Review of Religious Research

Article	Citations
Book Review: Courtney Ann Irby, Review of Guiding God’s Marriage: Faith and Social Change in Premarital Counseling	35
Book Review: Peter Mundey, Review of Sacred Consumption: The Religions of Christianity and Consumerism in America	28
‘God will protect us’: Belief in God/Higher Power's ability to intervene and COVID-19 vaccine uptake	22
“I Come Out Because I Love You”: Positive Coming Out Experiences among Latter-day Saint Sexual and Gender Minorities	18
How Many Evangelicals in the World? A New Assessment from the World Christian Database	14
Is Together Better? Investigating the Relationship between Network Dynamics and Congregations’ Vitality and Sustainability	12
Deifying College: How Does Religion Dignify Those Who Face Secular Inequities?	12
Understanding Coping Mechanisms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Stakeholders of the African Sisters Education Collaborative	12
Chinese Exceptionalism? Folk Religions and Subjective Well-being	11
Rates and Reasons for Not Reporting Religious Discrimination to Authority Figures	11
Catholic Foundations: An Analysis of Governance Structures, Transparency, and Financial Performance	10
Religiosity over the Life Course and Flourishing: Are There Educational Differences?	9
Creative Work, Divine Struggles, and Self-Esteem: Evidence from Singapore	9
Book Reviews: Thad S. Austin and Katie R. Comeau, Caring for Clergy: Understanding a Disconnected Network of Providers	9
Planting Seeds: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem	9
Population Dynamics of Religious Affiliations in Nigeria	9
Book Review: Jack Delehanty, Review of Making Moral Citizens: How Faith-Based Organizers Use Vocation for Public Action	6
Being Evangelical is Complicated: How Students’ Identities and Experiences Moderate Their Perceptions of Campus Climate	6
Religion and Economic Attitudes in Egypt	6
Beyond the Congregation: Theological Education in a Changing Vocational Landscape	6
Masculine God Imagery Shapes the Association between Empathic Concern and Life Satisfaction	6
Moral Careers of Muslim College Students: How I Became a Better Muslim through TikTok	5
Catholic Diocesan and Religious Priests’ Perceptions of Social Support from Their Fellow Priests, Bishops, and Religious Superiors	5
What Is Religious Fundamentalism? Asking Scientists Who Study the Construct	4
Dominion, Stewardship, and Perceptions of the Problem of Climate Change	4

Using the Body to Retrieve the Soul: Learning From Modern Chinese Shaman Phenomenology of the Body	4
Effects of Religious Tourism Policies on Religious Development	4
Book Review: Rose Aslan, Review of Muslim Prayer in American Public Life Review of Muslim Prayer in American Public Life by AslanRose, 2024. New York, Un	4
The Limits of Congregational Support for Working Women	4
Excluded or Part of the Team? Investigating of the Role of Grandparents in Christian Faith Nurture, Using Discourse Analysis	4
Barriers to Belonging: The Church Experiences of Families of Children with Disabilities	4
Which U.S. Congregational Leaders Also Work as Chaplains? A National Overview	4
Book Review: Review of Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education: Critical Perspectives on Teaching Islam in Primary and Secondary Schools by Nadeem A. Memon (Ed), Mohamad Abdalla, Mariam Alhasy	3
“I Know That Goes Against My Religion”: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion with Religious Reflexivity	3
Book Review: Phil Davignon, Practicing Christians, Practical Atheists: How Cultural Liturgies and Everyday Social Practices Shape the Christian Life	3
Book Review: Stolzenberg, Nomi M., and David N. Myers, Review of American Shetetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, A Hasidic Village in Upstate New York	3
Sacred Meets Synthetic: A Multi-Method Study on the First AI Church Service	3
Perceptions of Ecclesial Language among Catholic Young Adults in Rome: The Role of Religious Socialization	3
Book Review: Joshua Iyadurai, Review of Social Research Methods: For Students and Scholars of Theology and Religious Studies Review of Social Research Me	3
Book Review: Grace Duddy Pomroy, Review of Funding Forward: A Pathway to More Sustainable Models for Ministry Review of Funding Forward: A Pathway to Mor	3
Research Note: Characteristics of US Adults Who Attend Multiple Congregations: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey	3
Personal and Relational Processes of Repentance in Religious Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Families	3
Timothy O. Benedict, Spiritual Ends: Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan	3
