Research Area: Ideational Factors:
Religion, Religiosity, Spirituality

Funded & Affiliated Research

Determinants of Marriage and Childbearing Attitudes (Thornton)

Recent Publications

Books

Krause, Neal. 2008. Aging in the Church: How Social Relationships Affect Health. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2007. Values and perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern publics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2005. Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: Episode and Discourse. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Inglehart, Ronald F. 2004. Islam, Gender, Culture and Democracy: Findings from the Values Surveys. Ontario: de Sitter Publications.

Schaie, K. Warner, Neal Krause, and Alan Booth. 2004. Religious Influences on Health and Well-Being in the Elderly. New York: Springer Pub. Co.

Johnson, Paul C. 2002. Secrets, Gossip and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé. New York: Oxford University Press.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2002. Jordanian Exceptionalism: A Comparative Analysis of Religion and State Relationships in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. New York: Palgrave.

Journal Articles

2007

Pearce, Lisa D., and Arland Thornton. 2007. "Religious identity and family ideologies in the transition to adulthood." Journal of Marriage and Family, 69(5): 1227-1243.

2006

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2006. "The Saudi Public Speaks: Religion, Gender, and Politics." International Journal of Middle East Studies, 38: 79-108.

Krause, Neal. 2006. "Church-based Social Support and Mortality." Journals of Gerontology Series B - Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 61(3): S140-S146.

Krause, Neal. 2006. "Religious Doubt and Psychological Well-Being: A Longitudinal Investigation." Review of Religious Research, 47(3): 287-302.

Krause, Neal. 2006. "Gratitude toward God, Stress, and Health in Late Life." Research on Aging, 28(2): 163-183.

Krause, Neal. 2006. "Exploring the Stress-Buffering Effects of Church-Based and Secular Social Support on Self-Related Health in Late Life." Journals of Gerontology Series B - Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 61(1): S35-S43.

2005

Johnson, Paul C. 2005. "Savage Civil Religion." NUMEN-International Review for the History of Religions, 52(3): 289-324.

Weaver, A.J., L.T. Flannelly, A.L. Strock, Neal Krause, and K.J. Flannelly. 2005. "The quantity and quality of research on religion and spirituality in four major gerontology journals between 1985 and 2002." Research on Aging, 27(2): 119-135.

2004

Brown, S.L., R.M. Nesse, James S. House, and Becky L. Utz. 2004. "Religion and Emotional Compensation: Results From a Prospective Study of Widowhood." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(9): 1165-1174.

Pearce, Lisa D., and D.L. Haynie. 2004. "Intergenerational Religious Dynamics and Adolescent Delinquency." Social Forces, 82(4): 1553-1572.

Musick, Marc A., James S. House, and David R. Williams. 2004. "Attendance at Religious Services and Mortality in a National Sample." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45(2): 198-213.

Krause, Neal. 2004. "Common Facets of Religion, Unique Facets of Religion, an Life Satisfaction Among Older African Americans." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 59(2): S109-S117.

Inglehart, Ronald F. 2004. "Why Didn’t Religion Disappear? Re-examining the Secularization Thesis." WZB-Mitteilungen , September: 7-10.

Johnson, Paul C. 2004. "Three Paths to Legitimacy: African Diaspora Religions and the State." Culture and Religion, 6(1): 79-105.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2004. "The Future of Islam after 9/11." Futures, 36(9): 961-977.

Krause, Neal. 2004. "Religion, aging, and health: Exploring new frontiers in medical care." Southern Medical Journal, 97(12): 1215-1222.

Krause, Neal, and K.M. Wulff. 2004. "Religious doubt and health: Exploring the potential dark side of religion." Sociology of Religion, 65(1): 35-56.

Renne, Elisha. 2004. "Dressing in the stuff of dreams: sacred dress and religious authority in southwestern Nigeria." Dreaming, 14(2-3): 120-135.

2003

Idler, E.L., M.A. Musick, C.G. Ellison, L.K. George, Neal Krause, M.G. Ory, K.I. Pargament, and L.H. Powell. 2003. "Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Religion and Spirituality or Health Research - Conceptual Background and Findings From the 1998 General Social Survey." Research on Aging, 25(4): 327-365.

