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The Center on Religion & the Professions works to improve the religous literacy of professionals, to help them serve a diverse public.


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Recent articles in scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals that incorporate religion in diverse fields. The Center updates articles periodically.

Anthropology and Archaeology:
NEW Benard, Akeia A. “The Material Roots of Rastafarian Marijuana Symbolism.” History & Anthropology. 18, no. 1 (2007): 89-99.

Bloch, Maurice. “Religion and Morality: An Anthropological Comment.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 465-6.

NEW Briault, Camilla. “Making Mountains Out of Molehills in the Bronze Age Aegean: Visibility, Ritual Kits, and the Idea of a Peak Sanctuary.” World Archaeology. 39, no. 1 (2007): 122-41.

Meyer, Birgit. “Religious Revelation, Secrecy and the Limits of Visual Representation.” Anthropological Theory. 6, no. 4 (2006): 431-53.

NEW Müller-Kessler, C., T.C. Mitchell and M.I. Hockey. “An Inscribed Silver Amulet from Samaria.” Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 139, no. 1 (2007): 5-19.

Porter, Adam L. “The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message Through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts.” American Journal of Archaeology. 111, no. 1 (2007): 179.

Rountree, Kathryn. "Performing the Divine: Neo-Pagan Pilgrimages and Embodiment at Sacred Sites." Body and Society. 12, no. 4 (2006): 95-115.

NEW Stohlman, Sarah. “At Yesenia’s House...” Qualitative Sociology. 30, no. 1 (2007): 61-80.

Architecture and Engineering:
NEW Clark, David L. Chatford. “Viewing the Liturgy: A Space Syntax Study of Changing Visibility and Accessibility in the Development of the Byzantine Church in Jordan. World Archaeology. 39, no. 1 (2007): 84-104.

Lavinia, Stan and Lucian Turcescu. "Politics, National Symbols and the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral." Europe-Asia Studies. 58, no. 7 (2006): 1119-39.

Maranci, Christian. "Building Churches in Armenia: Art at the Borders of Empire and the Edge of the Canon." Art Bulletin. 88, no. 4 (2006): 656-75.

Mattox, Philip. "Domestic Sacral Space in the Florentine Renaissance Palace." Renaissance Studies. 20, no. 5 (2006): 658-73.

NEW Velthuis, Kirsten and Dirk H. R. Spennemann. “The Future of Defunct Religious Buildings: Dutch Approaches to Their Adaptive Re-use.” Cultural Trends. 16 no. 1 (2007): 43-66.

Williamson, Beth. "Locating Religious Experience: The Interaction of Images and Architecture, Space and Action." Art History. 29, no. 5 (2006): 931-7.

Art:
Gluck, Robert. "The Shiraz Arts Festival: Western Avant-Garde Arts in 1970s Iran." Leonardo. 20, no. 1 (2007): 20-8.

Jaffe, Richard M. "Buddhist Material Culture, 'Indianism,' and the Construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in Prewar Japan." Material Religion. 2, no. 3 (2006): 266-292.

Melvin, Meg. "The Gift of Form: Brassal and the Crypt of Saint-Sulpice." History of Photography. 30, no. 4 (2006): 359-71.

Renard, John G. "Around the World in Religion and the Arts: Defining the Study of Islamic Art." Religion and the Arts. 10, no. 4 (2006): 539-55.

Steinberg, Faith, "Women and the Dura-Europos Synagogue Paintings." Religion and the Arts. 10, no. 4 (2006): 461-96.

Troughton, Geoffrey. “Light at the End of the Word.” Australian Historical Studies. 37, no. 128. (2006): 55-71.

NEW Wen-shing Chou. “Ineffable Paths: Mapping Wutaishan in Qing Dynasty China.” Art Bulletin. 89, no. 1 (2007): 108-29.

Biology:
NEW Farimani, Mohammad and Zygon Motahari. “Islamic Philosophy and the Challenge of Cloning.” Journal of Religion & Science. 42 no. 1 (2007): 145-51.

Gutala, Ramana, et al. "A Shared Y-Chromosomal Heritage Between Muslims and Hindus in India." Human Genetics. 120, no. 4 (2006): 543-551.