Book Review: The Church Must Grow or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Christianity Review of The Church Must Grow or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Chri	2
Correction to: Theological Education as “Being With” the Future Church: Applied Research among Local Leaders in an Australian Baptist Denomination 10.1007/s13644-021-00480-z	2
Maternal Resolution and Religious Processing in Muslim Bedouin Mothers of Children with Special Needs	2
Childhood Abuse and the Mental Health of Seminary Students: The Mediating Role of R/S Struggles	2
Does Religion Foster Prejudice among Adherents of all World Religions? A Comparison across Religions	2
Explanations for Individual Secularization: Exploring the Effects of Life Course Events on Religious Decline in the Netherlands Between 2009 and 2020	2
Book Review: Organizational Behavior in Christian Perspective: Theory and Practice for Church and Ministry Leaders Review of Organizational Behavior in Christian Perspective: Theory and Practice for C	2
Book Review: Joel Thiessen, Arch Chee Keen Wong, and Mark D. Chapman, Review of The Stories Congregations Tell: Flourishing in the Face of Transition and Change	2
Talk of Prayer: How Shared Expectations Organize Cultural Tool Use	2
Yoga, Hinduism, and the Orthodox Christian Culture: Attitudes in Religious Education in Romania	2
Religious Switching in Australia	2
Societal Inputs, Religious Outputs, and Young Adults: A Cross-Cohort Analysis of Attitudes toward Same-Sex Relations and Civil Liberties for Gays and Lesbians	2
Book Review: Ted A. Smith, Review of the End of Theological Education	2
A Matter of Conscience: American Women Religious, Feminist Agency, and the Catholic Church	2
Cohesion and Constraint: Expanding a Model of Jewish Ethnicity	2
Faith, Doubt, and Context: How the Lifecourse Shapes the Space Between Religious and Secular Worldviews	2
Contrasting Experiences: Gender Disparities in Spirituality, Character Strengths, Mental Health, and Social Justice among Next-Generation Religious Leaders	2
Perceptions of Group Boundaries between Amish and Non-Amish during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Humble with God? How Education and Race Shape the Association between God-Mediated Control and Humility in Later Life	2
Anticipating Sabbath Predicts Higher Quality Sleep: A Longitudinal Adventist Study	2
Christian Human Rights Lawyers in Authoritarian China: A Spiritual Capital and Social Capital Explanation	2
Book Review: Review of 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America	2
Book Review: Zain Abdullah, Review of The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Race Review of The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Race by AbdullahZain, 2024.	1
Community Shades of Green: An Evaluation of Israeli Haredi Environmental Perspectives	1
The Rhythm of Hidden Religious Heritage: Dhol Puja of India’s Hijra Community	1
What Happened to Parishioner Giving During & After Covid-19? Estimating the Effects of Covid-19 on Religious Donating Behavior	1
Book Review: Why Religion is Good for American Democracy	1
The Social Fabric of Faith: The Interconnectedness of Community Influence and Authentic Religious Expression	1
Belief in Divine Support and Sense of Mattering: The Image of God as a Moderator?	1
Book Review: Jennifer McClure Haraway, Review of No Congregation Is an Island: How Faith Communities Navigate Opportunities and Challenges Together Revie	1
A Field Study Update on Organizational Satanism and Setianism in the United States	1
All May Not Be Forgiven: Post Seminary Financial Liabilities for Diocesan Catholics Pursuing Ordination	1

Subtypes of Bullying and Friends’ Delinquency: Is Religiosity a Moderator?	1
Catalysts of Connectedness: A Case for Greater Complexity in Religious Identity Formation Research	1
Are Women Elders Paid Less than Men? A Brief Report from the North Carolina Statewide Longitudinal Survey of United Methodist Clergy	1
Book Review: Review of Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics	1
Financial Hardship, Religious Experience, and Health	1
Book Review: Christopher P. Scheitle, Review of The Faithful Scientist: Experiences of Anti-Religious Bias in Scientific Training	1
Science and Religion in the Context of a Good Death	1
Holier Than Thou? Comparing Spirituality and Religiosity among Africans, the African Diaspora, and Caucasians	1
Perception of Climate Change among Vulnerable Groups and Religious Faiths in Nigeria	1
Variations in Muslim Women’s Mosque Attendance by Individual and Country Characteristics: The Significance of Women’s Societal Engagement	1
