Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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The JSSR Journal is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes research on the social scientific study of religion. Flagship publication of @sssreligion.bsky.social. Engage our journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14685906
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The SSSR Is Looking for its next Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the @jssreligion.bsky.social, to begin service in January 2026, for a four-year term. Join us in advancing knowledge and public understanding of #Religion. Learn more ⬇️ sssreligion.org/announcement...
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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June 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The SSSR Is Looking for its next Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the @jssreligion.bsky.social, to begin service in January 2026, for a four-year term. Join us in advancing knowledge and public understanding of #Religion. Learn more ⬇️ sssreligion.org/announcement...
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Learn more about complex religion theory in this new @jssreligion.bsky.social Research Note: 'Religious Inequality in America: The View from 1916,' by Melissa J. Wilde, Tessa D. Huttenlocher & Elena G. van Stee.
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Religious Inequality in America: The View from 1916
The Censuses of Religious Bodies contain detailed information about early 20th-century American religious groups. However, these data have not been used to their full potential—likely because until r...
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May 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Learn more about complex religion theory in this new @jssreligion.bsky.social Research Note: 'Religious Inequality in America: The View from 1916,' by Melissa J. Wilde, Tessa D. Huttenlocher & Elena G. van Stee.
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Clergywomen, glass ceilings and glass cliffs: Young-joo Lee, David P. King and Brad R. Fulton explore the dynamics of the gender pay gap among Protestant clergy. Learn more in this #OpenAccess article in the @jssreligion.bsky.social. #Religion #Gender onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Barriers Inhibiting Women's Path to the Pulpit and the Gender Gap in Compensation
This study examines the gender gap in Protestant churches’ leadership and its connection to head clergy compensation, using the National Study of Congregations’ Economic Practices (NSCEP) data. The a....
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May 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Clergywomen, glass ceilings and glass cliffs: Young-joo Lee, David P. King and Brad R. Fulton explore the dynamics of the gender pay gap among Protestant clergy. Learn more in this #OpenAccess article in the @jssreligion.bsky.social. #Religion #Gender onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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In their study: 'Religion, Tattoos, and Religious Tattoos: The Body as Sacred Subculture,' researchers Jerome R. Koch, Kevin D. Dougherty & Patricia A. Maloney ask: How religious are people with religious tattoos?
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May 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In their study: 'Religion, Tattoos, and Religious Tattoos: The Body as Sacred Subculture,' researchers Jerome R. Koch, Kevin D. Dougherty & Patricia A. Maloney ask: How religious are people with religious tattoos?
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➡️ Findings from a study by Rachel Kraus & Scott A. Desmond "show women with metastatic breast cancer engage in a variety of lived religious practices with more women reporting their participation outside of religious institutions." @jssreligion.bsky.social
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“Exceptional Bodies” and Lived Religion: Religious and Spiritual Experiences Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
A paucity of research has examined the lived religious practices of women with terminal cancer. The purpose of this paper is to examine how women with metastatic breast cancer engage in religious and...
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June 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
➡️ Findings from a study by Rachel Kraus & Scott A. Desmond "show women with metastatic breast cancer engage in a variety of lived religious practices with more women reporting their participation outside of religious institutions." @jssreligion.bsky.social
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Hot off the presses! @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I have a new piece out @jssreligion.bsky.social that argues that Christian persecution beliefs are less racialized than previously believed. (1/4) religioninpublic.blog/2025/06/06/f...
Fellowship in the Fiery Furnace: Do Christian Persecution Narratives Transcend Racial Divides?
By Brooklyn Walker and Paul A. Djupe “Section 1. Purpose and Policy. It is the policy of the United States, and the purpose of this order, to protect the religious freedoms of Americans and end the…
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June 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Hot off the presses! @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I have a new piece out @jssreligion.bsky.social that argues that Christian persecution beliefs are less racialized than previously believed. (1/4) religioninpublic.blog/2025/06/06/f...
Muslim ≠ Arab and vice versa...but for many, ethnicity and religion become conjoined in what's termed "ethnodoxy." Do people who share this view more strongly have different attitudes about immigration? @hmridge.bsky.social explains her findings in this video:
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When ethnic group becomes religious orthodoxy
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March 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Muslim ≠ Arab and vice versa...but for many, ethnicity and religion become conjoined in what's termed "ethnodoxy." Do people who share this view more strongly have different attitudes about immigration? @hmridge.bsky.social explains her findings in this video:
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📖Table of Contents alert for the March, 2025 issue of our flagship publication: The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JSSR) @jssreligion.bsky.social.
