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Religious Diversity and Multi‐Religiosity in Singapore

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 497-504, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Can government‐mandated exposure to religious diversity both reinforce exclusive identities and cultivate “multi‐religiosity”? This study leverages the 2024 Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality to investigate how Singapore's state‐mandated and managed pluralism impacts the religious lives of its citizens.
Corey Resweber, Bing Han, Fenggang Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Ambiguous Boundaries of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Belonging in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis of Plural and Cultural Religiosity

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 480-488, September 2026.
ABSTRACT 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 = 3947). The findings reveal widespread participation in Buddhist and Shinto rituals even among individuals who identify as nonreligious or atheist,
Koki Shimizu, Yoshihide Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction: Measuring Religiosity and Multi‐Religiosity in East and West

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 467-471, September 2026.
ABSTRACT 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 of religiosity, the process of developing the questionnaire, and the key findings in this set of research notes, including the common phenomenon of
Fenggang Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Political Islam in Iran: Contestation, Authority, and Reform

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract Political Islam in Iran is frequently portrayed in Western scholarship and policy discourse as a unified and rigid ideological system rooted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, this article contends that it operates as a plural and internally contested field in which state‐directed, reformist‐clerical, and civic interpretations compete ...
Nagapushpa Devendra
wiley   +1 more source

Unconventional Fiscal Policies in Response to Inflation: The Iberian Exception in Portugal

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, Volume 73, Issue 4, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The surge in Eurozone inflation in 2022 compelled European governments to implement unconventional fiscal policies. One initiative, the Iberian Exception, imposed a cap on the cost of natural gas used for electricity generation in Portugal and Spain.
Lourenço Cerdeira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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