Family Faith: Exploring the Effects of Marriage and Parenthood on Religiosity in a Longitudinal Sample of Americans	1
Book Review: Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, Robert Chao Romero, and Nancy Wang Yuen, Review of God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants	1
Book Review: Maureen K. Day, Review of Cultural Catholics: Who They Are, How to Respond	1
Divine Compensation? Gender, Religiosity, and the Link Between Feeling Underpaid and Psychological Distress	1
Can Modern and Traditional Hebrew Instruction be Integrated in Jewish Education? An Assessment of Ivrit b’Ivrit Curriculum	1
Religious Social Networks: How Upbringing and Education Shape Social Ties Over Time	1
Introduction to the Special Issue: The Catholic Priesthood in Times of Change	1
Book Review: Review of Global Christianity: A Guide to the World's Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe	1
Transcendent Accountability and Pro-Community Attitudes: Assessing the Link Between Religion and Community Engagement	1
Book Review: Mark Juergensmeyer, When God Stops Fighting When God Stops Fighting by JuergensmeyerMark, 2022. Berkeley: University of California Press.	1
Measurement and Conceptualization of Christian Nationalism: A Critical Examination and Alternative Approach	1
In Our Own Image: How Americans Rate Jesus on the Ideological Spectrum	0
Book Review: Review of Studying Lived	0
Correction to Various articles	0
COVID-19 Impacts on Christian and Muslim Organizations in Germany: A Comparative Mixed Methods Study	0
Does Religious Service Attendance Condition the Link between Relationship Status and Mattering to Others? Evidence From the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic	0
Book Review: Andrew Whitehead, Review of American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel	0
Book Review: Bonnie Ives Marden, Review of Church Finances for Missional Leaders:Best Practices for Faithful Stewardship Review of Church Finances for Mi	0
The Editorial Decision-Making Process: Evaluating Aims & Scope Alignment	0
Book Review Review of Religion in a Changing Workplace, by EcklundElaine HowardDanielsDeniseScheitleChristopher P.2024. New York City, NY: Oxford University Press. Pp. 216 + 201. $24.95. ISBN 978-0197	0
Parental Influence and Religious Context: A Cross-Level Perspective on Volunteering during Adolescence and Early Adulthood	0
Program Evaluation in Religious Domain: A Systematic Mapping and Analysis of Academic Literature	0
Introduction to the Special Issue: Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders	0
Mohism as Confucianism Critique: Examining the Multifaceted Relationship of Christianity and Confucianism in China	0
Book Review: Galen Watts, The Spiritual Turn: The Religion of the Heart and the Making of the Romantic Liberal Modernity	0
Catholic Sacraments of Initiation along with Religious and Spiritual Pathways to Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood: Longitudinal Evidence from the United States	0
Book Review: Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun, Review of Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society	0
Between Theory and Practice: American Muslims and the Limits of American Civil Religion	0
Book Review: Jason E. Shelton, Review of The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion Review of The Contemporary Black Ch	0
Does Religiosity Buffer the Adverse Mental Health Effects of Work-Family Strain? Examining the Role of an Overlooked Resource	0
Catalysts of Connectedness: Three Wellsprings of Jewish Culture and Their Effects on Jewish Cultural Identity	0
Perceiving Religion as Easily Changeable and Support for Religion as a Protected Class	0
Book Review: Lisa A. Keister, Review of Catholics in America: A Social Portrait Review of Catholics in America: A Social Portrait by KeisterLisa A., 2024	0
Measuring Religious Evil: Examining the Use of Single-Item Measures in Religious Research	0
Book Review: Sanctifying Suburbia: How the Suburbs became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals Review of Sanctifying Suburbia: How the Suburbs became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals	0
“Who Will Save Your Soul?” Relationships between Gender, Religious Identity, and Religiosity in Predicting Proselytization among Christian Women and Men in the United States	0
Book Review: Catholicism at a Crossroads: The Present and Future of America’s Largest Church DayM. K.CavendishJ. C.PerlP. M.DillonM.GautierM. L.D’AntonioW. V. (2025). Catholicism at a Crossroads: The	0