NEW Moore, James. “R. A. Fisher: a Faith Fit for Eugenics.” Studies in History & Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 38 no. 1 (2007): 110-35.

Black studies:
NEW Edgell, Penny and Danielle Docka. “Beyond the Nuclear Family? Familism and Gender Ideology in Diverse Religious Communities.” Sociological Forum. 22, no. 1 (2007): 26-51.

Giggie, John M. "The African-American Holiness Movement." Society. 44, no. 1 (2006): 50-9.

King, Sharon V., et al. "The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households." Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging. 19, no. 1 (2006): 75-96.

Little, Monroe H. Jr. "Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America." Indiana Magazine of History. 102, no. 4 (2006): 392-3.

Mailloux, Steven. "Thinking With Rhetorical Figures: Performing Racial and Disciplinary Identities in Late-Nineteenth-Century America." American Literary History. 18, no. 4 (2006): 695-711.

Maldonado-Torres, Nelson. "Black Puerto Rican Identity and Religious Experience." Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 74, no. 4 (2006): 1011-4.

NEW Potter, Hillary. “Battered Black Women's Use of Religious Services and Spirituality for Assistance in Leaving Abusive Relationships.” Violence Against Women. 13, no. 3 (2007): 262-84.

Swartz, Sharlene. "A Long Walk to Citizenship: Morality, Justice and Faith in the Aftermath of Apartheid." Journal of Moral Education. 34, no. 4 (2006): 551-70.

Business:
Graafland, Johan, Corrie Mazereeuw and Aziza Yahia. "Islam and Socially Responsible Business Conduct: An Empirical Study of Duth Entrepreneurs." Business Ethics: A European Review. 15, no. 4 (2006): 390-406.

Hasu, Paivi. "World Bank and Heavenly Bank in Poverty and Prosperity: The Case of Tanzanian Faith Gospel." Review of African Political Economy. 33, no. 110 (2006): 679-92.

Kean, Sam. "'SmartMoney': Religious Giving." Chronicle of Philanthropy. 19, no. 6 (2007): 41.

Nixon, Mark. "Satisfaction for Whom? Freedom for What? Theology and the Economic Theory of the Consumer." Journal of Business Ethics. 70, no. 1 (2007): 39-60.

Whitty, Stephen Jonathan and Mark Frederick Schulz. "The Impact of Puritan Ideology On Aspects of Project Management." International Journal of Project Management. 25, no. 1 (2007): 10-20.

Communication:
Meyer, Birgit. “Religious Revelation, Secrecy and the Limits of Visual Representation.” Anthropological Theory. 6, no. 4 (2006): 431-53.

Computers:
Foltz, Franz A and Frederick A. Foltz. "Technology, Religion, and Justice: The Problems of Disembedded and Disembodied Law." Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society. 26, no. 6 (2006): 463-71.

Starrett, Gregory. "Islam in the Digital Age: E-Jihad, Online Fatwas, and Cyber Islamic Environments." History of Religions. 46, no. 3 (2007): 268-71.

Economics and Finance:
NEW Banaji, Jairus. “Islam, the Mediterranean and the Rise of Capitalism.” Historical Materialism. 15, no. 1 (2007): 47-74.

Granger, Maury D. and Gregory N. Price. "The Tree of Science and Original Sin: Do Christian Religious Beliefs Constrain the Supply of Scientists?" Journal of Socio-Economics. 36, no. 1 (2007): 144-60.

Haught, James A. “My God, How the Money Rolls In.” Free Inquiry. 27, no. 1 (2007): 51-2.

Heftier, Robert W. “Islamic Economics and Global Capitalism.”

NEW Lindrooth, Richard C. and Burton A. Weisbrod. “Do Religious Nonprofit and For-profit Organizations Respond Differently to Financial Incentives? The hospice industry.” Journal of Health Economics. 26, no. 2 (2007): 342-57.Society. 44, no. 1 (2006): 16-22.

NEW Roth, Louise Marie and Jeffrey Kroll. “Risky Business: Assessing Risk Preference Explanations for Gender Differences in Religiosity.” American Sociological Review. 72, no. 2 (2007): 205-20.