Eccles, Jacquelynne S., B.L. Barber, M. Stone, and J. Hunt. 2003. "Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Development." Journal of Social Issues, 59(4): 865-889.

Krause, Neal. 2003. "Religious Meaning and Subjective Well-Being in Late Life." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 58(3): S160-S170.

Krause, Neal. 2003. "A preliminary assessment of race differences in the relationship between religious doubt and depressive symptoms." Review of Religious Research, 45(2): 93-115.

Wallace, J.M., T.N. Brown, Jerald Bachman, and T.A. Laveist. 2003. "The influence of race and religion on abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana among adolescents." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64(6): 843-848.

Krause, Neal. 2003. "Race, religion, and abstinence from alcohol in late life." Journal of Aging and Health, 15: 508-533.

Renne, Elisha, and C.O. Adepegba. 2003. "Yoruba Religious Textiles." The Nigerian Field, 68: 51-60.

2002

Ingersoll-Dayton, Berit, Neal Krause, and D. Morgan. 2002. "Religious Trajectories and Transitions Over the Life Course." International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 55(1): 51-70.

Renne, Elisha. 2002. "Fundamentals of Fertility: Cosmology and Conversion in a Southwestern Nigerian Town." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 8(3): 551-69.

Johnson, Paul C. 2002. "Migrating Bodies, Circulating Signs: Brazilian Candomblé, the Garifuna of the Caribbean, and the Category of ‘Indigenous Religions’." History of Religions, 41(4): 301-327.

Johnson, Paul C. 2002. "Death and Memory at Ground Zero: A Historian of Religion's Report." Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin, 26(1): 3-7.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2002. "The Singularity of the Jordanian Religious Experience." International Journal of Society, Culture, and Politics, 15(4): 527-68.

Krause, Neal, Jersey Liang, Benjamin A. Shaw, Hidehiro Sugisawa, Hye-Kyung Kim, and Yoko Sugihara. 2002. "Religion, death of a loved one, and hypertension among older adults in Japan." Journals of Gerontology: Social Science, 57B: S96-S107.

Johnson, Paul C. 2002. "Models of the body in the ethnographic study of religion: the cases of Brazilian Candomble and the Garifuna of the Caribbean." Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, 14: 170-195.

Chapters

Krause, Neal. 2007. "Altruism, religion, and health: exploring the ways in which helping others benefits support providers." In Altruism and Health Perspectives from Empirical Research edited by Post, Stephen G. New York: Oxford University Press.

Johnson, Paul C. 2006. "Joining the African Diaspora: Dynamics of Migration and Urban Religion." In Women and Religions of the African Diaspora: knowledge, power, and performance edited by Marie Griffith and Barbara D. Savage. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press.

Krause, Neal. 2006. "Religion and health in late life." In Handbook of the Psychology of Aging edited by J.E. Birren and K.W. Schaie. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Johnson, Paul C. 2005. "Religion and transculturation: the Caribbean." In Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan.

Johnson, Paul C. 2005. "Garifuna religion." In Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan.

Renne, Elisha. 2004. "Gender Roles and Women’s Status: What They Mean to Hausa Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria." In Qualitative Demography: Categories and Contexts in Population Studies edited by S. Szreter, A. Dharmalingam, and H. Sholkamy. 276-94. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Krause, Neal. 2004. "An introduction to research on religion, aging, and health: exploring new prospects and key challenges." In Religious Influence on Health and Well-Being in the Elderly edited by K. Warner Schaie, Neal Krause, and Alan Booth. New York: Springer.

PSC Reports

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2008. "Religious Regimes and Prospects for Liberal Politics: Futures of Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia." PSC Research Report No. 08-641. June 2008.

Moaddel, Mansoor, Mark Tessler, and Ronald F. Inglehart. 2008. "Foreign Occupation and National Pride: The Case of Iraq." PSC Research Report No. 08-638. June 2008.


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