A recent study indicates that Americans with lower cognitive ability scores tend to be more likely to embrace Christian nationalism. The findings suggest the ideology’s appeal is linked to underlying ...

This research note analyzes the ambiguous boundaries of religious identity, belief, and ritual behavior in Japan, drawing on data from a nationally representative postal survey conducted in 2024 (N =....

This study examines how the reputation of Christian churches is configured, and which sociodemographic variables and experiences (personal or mediated) relate to it. It provides in-depth insights int....

The Kingdom of God is a key motif in the teachings of Jesus. Many Christians, including those subscribing to Christian nationalism, believe they have a responsibility to “build” the Kingdom here on E....

There is growing empirical evidence that “politics affects religion,” yet most of this work has been quantitative. This article contributes to this burgeoning literature by drawing on two qualitative....

Studies of religion and nonmarital sexual behavior often focus on the timing of sexual debut and the number of sexual partners during adolescence, limiting understanding of how religion shapes subseq...

After decades of struggle, the United Methodist Church (UMC) removed all LGBTQ-restrictive language from its Book of Discipline in 2024, overturning exclusionary policies that forbid same-sex wedding...

The relationship between Islam and democracy remains contested. Although some scholars argue that the two are inherently incompatible, others maintain that they can coexist harmoniously. Although the...

Prior research finds that different kinds of religious engagement, including beliefs, practices, and affinities, are associated with lower rates of depressive symptoms. As rates of depression in the ...

Recent scholarship proposes that East Asians commonly hold multiple religious beliefs simultaneously, even when they report a single religious identity or none at all. This note argues that this clai...

Religious right leaders often promulgate views of Christianity's historical preeminence, privilege, and persecution in the United States that are factually incorrect, suggesting credulity, ignorance,...

How do religious rules and regulations affect behavior? We examine this question using changes in Catholic regulations during the Covid-19 pandemic combined with mobility data from 15 million smartph....

In Jewish-Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far-reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affilia...

Discussion of ethics among scientists has mainly focused on research ethics related to falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism (FFP). Scientific work goes beyond research, and we know little about...

The introduction to the spotlight set of research notes that are based on the Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality briefly explains why we believe it is necessary to develop new measures o...

The present study examines how religion shapes partnership formation and religious homogamy among Syrian and Afghan male refugees who arrived in Germany during the 2015/16 influx. It provides new ins...

Previous studies provide mixed empirical support for White's thesis that Christianity has contributed to the ecological crisis. This study aims to add nuance to White's thesis by examining different ....

Although religious service attendance is touted for its reliable measurement and robust associations with well-being, the overwhelming focus on attendance has allowed other aspects of religious parti...

Over the past decade, White evangelicals in the United States have largely aligned themselves with Donald Trump's Make America Great Again, or MAGA, movement and the Christian nationalist ideas it pr....

A meta–analysis was performed in an attempt to clarify the proposed relationship between religiosity and psychological adjustment. Specific focus was given to the issue of definition, namely, whether...

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At least since the second wave of the feminist movement, policy issues related to gender have generated deep social and political divisions. Past work has analyzed the role of general religious varia...

By Brooklyn Walker and Paul A. Djupe [Image credit: moms.gov] America’s demography has changed drastically over the past 50 years. Fertility rates have fallen, so much so that the U.S. can no longe…

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 d...

Social surveys normally assume that respondents adhere to a single religious faith in belonging, believing, and practicing congruently. Some surveys even take religious identity as the singular measu...

Why has pronatalism become such a prominent theme in American politics and who's supporting this idea?

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, corr....

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...

Explanations for veiling among Muslim women fall into two main clusters of ethnographic studies. The first, from the 1990s, sees veiling as an accommodation strategy through which women navigate tens...

In general, disabled people value religion as much as people without disability, but do not attend religious services as often. Empirical evidence to date does not robustly examine whether this patte....

A longstanding debate in the sociology of religion has focused on how religious pluralism affects religious participation. Existing research shows mixed findings, often relying on macro-level measure...

This article examines how Muslimah influencers based in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are policed for, and negotiate with the policing of their Islamic modesty in influencer cultu....

In this study, we examine where lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) affirming Christian churches are geographically located across the United States. Notably, many LGBT people practice rel...

This study explores the role of religious coping among Black, predominantly middle class, mothers as a response to motherwork-related stress. This study considers one broad research question: What is...

Drawing on theories of differentiated threat and religious dominance, this article examines the dynamics of xenophobia and Islamophobia in the United States. Specifically, we analyze the distinct thr...

Christian nationalism scholarship and discourse has surged in the years since Trump's 2016 election victory, even as, by most measures, adherence to Christian nationalist beliefs has declined. Applyi...

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