Woodberry, Robert. “The Economic Consequences of Pentecostal Belief.” Society. 44, no. 1 (2006): 29-35.

Education:
Brownfield, E.Y. "The First Amendment Implications of Teaching the Theory of Evolution and Creationism In Public Schools." Journal of Law & Education. 36, no. 1 (2007): 141-8.

NEW Carpenter, Lucas. “Religion and the Liberal Arts.” Humanist. 67, no. 2 (2007): 25-8.

NEW Cush, Denise. “Consumer Witchcraft: Are Teenage Witches a Creation of Commercial Interests?” Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & Education. 28, no. 1 (2007): 45-53.

Darden, Edwin C. "Public Education, Private Faith." American School Board Journal. 193, no. 11 (2006): 44-5.

Moini, Saira. "Interpreting Religion Through Music." Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. 23, no. 24 (2007): 32.

Sanders, Glenn E. "Exposing Students to Intractable Problems: Christian Faith and Justice in a Course on the Middle East." Journal of Education & Christian Belief. 10, no 2. (2006): 39-62.

Thurman, R.A.F. "Meditation and Education: India, Tibet, and Modern America." Teachers College Record. 108, no. 9 (2006): 1765-74.

NEW Zine, Jasmin. “Safe Havens or Religious ‘Ghettos’? Narratives of Islamic Schooling in Canada.” Race, Ethnicity & Education. 10, no. 1 (2007): 71-92.

English and Literature:
NEW Buell, Lawrence. “Religion on the American Mind.” American Literary History. 19, no. 1 (2007): 32-55.

Cressy, David. "Early Modern Space Travel and the English Man in the Moon." American Historical Review. 111, no. 4 (2006): 960-82.

Edwords, Fred. “The Times They Are a-Changin’.” Humanist. 67, no. 1 (2007): 45.

NEW Graf, Susan Johnston. “The Occult Novels of Dion Fortune.” Journal of Gender Studies. 16 no. 1 (2007): 47-56.

Mylius, Johan de. "Religious Views of Hans Christian Andersen's Works - and their Literary Implications." Orbis Litterarum. 62, no. 1 (2007): 23-38.

Environment, Food Science and Agriculture:
NEW Chryssavgis, John. “Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Insights Into an Orthodox Christian Worldview.” International Journal of Environmental Studies. 64, no. 1 (2007): 9-18.

Peterson, Anna L. "Toward a Materialist Environmental Ethic." Environmental Ethics. 28, no. 4 (2006): 375-93.

NEW Sagoff, Mark. “On the Compatibility of a Conservation Ethic with Biological Science.” Conservation Biology. 21, no. 2 (2007): 337-345.

Stanworth, Hilary. "Protestantism, Anxiety and Orientations to the Environment: Sweden as a Test Cast for the Ideas of Richard Sennett." Worldviews: Environment Culture Religion. 10, no. 3 (2006): 295-325.

Film and Theater:
Chansky, Dorothy. “North American Passion Plays.” The Drama Review. 50, no. 4 (2006): 120-45.

Cobb, Michael. “God Hates Cowboys (Kind Of).” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 13, no. 1 (2007): 102-5.

Edgar, David. “Shouting Fire: Art, Religion and the Right to Be Offended.” Race and Class. 48, no. 2 (2006): 61-76.

Henley, Paul. “Spirit Possession, Power, and the Absent Presence of Islam: Re-Viewing Les Maîtres Fous.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 12, no. 4 (2006): 731-61.

NEW Lawrence, Amy. “Constructing a Priest, Silencing a Saint: The PCA and I Confess (1953).” Film History. 19, no. 1 (2007): 52-72.

NEW Middlemas, Jill. “Ecclesiastes Gone 'Sideways.'” Expository Times. 118, no. 5 (2007): 216-21.

Spector, Judith A and Katherine V. Tsiopos Willis. “The Aesthetics of Materialism in Alan Ball’s American Beauty.” Midwest Quarterly. 48, no. 2 (2007): 279-96.

Wax, Jeff. “Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen.” Theatre Journal. 58, no. 4 (2006): 716-7.

