual Capital Through a Life Course Lens	1
The Relationship between Workplace Status and Workplace Religious Expression	1