Book Review: Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing From Trauma and the Impact of High Control Religion	0
Malcontented Ministers? Predictors of Clergy Job Dissatisfaction and Thoughts of Leaving Ministry	0
Multiple Roles of American Muslim Health Professionals as a Faith-based Organization: A Case Study	0
Book Review: Ben Clements and Stephen Bullivant, Review of Catholics in Contemporary Britain: Faith, Society, Politics	0
Motivations and Types of Religious Change in Contemporary America	0
Book Review: Wendy Cadge, Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains	0
Does Religious Switching Predict Clergy Longitudinal Spiritual Well-being?	0
The Financial Impacts of COVID-19 on United Methodist Churches in North Carolina: A Qualitative Study of Pastors’ Perspectives and Strategies	0
Changing Religious Affiliation in the Chinese Mainland: A Cohort Perspective	0
Internalized Racism? A Study of Christian Nationalism and Perceptions of Asian Hate and White Privilege Among Asians and Asian Americans	0
Believing and Wanting to Belong: A Mixed-Methods Study of Dechurched Christians in Hong Kong	0
How Digital Technologies are Reshaping the Economy of Daoist Temples in China: An Actor-network Theory Perspective	0
Book Reviews: Chris Seiple and Dennis R. Hoover, The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement	0
Digital Religion among U.S. and Canadian Millennial Adults	0
Understanding Best Practices in Managing Financial Constraints Among US Congregations: A Machine Learning Approach	0
Correction to: Does Religion Foster Prejudice among Adherents of all World Religions? A Comparison across Religions	0
Changes in Religiosity and Reliance on God during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Protective Role under Conditions of Financial Strain?	0
Theological Education as “Being With” the Future Church: Applied Research among Local Leaders in an Australian Baptist Denomination	0
Book Review: Sarah Diefendorf, Review of The Holy Vote: Inequality and Anxiety Among White Evangelicals Review of The Holy Vote: Inequality and Anxiety A	0
Book Review: Review of Work pray code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley	0
Is it the Sermon or the Choir? Pastoral Support, Congregant Support, and Worshiper Mental Health	0
Social Support in the Workplace, Praying for Others, and Job Satisfaction	0
Book Review: Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women’s Health WilsonW. D. Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and	0
Audience Considerations: Ten Tips, Crafting a Hook, and the Writing Process	0
Book Review: Rachel Ellis, This Place Called Prison: Women’s Religious Life in the Shadow of Punishment	0
Religion in China: How Can We Measure Change?	0
Toward an Integrated Framework of Knowledge Transfer: When Non-Profit Organizations Become International	0
Gender Gaps in World Christianity: Membership, Participation, and Leadership	0
Religious Attendance and Health Behavior in Cross-National Perspective: The Role of Religious Context	0
Barriers to the Healthcare System Faced by Ultra-Orthodox Religious Disaffiliates	0
The Norwegian Memory Tasks: Using Pensioner Auto-Biographies to Study Religion in a Secularizing Country	0
Religious/spiritual struggles and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Does “talking religion” help or hurt?	0
Occupational Stressors and Flourishing among Roman Catholic Priests: The Eucharist as the “Source and Summit”	0

Health Disparities between Religious Majority and Minority: A Cross-National Analysis	0
Religious Disaffiliation From Orthodox Judaism: Social, Psychological, and Intellectual Factors Related to Exiting	0
Reclaiming American Islam: The Empirical Case for Blackamerican Muslims as the “Indigenous [B]lack Presence”	0
Are Online Congregations Representative? Exploring Resource and Political Differences	0
Increased Bible Reading, Religious Beliefs, and Prosociality During College	0
Evangelical Organizations’ Responses to Domestic Violence: How the Cultural Production of Religious Beliefs Challenges or Enshrines Patriarchy	0
Book Review: Wendy Cadge, Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains	0
Book Review: Why God Needs War and War Needs God JuergensmeyerM. (2025). Why God Needs War and War Needs God. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 120pp, $19	0
Character Matters? Christian Nationalism and Insistence on Ethical Political Leaders	0
The Demographic Makeup of Congregations and Clergy Mental Health: A Research Note	0
Navigating with Faith: Guide Dogs in Islamic Contexts	0