Yelle, Robert A. “To Perform, or Not to Perform? A Theory of Ritual Performance Versus Cognitive Theories of Religious Transmission.” Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. 18, no. 4 (2006): 372-91. 

German and Russian:
Gilman, Sander L. "There Ain't No There There: Reimagining Eastern European Jewish Culture in the 21st Century." Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 25, no. 1 (2006): 1-4.

Mitrokhin, L.N. "Philosophy of Religion." Russian Studies in Philosophy. 45, no. 3 (2006): 6-34.

NEW Mitrokhin, L.N. “Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives.” Russian Social Science Review. 48, no. 2 (2007): 51-78.

NEW Ream, Todd C. “Pragmatism and the Unlikely Influence of German Idealism on the Academy in the United States.” Educational Philosophy & Theory. 39 no. 2 (2007): 150-67.

NEW Tzoref-Ashkenazi, Chen. “The status of Hebrew in Friedrich Schlegel's Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier.” German Life & Letters. 60 no. 2 (2007): 165-79.

Health:
Campbell, Anne. "Spiritual Care for Sick Children of Five World Faiths." 18, no. 10 (2006): 22-5.

NEW Goldberg, Daniel S. “Religion, the Culture of Biomedicine, and the Tremendum: Towards a Non-Essentialist Analysis of Interconnection.” Journal of Religion & Health. 46, no. 1 (2007): 99-108.

NEW Haimov-Kochman, Ronit and Drorith Hochner-Celinkier. “Contraceptive Counseling for Orthodox Jewish Women.” European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 12, no. 1 (2007): 13-8.

Hermann, Carla P. "The Degree to Which Spiritual Needs of Patients Near the End of Life Are Met." Oncology Nursing Forum. 34, no. 1 (2007): 70-8.

Kim, Karen Hye-cheon. "Religion, Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior." Eating Behaviors. 8, no. 1 (2007): 121-31.

NEW Latzer, Yael, Orna Tzischinsky and Faisal Azaiza. “Disordered Eating Related Behaviors Among Arab Schoolgirls in Israel: An Epidemiological Study.” International Journal of Eating Disorders. 40, no. 3 (2007): 263-70.

Maselko, Joanna, et al. "Religious Service Attendance and Decline in Pulmonary Function in a High-Functioning Elderly Cohort." Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 32, no. 3 (2006): 245-53.

NEW Todman, Donald. “Childbirth in Ancient Rome: From Traditional Folklore to Obstetrics.” Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 47, no. 2 (2007): 82-5.

Von der Osten-Sacken, Thomas and Thomas Uwer. "Is Female Genital Mutilation an Islamic Problem?" Middle East Quarterly. 14, no. 1 (2007): 29-36.

Yairi-Oron, Yael, Jacob Rabinson and Raoul Orvieto. "A Simplified Approach to Religious Infertility." Fertility and Sterility. 86, no. 6 (2006): 1771-2.

History and Social Sciences:
Babik, Milan. "Nazism as a Secular Religion." History and Theory. 45, no. 3 (2006): 375-396.

Copland, Ian. "Christianity as an Arm of Empire: The Ambiguous Case of India Under the Company, c. 1813-1858." Historical Journal. 49, no. 4 (2006): 1025-54.

Dhavan, Purnima, Kym S. Rice and Benjamin Filene. "Sikh Community: Over 100 Years in the Pacific Northwest." Journal of American History. 93, no. 3 (2006): 819-21.

NEW Hames, Harvey J. “The Limits of Conversion: Ritual Murder and the Virgin Mary in the Account of Adam of Bristol.” Journal of Medieval History. 33 no. 1 (2007): 43-59.

NEW Jordon, Ryan. “The Dilemma of Quaker Pacifism in a Slaveholding Republic, 1833-1865.” Civil War History. 53, no. 1 (2007): 5-28.

Mack, Michael. “The Savage Science: Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis, and the History of Religion.” Journal of Religious History. 30, no. 3 (2006): 331-53.

Osler, Margaret J. "Science and Religion, 400 B.C.-A.D. 1550: From Aristotle to Copernicus." Journal for the History of Astronomy. 37, no. 4 (2006): 486-7.

