Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Published on behalf of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Edited by:

Marie Cornwall
Outgoing Editor, Rhys H. Williams

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 35/96 Sociology
Impact Factor: 0.826

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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes articles, research notes, and book reviews on the social scientific study of religion. Published articles are representative of the best current theoretical and methodological treatments of religion. Substantive areas include both micro-level analysis of religious organizations, institutions, and social change. While many articles published in the journal are sociological, the journal also publishes the work of psychologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and economists.

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TopHighlights

They Killed our Lord: The Perception of Jews as Desecrators of Christianity as a Predictor of Anti-Semitism
Kenneth I. Pargament, Kelly Trevino, Annette Mahoney, and Israela Silberman

Accidental Atheists? Agent-Based Explanations for the Persistence of Religious Regionalism
Laurence R. Iannaccone and Michael D. Makowsky

Forum on Religion, Popular Music, and Globalization

Ascription, Choice, and the Construction of Religious Identities in the Contemporary United States
Wendy Cadge and Lynn Davidman