As pornography use becomes more commonplace in the United States, and increasingly so
among younger cohorts, a growing literature is considering its potential connection to key …

The decline in trust in the scientific community in the United States among political
conservatives has been well established. But this observation is complicated by remarkably …

Scholars have consistently shown that social identities can shape political attitudes and
behaviors; this article explores the reverse relationship. Are partisan identities ever strong …

Researchers are increasingly identifying a number of elements of the “dark side” of religion
that undermine its overall positive relationship with well‐being. This study assesses the …

More than a decade ago, a group of researchers began to study the religious and spiritual
lives of American teenagers. They tracked these young people over the course of a decade …

This article examines whether the convergence of an individual's religious and national
identities promotes authoritarian attitudes towards crime and deviance. Drawing on theories …

American “Christian nationalism” is strongly associated with ethno-racial prejudice and
xenophobia, particularly among White Americans. Yet research to date ignores the …

Nothing puzzles sociologists of religion more than the reasons and the patterns behind
religious change. In the literature on secularization processes, it is broadly accepted that …

While some research has uncovered racial differences in patterns of pornography
viewership, no studies to date have considered how these patterns may be changing over …

BACKGROUND Ancestor worship in China used to be an indispensable component of
marriage and family life because it fostered an orientation toward perpetuating the family …