Sparks, Randy J. "The Southern Way of Death: The Meaning of Death in Antebellum White Evangelical Culture." Southern Quarterly. 44, no. 1 (2006): 32-50.

NEW Stenhouse, John. “Nature and the Godly Empire: Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795-1850.” International History Review. 29 no. 1 (2007): 143-5.

Human Development:
Adamczyk, Amy and Jacob Felson. "Friends' Religiosity and First Sex." Social Science Research. 35, no. 4 (2006): 924-47.

NEW Beck, Jan and Wolfgang Forstmeier. “Superstition and Belief as Inevitable By-products of an Adaptive Learning Strategy.” Human Nature. 18, no. 1 (20007): 35-46.

Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin. "Parenting, Not Religion, Makes Us Into Moral Agents." Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 464-5.

Bishop, Alex. “Age and Gender Differences in Adaptation and Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults Residing in Monastic Religious Communities.” Pastoral Psychology. 55, no. 2 (2006): 131-43.

Bloom, Paul. “Religion is Natural.” Developmental Science. 10, no. 1 (2007): 147-51.

NEW Edgell, Penny and Danielle Docka. “Beyond the Nuclear Family? Familism and Gender Ideology in Diverse Religious Communities.” Sociological Forum. 22, no. 1 (2007): 26-51.

NEW Erricker, Clive. “Children's Spirituality and Postmodern Faith.” International Journal of Children's Spirituality. 12, no. 1 (2007): 51-60.

Lambert, Nathaniel M. "How Religiosity Helps Couples Prevent, Resolve, and Overcome Marital Conflict." Family Relations. 55, no. 4 (2006): 439-49.

NEW Legaree, Terri-Ann, Jean Turner and Susan Lollis. “Forgiveness and Therapy: A Critical Review of Conceptualizations, Practices, and Values Found in the Literature.” Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. 33, no. 2 (2007): 192-213.

Sadler, Euan and Simon Biggs. "Exploring the Links Between Spirituality and 'Successful Ageing.'" Journal of Social Work Practice. 20, no. 3 (2006): 267-80.

NEW Schouten, Barbara C., et. al. “Parent–adolescent communication about sexuality: The role of adolescents’ beliefs, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control.” Patient Education & Counseling. 66, no. 1 (2007): 75-83.

NEW Sinha, Jill W., Ram A. Cnaan and Richard J. Gelles. “Adolescent Risk Behaviors and Religion: Findings From a National Study.” Journal of Adolescence. 30, no. 2 (2007): 231-249.

Journalism:
Cane, Robert. "Cartoon Crisis: Islam and Danish Liberalism." Society. 44, no. 1 (2006): 80-8.

Ferre, John P. "'A Dozen Best': Top Books on the History of Media and Religion." American Journalism. 23, no. 4 (2006): 135-43.

NEW Post, Robert. “Religion and Freedom of Speech: Portraits of Muhammad.” Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory. 14, no. 1 (2007): 72-90.

Vultee, Fred. "Fatwa on the Bunny." Journal of Communication Inquiry. 30, no. 4 (2006): 319-36.

Law:
Emon, Anver M. "Huqūq Allāh and Huqūq al-'Ibād: A Legal Heuristic for Natural Rights Regime." Islamic Law and Society. 13, no. 3 (2006): 325-91.Goodall, Kay. “Incitement to Religious Hatred: All Talk and No Substance?” Modern Law Review. 70, no. 1 (2006): 89-113.

Grossman, Michael C. "Is This Arbitration?: Religious Tribunals, Judicial Review, and Due Process." Columbia Law Review. 107, no. 1 (2007): 169-209.

NEW Post, Robert. “Religion and Freedom of Speech: Portraits of Muhammad.” Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory. 14, no. 1 (2007): 72-90.

Wickham, Gary. “Foucault, Law, and Power: A Reassessment.” Journal of Law and Society. 33, no. 4 (2006): 596-614.

Military:
NEW Cohen, Stuart A. “Tensions Between Military Service and Jewish Orthodoxy In Israel: Implications Imagined and Real.”

