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The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JSSR) is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes articles, research notes, and book reviews on the social scientific study of religion.

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This month, we are featuring the article “Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The mediating roles of transcendent accountability and religiopolitical awareness” by Sung Joon Jang et al.


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Call for Papers: Religion and Bodies Special Issue

The body is central to the practice of religion. People embody religion. It is the object humans use to worship and express their connection to the sacred and divine. Religion is a means by which people declare all sorts of prescriptions and proscriptions about the body —  what one can or should do with and to their body and the bodies of others. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JSSR) invites submissions for a special issue on the nexus between religion and bodies.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, January 8, 2024

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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vision for Growth and Impact

Watch the full video where Editor-in-Chief Dr. Korie Little Edwards discusses the future of the journal here!

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Articles

Original Article

Philanthropic Giving and Volunteering Among Religious Disaffiliates

Gabel Taggart, Jeffrey Jensen, 
  •  22 April 2024
Original Article
Open access

Science and the Pulpit: Clerical Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States

Shiri Noy, Timothy L. O'Brien, 
  •  21 April 2024
Original Article

The Influence of Religious Affiliation on the Political Views of LGBT Americans

G. Tyler Lefevor, Sydney A. Sorrell, Kelsy Burke, Andrew R. Flores, 
  •  17 April 2024
Original Article
Open access

Tattoo Artists as Religious Figures

Gustavo Morello SJ, Tiago Franco De Paula, 
  •  2 April 2024
Original Article

Race, Religion, and Death: How Racial Attitudes Contextualize the Relationship Between Religion and Support for Capital Punishment

Louis Chuang, Jacob Harris, Melissa S. Jones, 
  •  31 March 2024
More articles

The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

Factor Analysis of the Mystical Experience Questionnaire: A Study of Experiences Occasioned by the Hallucinogen Psilocybin

Katherine A. MacLean, Jeannie-Marie S. Leoutsakos, Matthew W. Johnson, Roland R. Griffiths, 
  •  721-737
  •  4 December 2012

Spiritual But Not Religious? Beyond Binary Choices in the Study of Religion

Nancy T. Ammerman, 
  •  258-278
  •  4 June 2013

Religiosity and Mental Health: A Meta–Analysis of Recent Studies

Charles H. Hackney, Glenn S. Sanders, 
  •  43-55
  •  12 February 2003

Culture Wars and COVID‐19 Conduct: Christian Nationalism, Religiosity, and Americans’ Behavior During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Samuel L. Perry, Andrew L. Whitehead, Joshua B. Grubbs, 
  •  405-416
  •  26 July 2020

Does Religiousness Increase with Age? Age Changes and Generational Differences Over 35 Years

Vern L. Bengtson, Merril Silverstein, Norella M. Putney, Susan C. Harris, 
  •  363-379
  •  22 September 2015
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