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“I Have to Trust God to Protect My Babies”: Anti‐Black Racism, Black Motherwork‐Related Stress, and Religious Coping

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT 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 the role of religion in shaping the perceived impact of motherwork‐related stress on Black mothers’ well‐being?
Mia Brantley, Myles D. Moody, Shaonta’ E. Allen, Cayden Norman Oakes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Logic and the Concept of God [PDF]

, 2019
This paper introduces the special issue on the Concept of God of the Journal of Applied Logics (College Publications). The issue contains the following articles: Logic and the Concept of God, by Stanisław Krajewski and Ricardo Silvestre; Mathematical ...
Krajewski, Stanisław, Silvestre, Ricardo Sousa   +1 more
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Religion Affects Whether US Women Marry Early, Without Cohabiting or Having a Nonmarital Birth First

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent US cohorts, premarital sex is ubiquitous, and cohabitation typically precedes marriage. Yet many religions discourage premarital sex, which implies disapproval of cohabitation or premarital birth. Using a discrete‐time event history, we assess how religious denomination, frequency of religious service attendance, and a rich set of ...
Man Xu, Paula England
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic Distribution of LGBT Affirming Christian Churches and Same‐Sex Households by US County

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT 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 religion and proximity to affirming churches may provide access to religious capital which supports well‐being.
Daniel M. Nguyễn, Michael C. Lotspeich‐Yadao, Nathan R. Todd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Theology: Also (Green) Religious Experience Seeking Understanding [PDF]

, 2005
Religious experience in contemporary theological epistemology is a theme broad enough to allow for many approaches. This essay grants the concept of \u27religious experience\u27 tentative validity, subject to later qualification.
Hughson, Thomas
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The Mediating Roles of Political Ideology, Dominion Belief, and Stewardship Belief in the Relationship Between Christianity and Environmentalism: Evaluating Lynn White's Thesis in the Netherlands

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT 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 aspects of Christianity within the secularized context of the Netherlands.
Nienke P. M. Fortuin, Carl Sterkens
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and Black/White Residential Segregation: The Influence of Religious and Regional Context

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on religious tradition and residential segregation focuses on “open” versus “closed” civic orientations, but ignores the structural effects of religious fields as well as other relevant differences, such as Catholic immigrant parishes and the communal role of Black Protestantism in response to racial hostility in large northern cities
David Sikkink, Michael Emerson
wiley   +1 more source

The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT 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 into how the Swiss population evaluates Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant, and Evangelical churches on the basis of various theories, such as ...
Rebekka Rieser, Mark Eisenegger, Jörg Schneider   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calvin: Geneva and the Reformation: a study of Calvin as social reformer, churchman, pastor and theologian [PDF]

, 1991
Reviewed Book: Wallace, Ronald S. Calvin: Geneva and the Reformation: a study of Calvin as social reformer, churchman, pastor and theologian.
Cole-Arnal, Oscar
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Crowding Out the Market: State Religious Policy and Social Capital Among Religious Adherents

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do governments’ policies toward religion impact the relationship between citizens and civil society? A large body of literature examines the effect of social capital on democratic governance. Studies of State Religious Policy, or SRP, however, have shown complex and potentially contradictory effects on different types of social capital ...
Brendan Szendrő
wiley   +1 more source