Masur, Matthew. "America's Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia." Journal of Military History. 70, no. 4 (2006): 1183-4.

Thomas, Ward. "ROTC and the Catholic Campus." Armed Forces and Society. 33, no. 2 (2007): 224-37.

Music:
Atkins, E. Taylor. "Sacred Swing: The Sacralization of Jazz in the American Bahá'í Community." American Music. 24, no. 4 (2006): 383-420.

Lynch, Gordon. "The Role of Popular Music in the Construction of Alternative Spiritual Identities and Ideologies." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 45, no. 4 (2006): 481-8.

Wilson, Charles Reagan. "'Just a Little Talk With Jesus': Elvis Presley." Southern Cultures. 12, no. 4 (2006): 74-91.

Philosophy:
Changchi Hao. "We-Wei and the Decentering of the Subject in Lao-Zhuang An Alternative Approach in the Philosophy of Religion." International Philosophical Quarterly. 46, no. 4 (2006): 445-7.

Ferrari, Michel. “Culture and Development Matter To Understanding Souls, No Matter What Our Evolutionary Design.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 472.

NEW Kail, P.J.E. “Understanding Hume’s Natural History of Religion.” Philosophical Quarterly. 57, no. 227 (2007): 190-211.

NEW Lloyd, David. “Rage against the Divine.” South Atlantic Quarterly. 106 no. 2 (2007): 345-72.

Mitrokhin, L.N. "Philosophy of Religion." Russian Studies in Philosophy. 45, no. 3 (2006): 6-34.

NEW Mitrokhin, L. N. “Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives.” Russian Social Science Review. 48 no. 2 (2007): 51-78.

Political Science:
Babik, Milan. "Nazism as a Secular Religion." History and Theory. 45, no. 3 (2006): 375-396.

NEW Dierenfield, Bruce J. “‘The Most Hated Woman in America’: Madalyn Murray and the Crusade against School Prayer.” Journal of Supreme Court History. 32, no. 1 (2007): 62-84.

Eisenstein, Marie. "Rethinking the Relationship Between Religion and Political Tolerance in the US." Political Behavior. 28, no. 4 (2006): 327-348.

NEW Leiken, Robert S. and Steven Brooke. “The Moderate Muslim Brotherhood.” Foreign Affairs. 86, no. 2 (2007): 107-121.

NEW Maier, Hans. “Political Religion: A Concept and Its Limitations.” Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions. 8, no. 1 (2007): 5-16.

Schmookler, Andrew Bard. “Moral Exo-Skeletons and Endo-Skeletons: A Key Divide in the American Body Politic.” Humanist. 66, no. 6 (2006): 28-31.

NEW Shaery-Eisenlohr, Roschanack. “Imagining Shi‘ite Iran: Transnationalism and Religious Authenticity in the Muslim World.” Iranian Studies. 40, no. 1 (2007): 17-35.

Razavi, Shahra. "Islamic Politics, Human Rights and Women's Claims for Equality in Iran." Third World Quarterly. 27, no. 7 (2006): 1223-37.

NEW Shilhav, Yosseph. “Jewish Territoriality between Land and State.” National Identities. 9 no. 1 (2007): 1-25.

Wald, Kenneth D. and Clyde Wilcox. "Getting Religion: Has Political Science Rediscovered the Faith Factor?" American Political Science Review. 100, no. 4 (2006): 523-529.

Psychiatry and Psychology:
Bering, Jesse M. “The Folk Psychology of Souls.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 453-62.

Bloom, Paul. “Religion is Natural.” Developmental Science. 10, no. 1 (2007): 147-51.

Boehnlein, James K. “Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatric Care: Looking Back, Looking Ahead.” Transcultural Psychiatry. 43, no. 4 (2006):634-51.

Ferrari, Michel. “Culture and Development Matter To Understanding Souls, No Matter What Our Evolutionary Design.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 472.

NEW Francis, Leslie J., Douglas W. Turton and Stephen H. Louden. “Dogs, Cats and Catholic Parochial Clergy in England and Wales: Exploring the Relationship Between Companion Animals and Work-related Psychological Health.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 10, no. 1 (2007): 47-60.

