From the Editor: On Turning 50

Cornwall, Marie

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01548.x

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“…This is exciting and demonstrates the wide appeal of the journal. Second, we have now received our first impact factor, which is 1.763, a very strong number that appears to be the highest of any journal in the area of social science and religion (see Cornwall, 2011 for a comparative analysis). The impact factor is a lagged indicator and is calculated as the number of citations in the impact factor year divided by the total number of articles published in the previous 2 years.…”

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A short history of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Providing growth and meaning for Division 36.

Piedmont

2013

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Section: The Odyssey Of Prsmentioning

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A short history of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Providing growth and meaning for Division 36.

Piedmont

2013

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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“…Recent years have witnessed the sociology of religion undergoing a period of profound self‐reflection. As the legitimacy of the subdiscipline has been reasserted, its theoretical underpinnings have been critically interrogated, leading to fundamental changes in how religion is studied and understood (Cadge, Levitt, and Smilde ; Cornwall ; Edgell ; Markofski ; see also Berger ; Smith ). In particular, the longstanding dominance of secularization theory has given way to more variegated understandings of religious growth and decline as a result of organizational vitality and competitiveness (Finke and Stark ; Warner ), secular modernity (Smith ), and postsecularism (Habermas ).…”

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“…Thus, in a bid to reconcile the tension between theory and praxis, I propose that an exploration of the spaces of the religious economy will help to formulate new theoretical derivatives that are unique—and relevant—to different empirical contexts around the world, and that have an applied relevance to planners and urban policymakers as well (after Luz ). Doing so will promote more interdisciplinary collaboration and dialog, and will help mitigate against the problem of parochialism within the social scientific study of religion (after Cornwall ; Poulson ).…”

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Spaces of the Religious Economy: Negotiating the Regulation of Religious Space in Singapore

Woods

2018

Scientific Study of Religion

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Over the past three decades, the theory of religious economy has been established, applied, debated, developed, and rejected. It has proven to be as divisive as any "general theory" of religion should be, and yet its core tenets continue to engage and unite scholars around the world. In response to broader shifts within the sociology of religion, this article reframes religious economy by advancing a spatial approach to its theorization. A spatial approach can help develop new perspectives on the regulation of religion, and the resistant agency of religious groups. With a focus on the "secular monopoly" of Singapore, it demonstrates how the restricted supply of land for religious purposes increases competition between religious groups. To overcome restrictions, religious groups pursue strategies of spatial and organizational boundary crossing. This has led to the closer regulation of space, and highlights the recursive interplay between the regulation and praxis of religion in Singapore.

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Toward the Scientific Study of Polytheism: Beyond Forced‐Choice Measures of Religious Belief

Gries

Schak

2012

Scientific Study of Religion

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This article argues that zero‐sum, forced‐choice approaches to measuring religious belief do not work well outside of the Abrahamic world. Positive‐sum approaches to measuring religious beliefs (in the plural) are better suited to the study of polytheistic societies. Using results from a nationally representative survey conducted in 2011 Taiwan, we demonstrate that in a polytheistic society like Taiwan, religious belief is not zero sum. We also contrast our results with those of the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and seek to show that our positive‐sum approach to measuring religious beliefs can help us better understand the disparate causes and consequences of different religious beliefs in polytheistic societies. The challenge of Christocentrism in quantitative studies of religion is also discussed.

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From the Editor: On Turning 50

Cited by 4 publications

References 4 publications

A short history of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Providing growth and meaning for Division 36.

A short history of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Providing growth and meaning for Division 36.

Spaces of the Religious Economy: Negotiating the Regulation of Religious Space in Singapore

Toward the Scientific Study of Polytheism: Beyond Forced‐Choice Measures of Religious Belief

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