| Contents |
Volume 1. Competition, Tension, Perseverance. Foreword / Rodney Stark -- I. The Economics of Religion. Conversion to Latin American Protestantism and the case for religious motivation / Rodney Stark, Buster G. Smith -- Religious competition and revival in Italy : exploring European exceptionalism / Massimo Introvigne, Rodney Stark -- Religious monopolies, religious pluralism, and secularization : the relationship between religious pluralism and religious participation in Sweden / Eva M. Hamberg -- Folk temples and the Chinese religious economy / Graeme Lang, Selina Ching Chan, Lars Ragvald -- The effect of religious affiliation and religious markets on Islamophobia in four European nations / Linda A. Lockett, Ted G. Jelen -- II. Religion and Tension. Retention strategies and religious success : a regional comparison of American Jews / Michael K. Abel -- Explaining atheism : testing the secondary compensator model and proposing an alternative / Laura A. Hunter -- Consensus and conflict : abortion, mainline protestants, and religious restructuring since 1960 / Sabrina Danielsen -- Whom do people dislike more : atheists or cultists? Ryan T. Cragun, Patrick Henry, Casey P. Homan, Joseph Hammer -- III. The Persistence of Religion. Neighbors in the pews : social status diversity in religious congregations / Philip Schwadel -- Estimating the global Muslim population : size and distribution of the world's Muslim population / Brian J. Grim, Becky Hsu -- The collapse of secular social capital and religious revival in rural China : an empirical study / Xiuhua Wang -- Family networks and the growth of the Church of Almighty God / Massimo Introvigne -- Heads down, hearts up : how Ukrainian Baptists make meaning from their memories of Soviet state-sanctioned religious persecution / Gregory S. Morrow, Mary E. Grigsby. |
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Volume 2. Problems, Prosociality, Progress. Foreword / Jeff Levin -- I. Volunteerism. Religion and Volunteering in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries / Meredith J. Greif, Amy Adamczyk, Jacob Felson -- Religion and Philanthropic Giving and Volunteering: Building Blocks for Civic Responsibility / Stephen V. Monsma -- Religious Motivations and Social Service Volunteers: The Interaction of Differing Religious Motivations, Satisfaction, and Repeat Volunteering / Richard M. Clerkin, James E. Swiss -- Women Religious in a Changing Urban Landscape: The Work of Catholic Sisters in Metropolitan Cleveland / Robert L. Fischer, Jennifer Bartholomew -- II. Social Capital. Religious Tradition and Involvement in Congregational Activities That Focus on the Community / Jennifer M. McClure -- God, Guts, and Glory: An investigation of Relational Support Mechanisms for War Veterans Provided by Religious Communities / Terry Shoemaker -- The Impact of Church Attendance on the Decline in Female Happiness in the United States / G. Alexander Ross -- The Socioeconomic Contribution of Religion to American Society: An Empirical Analysis / Brian J. Grim, Melissa E. Grim -- III. Addressing Social Problems. Religion, Intact Families, and the Achievement Gap / William H. Jeynes -- Religion and Academic Achievement among Adolescents / Benjamin McKune, John P. Hoffmann -- The Faith Factor and Prisoner Reentry / Byron R. Johnson -- Does Change in Teenage Religiosity Predict Change in Marijuana Use over Time? / Scott A. Desmond, George Kikuchi, Kristen Budd -- Religiosity as a Buffer in the Association between Economic Disadvantage and Violence / Cassady Pitt, Alfred DeMaris |
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Volume 3. Freedom, Politics, Secularization. Foreword / Philip Jenkins -- I. Religious freedom. International religion indexes: Government regulation, governmental favoritism, and social regulation of religion / Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke -- 4t Strict but not (gender) conservative: Refining the strict church thesis in light of brazilian pentecostalism / Kevin Neuhouser -- New data and measures on societal discrimination and religious minorities / Jonathan Fox, Roger Finke, and Dane R. Mataic -- Deregulation and demographic chnage: A key to understanding whether religious plurality leads to strife / Brian J. Grim, Vegard Skirbekk, and Jesus Crespo Cuaresma -- Consumer expenditures and the faith factor / Vince E. Showers, Linda S. Showers, James E. Cox, Jr., Jeri M. Beggs, and Hulda G. Black -- Is religious freedom good for business?: A conceptual and empirical analysis / Brian J. Grim, Greg Claark, and Robert Edward Snyder -- II. Religion and Politics. Catholic younf adults' attitudes toward the church's pro-life teachings: A bellwether for the church's political strategy? / Tia Noelle Pratt -- Same-sex sexuality, marriage, and the seminary professor: Catholic, evangelical, and mainline protestant / Robert J. Priest -- Christian theology and attitudes toward political and religious ideological groups / George Yancey, Marie A. Eisenstein, and Ryan P. Burge -- Are religion and environmentalism complements or substitutes?: A club-based approach / Feler Bose and Timothy M. Komarek -- Divided by age?: Generational shifts in white evangelical christians' attitudes toward racial diversity / Darin M. Mather -- III. Religion, Technology, and Secularization. Religious apps for smartphones and tablets: Transforming religious authority and the nature of religion / Cortney Hughes Rinker, Jess Roof, Emily Harvey, Elyse Bailey, and Hannah Embler -- Introducing Jesus' social network: Support, conflict, and compassion / Jennifer M. McClure -- Fear of LOVE ONLINE: The effecr of religious salience on the early adoption of online dating (2000-2005) / Benjami9n Thomas Gurrentz -- Human development and the demography of secularization in global persepctive / Eric Kaufmann -- Are religious "nones" really not religious?: Revisiting Glenn, three decades later / Jeff Levin, Matt Bradshaw, Byron R. Johnson, and Rodney Stark. |
| Abstract |
A selection of articles from "Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion" that documents the pervasiveness of religion and demonstrates the complex ways faith remains important for societies all over the world. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Other title | Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. |
| Other title | Competition, tension, perseverance. |
| Other title | Problems, prosociality, progress. |
| Other title | Freedom, politics, secularization. |
| LCCN | 2021006217 |
| ISBN | 9781481313643 (paperback ; volume 1) |
| ISBN | 1481313649 (paperback ; volume 1) |
| ISBN | 9781481314268 (hardcover ; volume 1) |
| ISBN | 1481314262 (hardcover ; volume 1) |
| ISBN | 9781481317719 (hardcover ; volume 2) |
| ISBN | 1481317717 (hardcover ; volume 2) |
| ISBN | 9781481313650 (paperback ; volume 2) |
| ISBN | 1481313657 (paperback ; volume 2) |
| ISBN | 9781481319614 (hardcover volume 3) |
| ISBN | 1481319612 (hardcover volume 3) |
| ISBN | 9781481313667 (paperback volume 3) |
| ISBN | 1481313665 (paperback volume 3) |
