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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä, Pietari Hannikainen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reforming Pentecostal marriage theology in the aftermath of a schism

African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: Several scholars have mentioned the Pentecostal paradox, in which Pentecostal churches seem to be liberatory and at the same time very oppressive.
Terence Mupangwa
doaj   +1 more source

Religion Affects Whether US Women Marry Early, Without Cohabiting or Having a Nonmarital Birth First

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 439-446, June 2026.
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

Grasped by the Spirit: An Anthropological and Theological Understanding of an Existential Religious Experience

Religions
Over the course of 2021, I conducted ethnographic research among transnational Pentecostal communities in Madrid. During this research, ethnographic data on manifestations of the Spirit was collected.
Marten van den Toren-Liefting
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Anti‐Protestantism in the Global Catholic Mission, c. 1918–1960*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source

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, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 149-162, June 2026.
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

Megacostalism and the pandemic: Developing a megacostal theology of care beyond COVID-19

Verbum et Ecclesia
Megacostalism is a concept developed here to refer to the growing trend of mega Pentecostal churches in Africa. The mega Pentecostal churches are popular in the United States of America with leading pastors such as T.D. Jakes, Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen,
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 293-306, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
wiley   +1 more source

Liturgical theology: children and the city [PDF]

, 2003
Liturgical Theology: Children and the City engages academic liturgical theology, contextual sensitivity and key challenges faced by the church in contemporary Britain.
Burns, Stephen
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Pentecostal Spirituality

Scandinavian Journal for Leadership & Theology
This paper explores dimensions of Pentecostal spirituality, considering its individual, collective, and missional aspects and how they intersect with late systematic theologian Clark H. Pinnock’s theology of the Spirit and the church.
Øystein Udnes
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