Eating Your Cake and Having it Too: US Megachurches and Factors Associated with Attending Multiple Congregations	0
Visible and Vocal: The Intersection of Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Women’s Political Priorities	0
Social Class and Social Cohesion among American Jews	0
Why Public Scholarship Needs Research on Religion for Religious Leaders: H. Paul Douglass Lecture, Religious Research Association	0
Book Review: Shariq Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif, and Micah A. Hughes, Review of Understanding Muslim Philanthropy Review of Understanding Muslim Philanthropy	0
Explaining Racial Attitudes: Race, Political Identity, Education, and Religious Outgrouping	0
Believing without Belonging? The Effects of Racial Discrimination at the Mosque on Religiosity and Mosque Attendance through Belonging for Black Muslims	0
To Protect and Serve? Race and Police Use of Force across Religious Contexts	0
How Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religiosity Explain Differences in Attitudes and Behaviour of Euthanasia of Dutch Protestants	0
Religious Schools, Home Schools, and Gender-Role Beliefs in Adulthood	0
When God Calls: Temporality in Southern Baptist Calls to Missions	0
Perceived Neighborhood Disorder, Self-Esteem, and the Moderating Role of Religion	0
How the U.S. Bishops Differ over Time and by Theological Orientation in What They Perceive to be the Greatest Hopes and Challenges in the U.S. Church	0
Book Review: Review of the Struggle to Stay: Why Single Evangelical Women are Leaving the Church	0
The Importance of Peer Review: Recommendations for Reviewers and Authors	0
Mental Health and Illness Perceptions and Experiences in Canadian Christian Congregations	0
Finding Congregations through Online Searches: Possibilities and Perils	0
The Persistence of Religion as a Master Status for Chaplains	0
Book Review: Emily Smith, Review of The Science of the Good Samaritan	0
Book Review: Wes Markofski, Review of Good News for Common Goods: Multicultural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America	0
Understanding the Approaches of Churches in Addressing Community Need and Poverty: Black Churches in North Philadelphia	0
Book Review: Review of Church Planters: Inside the World of Religion Entrepreneurs	0
Conservatism, Prayer, and Flourishing Among Catholic Priests	0
Varying Beliefs in God and the Self-Concepts of Mattering and Dignity in a US Sample	0
Burnout Among Pastors in Relation to Congregation Member and Church Organizational Outcomes	0
A Preliminary National Survey of Accessible Features of Churches in the United States	0
“I Just Wanted Support”: Examining how LDS Clergy May Effectively Minister to Sexual and Gender Minority Congregants	0
Negotiating the Pulpit: African-American Clergywomen’s Acceptance of Guest Speaking Invitations	0
Pastoral Ministry in Unsettled Times: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Clergy during the COVID-19 Pandemic	0
Religious Affiliation and Homeownership: Contemporary Patterns of Ownership, Value, and Status	0
Book Review: Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics	0
The Social Activity of Polish Migrants in the Republic of Ireland from the Perspective of Their Religiosity	0
Pandemic Spiritual Leadership: A Trans-national Study of Innovation and Spiritual Practices	0
Book Review: Unraveling Religious Leadership: Power, Authority, and Decoloniality Review of Unraveling Religious Leadership: Power, Authority, and Decoloniality by Lizardy-HajbiKristina, 2024. Minneap	0
Book Review: Review of Stuck: Why Clergy are Alienated from their Calling, Congregation, and Career… and What to do about it	0
Religion and Social Trust: Evidence From Chinese Christians in New Zealand	0
“And Then COVID Happened…”: The Impact on Ministry and Disability in Local Churches	0
Religious Belief, Calling, and Marginalized Communities	0
Book Review: Shamanism: The Timeless Religion SinghM. (2025). Shamanism: The Timeless Religion. Penguin Random House. Pp. 304. $30 (hardback). ISBN 97805	0
The Consequences of Conversion: How Do White Muslims Experience Racialization and Privilege?	0
Forming Consciences into Collective Parish Actions: Catholic Parishioners’ Struggles for Institutional Change	0
Religion Market Abuses and Religious Conversion in Cameroon Urban Areas	0
Book Review: José Casanova and Peter C. Phan, Review of Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges	0
The New Parochialism? Polish Migrant Catholic Parishes on the Path of Change	0
The Effects of Role Differentiation among Clergy: Impact on Pastoral Burnout and Job Satisfaction	0