➡️ Research on Christian nationalism,voting trends, diversity, racial justice, & more. #Religion
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➡️ Research on Christian nationalism,voting trends, diversity, racial justice, & more. #Religion
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion: Vol 64, No 1
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March 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
📖Table of Contents alert for the March, 2025 issue of our flagship publication: The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JSSR) @jssreligion.bsky.social.
➡️ Research on Christian nationalism,voting trends, diversity, racial justice, & more. #Religion
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➡️ Research on Christian nationalism,voting trends, diversity, racial justice, & more. #Religion
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Rebecca Glazier and her coauthors started with an unsurprising finding: Black Protestants see race as a more important issue than others do. But they also found something they didn't expect: Black Protestants were also less likely to want the church involved in addressing race. youtu.be/KsrhEmInavA
When talking about race isn't enough
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March 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Rebecca Glazier and her coauthors started with an unsurprising finding: Black Protestants see race as a more important issue than others do. But they also found something they didn't expect: Black Protestants were also less likely to want the church involved in addressing race. youtu.be/KsrhEmInavA
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Soc of Religion:
re: in the Pacific Northwest, where most people are "unchurched" but are "spiritual not religious, " participate in esoteric "woowoo " practices, the "mindfulness industry" etc.
DIY spirituality replaces old denominations/sects.
re: in the Pacific Northwest, where most people are "unchurched" but are "spiritual not religious, " participate in esoteric "woowoo " practices, the "mindfulness industry" etc.
DIY spirituality replaces old denominations/sects.
What does the big decline in religious *affiliation* mean for religious *belief and practice* for young Europeans? Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme and José P. Coutinho talk about what they found out when they dug into that question.
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"Secularized" doesn't mean "atheist"
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February 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Soc of Religion:
re: in the Pacific Northwest, where most people are "unchurched" but are "spiritual not religious, " participate in esoteric "woowoo " practices, the "mindfulness industry" etc.
DIY spirituality replaces old denominations/sects.
re: in the Pacific Northwest, where most people are "unchurched" but are "spiritual not religious, " participate in esoteric "woowoo " practices, the "mindfulness industry" etc.
DIY spirituality replaces old denominations/sects.
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New study on Haredi Judaism ➡️ Erhard says "there is a need for a more holistic understanding of disaffiliates’ coping efforts and the resources by which they sustain those, among others, to inform policy and professional practice." @jssreligion.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Leaving Haredi Judaism: Coping Resources and Perceived Social Support During Community Transitions and Religious Disaffiliation
Navigating transitions across community boundaries, such as former Haredim leaving their covenantal communities of origin to integrate into mainstream society, is a widespread phenomenon with profoun...
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March 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
New study on Haredi Judaism ➡️ Erhard says "there is a need for a more holistic understanding of disaffiliates’ coping efforts and the resources by which they sustain those, among others, to inform policy and professional practice." @jssreligion.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
What does the big decline in religious *affiliation* mean for religious *belief and practice* for young Europeans? Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme and José P. Coutinho talk about what they found out when they dug into that question.
youtu.be/FcEMF7eFsfU
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"Secularized" doesn't mean "atheist"
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February 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What does the big decline in religious *affiliation* mean for religious *belief and practice* for young Europeans? Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme and José P. Coutinho talk about what they found out when they dug into that question.
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New study by Upenieks & Ellison shows "the relationship between non-theistic parental sanctification and greater happiness and parental satisfaction was stronger for individuals with either an authoritative or benevolent God image..."@jssreligion.bsky.social ⬇️
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Parental Sanctification, God Images, and Parental Happiness and Satisfaction in the United States
The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between non-theistic parental sanctification and well-being among parents, and whether parents’ primary images of God (authoritative, benevolent,...
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February 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
New study by Upenieks & Ellison shows "the relationship between non-theistic parental sanctification and greater happiness and parental satisfaction was stronger for individuals with either an authoritative or benevolent God image..."@jssreligion.bsky.social ⬇️
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📢 Calling all religion scholars! 📢Please consider this my personal invitation to submit a paper or organize a session at the upcoming @sssreligion.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October! Reach out to me or @evanstewart.bsky.social with questions or ideas!
February 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢 Calling all religion scholars! 📢Please consider this my personal invitation to submit a paper or organize a session at the upcoming @sssreligion.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October! Reach out to me or @evanstewart.bsky.social with questions or ideas!
