Numerous authors have suggested that religious belief has a positive association, possibly
causal, with prosocial behavior. This article critiques evidence regarding this “religious …

In this article, I review three contemporary streams of scholarship that are revitalizing the
cultural analysis of religion, an approach that dates to the discipline's founding. Research …

For decades, scholars have wrestled with the assumption that old age is characterized by
social isolation. However, there has been no systematic, nationally representative …

From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

In this book, data-collection methods are highlighted across a wide range of examples. I
explain a variety of exemplars and then use them to examine the main concepts related to …

Jocelyne Cesari examines the idea that Islam might threaten the core values of the West
through testimonies from Muslims in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the …

Asked to name an activist, many people think of someone like Cesar Chavez or Rosa Parks—
someone uniquely and passionately devoted to a cause. Yet, two-thirds of Americans report …

In this paper we ask whether individuals decide that people are generally trustworthy or
untrustworthy by extrapolating from their experiences in localized interactions or whether a …

This article investigates volunteering by immigrants. It examines if and how volunteering
experiences can attenuate the effects of relocation for immigrants as they seek to regain …

Religious disaffiliation—leaving the religious tradition in which one was raised for no
religious affiliation in adulthood—has become more common in recent years, though few …