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Paths of Faith and Focus? ADHD, Adult Religiosity, and Moderation by Race in the Add Health Study

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), little is known about how ADHD shapes religious belief and practice across the life course. Using longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), this study examines whether childhood ADHD diagnosis is associated ...
Laura Upenieks, Samuel H. Fishman
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Service Attendance and Interracial Romance: The Non‐Evangelical Story

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Religious service attendance is a consistent negative predictor of interracial romance in the United States, yet less is known about how specific religious affiliations shape this relationship. Using the Collaborative Multiracial Post‐Election Survey (CMPS 2020, N = 7883), this study examines how attendance frequency and religious affiliation ...
Heewon Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting Mental Health Through Spiritual Awareness and Prayer: Insights From Robustness Testing

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT 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 United States rise, and more Americans disaffiliate from formal religious organizations, it is worth revisiting whether these associations hold ...
Evan Stewart, Jaime Kucinskas, Jacqui Frost, Bradley R. E. Wright   +3 more
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Easing the Burden? Religiosity and Educational Inequality in Pain Interference

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A consistent inverse gradient in pain prevalence is typically observed across educational strata. Religion stands out as a source of social and personal support that may moderate the amount of chronic pain interference but may do so differently across the educational spectrum.
Laura Upenieks, Markus H. Schafer
wiley   +1 more source

“Go Ahead and Bring Me Up on Charges—The Rocks Will Sing Out”: Organizational Structure, Ally Activism, and the Struggle for Marriage Equality in the UMC

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT 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 weddings and the ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy. This research sheds light on the activism that preceded institutional change within the UMC.
Nancy L. Malcom, Melinda D. Kane
wiley   +1 more source

The poor and the public : an exploration of synergies between black theology and public theologies [PDF]

, 2010
Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The title of this study is . The Poor and the Public: An Exploration of Synergies between Black Theology and Public Theologies.
Tenai, Noah Kiptoo
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
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Lonergan, Decolonization and First Nations Peoples: An Apologetic from an Insider on the Outside

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this article is to respond critically to a research project initiated out of the Board of the Lonergan Research Institute that seeks to expose colonialist assumptions in Lonergan's thought. Some of the initiatives seek to link Lonergan with complicity in Canadian residential schools, spiritual violence, and cultural genocide ...
John D. Dadosky
wiley   +1 more source

Joshua Maponga’s interactions with Black theology, African identities and Indigenous belief systems

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The intersection of Black theology, African cultural identities and Indigenous belief systems has been topical in South Africa, given the apartheid history of the country.
Martin Mujinga, Peter Masvotore
doaj   +1 more source

Christian Humanism in the Black Atlantic: The Case of Olaudah Equiano

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores Olaudah Equiano as a pivotal figure in the emergence of a Christian humanism forged within the Black Atlantic. Building on the analyses of Sylvia Wynter and Paul Gilroy, it examines how Equiano's The Interesting Narrative contests the racial figuration of the human that underwrote the development of racial capitalism and ...
Luke Bretherton
wiley   +1 more source