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📣The submission portals for the SSSR 2025 awards and grants are now open:
-Distinguished Article Award
-Student Paper Award
-Jack Shand Research Grants
-Jack Shand International Travel Grants
-Student Research Grants
-Student Travel Grants
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-Distinguished Article Award
-Student Paper Award
-Jack Shand Research Grants
-Jack Shand International Travel Grants
-Student Research Grants
-Student Travel Grants
Learn more ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grants/
Awards & Grants - Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
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February 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
📣The submission portals for the SSSR 2025 awards and grants are now open:
-Distinguished Article Award
-Student Paper Award
-Jack Shand Research Grants
-Jack Shand International Travel Grants
-Student Research Grants
-Student Travel Grants
Learn more ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grants/
-Distinguished Article Award
-Student Paper Award
-Jack Shand Research Grants
-Jack Shand International Travel Grants
-Student Research Grants
-Student Travel Grants
Learn more ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grants/
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Currently reviewing proofs for a new article on U.S. #religious #wealth #inequality in 1916, and the hierarchy is remarkably similar to @ryanburge.bsky.social 's contemporary analysis (minus Hindus).
Coming soon in @jssreligion.bsky.social with Melissa Wilde & Tessa Huttenlocher!
Coming soon in @jssreligion.bsky.social with Melissa Wilde & Tessa Huttenlocher!
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Currently reviewing proofs for a new article on U.S. #religious #wealth #inequality in 1916, and the hierarchy is remarkably similar to @ryanburge.bsky.social 's contemporary analysis (minus Hindus).
Coming soon in @jssreligion.bsky.social with Melissa Wilde & Tessa Huttenlocher!
Coming soon in @jssreligion.bsky.social with Melissa Wilde & Tessa Huttenlocher!
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New @us.theconversation.com article on #ChristianNationalism by David B. Parker cites the work of SSSR members @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social, Samuel Perry and Eric L. McDaniel.
#Religion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyOfReligion #AmericanPolitics
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#Religion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyOfReligion #AmericanPolitics
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How Christian nationalism played a role in incorporating the phrase ‘so help me God’ in the presidential oath of office
The phrase ‘so help me God’ is believed to be a part of the presidential oath ever since George Washington is said to have used it 236 years ago. Except, says a historian - there is no evidence of it.
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January 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New @us.theconversation.com article on #ChristianNationalism by David B. Parker cites the work of SSSR members @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social, Samuel Perry and Eric L. McDaniel.
#Religion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyOfReligion #AmericanPolitics
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#Religion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyOfReligion #AmericanPolitics
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What do clergy say to their congregations about big social and political questions? Sermon-focused methods in Claire Chipman Gilliland's paper tell us how White pastors in Charlottesville, VA talked about the Unite the Right rally. She made a great summary video 👇 youtu.be/yeJBSjJdFOo?...
When White pastors talk about White supremacy
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December 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM
What do clergy say to their congregations about big social and political questions? Sermon-focused methods in Claire Chipman Gilliland's paper tell us how White pastors in Charlottesville, VA talked about the Unite the Right rally. She made a great summary video 👇 youtu.be/yeJBSjJdFOo?...
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A collaboration with my awesome mentor, Dr. Selena Ortiz, is in this month's issue of @jssreligion.bsky.social. We argue that religious identities can act as social conduits through which the surrounding political environment shapes policy preferences. Open access! dx.doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Religion and Policy Preferences in Context: Born‐Again Christian Identity, Support for Inclusive COVID‐19 Aid, and the Broader Political Environment
How COVID-19 economic aid should be distributed continues to be an important societal question, with relevance to current and future public health policy. We argue that religious identities condition....
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December 3, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A collaboration with my awesome mentor, Dr. Selena Ortiz, is in this month's issue of @jssreligion.bsky.social. We argue that religious identities can act as social conduits through which the surrounding political environment shapes policy preferences. Open access! dx.doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
How do Black Christians respond to church environments where nonheterosexuality is not affirmed? Luther Young finds a mix of contentment with or indifference toward non-affirming churches—but also advocacy for change. He walked through his research in this video 👇
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Black Christians and nonaffirming churches
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November 20, 2024 at 5:12 PM
How do Black Christians respond to church environments where nonheterosexuality is not affirmed? Luther Young finds a mix of contentment with or indifference toward non-affirming churches—but also advocacy for change. He walked through his research in this video 👇
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We're super excited to chat with all the scholars in so many disciplines who are doing great research about religion and sharing it on this platform. Thanks to everyone who has followed so far, and make sure to also follow @sssreligion.bsky.social as another way to connect with this community!
November 20, 2024 at 5:05 PM
We're super excited to chat with all the scholars in so many disciplines who are doing great research about religion and sharing it on this platform. Thanks to everyone who has followed so far, and make sure to also follow @sssreligion.bsky.social as another way to connect with this community!