Exceptionalism or Chinamerica: Measuring Religious Change in the Globalizing World Today

Yang, Fenggang

doi:10.1111/jssr.12253

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“…Yang (2016) illustrates that the reverse is true. Referring to a recent Pew Research Center Report (2015), entitled "Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World's Population," Yang notes that the relative birth rates of these two groups play a significant role in the rate of growth or decline.…”

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The Benefit of a Punitive God: The Story of Ananias and Sapphira

Bruce¹,

Harman²

2017

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The Benefit of a Punitive God: The Story of Ananias and Sapphira

Bruce¹,

Harman²

2017

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“…Religion is changing globally and we need to attend to that. Fenggang Yang, our association's first person of color to be President of the SSSR, argued in his 2015 SSSR presidential address that by 2030 China is likely to become the largest Christian country in the world (Yang 1998, 2016). And as Bender et al.…”

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Diversifying the Social Scientific Study of Religion: The Next 70 Years

Ecklund

2020

Scientific Study of Religion

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Here I argue that we need to diversify the social scientific study of religion and chart a plan for how we are already and will continue to do so. At the time of the 70th anniversary of our association, I reflect on where—as an association—we have come from and where we are going. Our origin story points to an expansive vision for what would become the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), but unfortunately our past has also been marked by an overrepresentation of white male leadership. It was only in 1982 that the society elected its first woman president, Mary Augusta Neal, and only in 2015 that it elected its first person of color, Fenggang Yang. Here, I discuss our hope for a more diverse future: attending to diversity in studies of religion, diversity in the groups of people who are encouraged to study religion, and efforts to translate religion research well to diverse groups of listeners. I share with you pieces of the new SSSR strategic plan, spearheaded in 2018 by Korie Edwards, the first black and woman of color President of the SSSR: particularly the pieces that are most attentive to diversity. I also highlight insights from my own scholarly story about diversity that I have learned through my work with the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University.

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“…The Pew Research Center (2015) projected religious change in the world in the next several decades, assuming that the religious population in China would experience little change. But that assumption is misguided based on reports by numerous fieldwork and survey studies of religion in China (Yang 2016).…”

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Religious Heterogamy and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion in China

McPhail

Yang

2020

Scientific Study of Religion

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In Western societies, religious heterogamy and its effects on religious socialization outcomes have been interpreted through the lens of secularization. How about China, where religion has been resurging in recent decades? Using data from the 2007 Spiritual Life Survey of Chinese Residents, this study shows that despite China's atheist education system and strict religion policies, having at least one religiously affiliated parent is associated with increased religiosity compared to having two nonreligious parents. Whereas religious heterogamy in the West has a secularizing effect on the next generation, religious heterogamy in secular nations, such as China, has a religionizing effect and contributes to religion's rise.

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Exceptionalism or Chinamerica: Measuring Religious Change in the Globalizing World Today

Abstract: Religion is changing fast in this era of globalization. Major global trends include the growth of Muslims

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

The Benefit of a Punitive God: The Story of Ananias and Sapphira

The Benefit of a Punitive God: The Story of Ananias and Sapphira

Diversifying the Social Scientific Study of Religion: The Next 70 Years

Religious Heterogamy and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion in China

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