Harris, Paul L. and Rita Astuti. "Learning That There is Life After Death." Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 475-6.

NEW Huguelet, Philippe, et. al. “Effect of Religion on Suicide Attempts in Outpatients with Schizophrenia or Schizo-Affective Disorders Compared with Inpatients with Non-Psychotic Disorders.” European Psychiatry. 22, no. 3 (2007): 188-94.

Inhorn, Marcia C. “Making Muslim Babies: Ivf and Gamete Donation in Sunni Versus Shi’a Islam.” Medicine and Psychiatry. 30, no. 4 (2006): 427-50.

NEW Jennings, Pilar. “East of Ego: The Intersection of Narcissistic Personality and Buddhist Practice.” Journal of Religion & Health. 46, no. 1 (2007): 3-18.

NEW Koenig, Laura B., et. al. “Religiousness, Antisocial Behavior, and Altruism: Genetic and Environmental Mediation.” Journal of Personality. 75, no. 2 (2007): 265-90.

NEW Siev, Jedidiah and Adam B. Cohen. “Is Thought–Action Fusion Related to Religiosity? Differences Between Christians and Jews.” Behaviour Research & Therapy. 45, no. 4 (2007): 829-37.

Weld, Chet and Karen Eriksen, “The Ethics of Prayer in Counseling.” Counseling and Values. 51, no. 2 (2007): 125-38.

Religion:
Bell, Catherine. “Culture: What Does One Do With It Now?” Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. 18, no. 4 (2006):315-24.

NEW Feuchtwang, Stephan. “On Religious Ritual as Deference and Communicative Excess.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 13, no. 1 (2007): 57-72.

Khalil, Mohammad Hassan and Mucahit Bilici. "Conversion Out of Islam: A Study of Conversion Narratives of Former Muslims." Muslim World. 97, no. 1 (2007): 111-24.

Leming, Laura M. "Sociological Explorations: What is Religious Agency?" Sociological Quarterly. 48, no. 1 (2007): 73-92.

NEW Lloyd, David. “Rage against the Divine.” South Atlantic Quarterly. 106, no. 2 (2007): 345-72.

NEW Orsi, Robert A. “When 2 + 2 = 5.” American Scholar. 76, no. 2 (2007): 34-43.

Wills, Lawrence M. “Ascetic Theology Before Asceticism? Jewish Narratives and the Decentering of the Self.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 74, no. 4 (2006): 902-25.

Yelle, Robert A. “To Perform, or Not to Perform? A Theory of Ritual Performance Versus Cognitive Theories of Religious Transmission.” Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. 18, no. 4 (2006): 372-91. 

Sociology and Social Work:
NEW Bartkowski, John P. “Religion, Job Readiness, and Employment Outcomes: The Case of Latter-Day Saint Employment Resource Services.” Research on Social Work Practice. 17, no. 2 (2007): 188-98.

NEW Buyandelgeriyn, Manduhai. “Dealing With Uncertainty: Shamans, Marginal Capitalism, and the Remaking of History in Post-socialist Mongolia.” American Ethnologist. 34, no. 1 (2007): 127-47.

Dong Pi Yoon and Eun-Kyoung Othelia Lee. “The Impact of Religiousness, Spirituality, and Social Support on Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults in Rural Areas.” Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 48, no. ¾ (2007): 281-298.

Hutchinson, Nichola. “Disabling Beliefs? Impaired Embodiment in the Religious Tradition of the West.” Body and Society. 12, no. 4 (2006): 1-23.

NEW Latzer, Yael, Orna Tzischinsky and Faisal Azaiza. “Disordered Eating Related Behaviors Among Arab Schoolgirls in Israel: An Epidemiological Study.” International Journal of Eating Disorders. 40, no. 3 (2007): 263-70.

Leming, Laura M. "Sociological Explorations: What is Religious Agency?" Sociological Quarterly. 48, no. 1 (2007): 73-92.

NEW Poynting, Scott and Victoria Mason. “The Resistible Rise of Islamophobia.” Journal of Sociology. 43, no. 1 (2007): 61-86.

Turcotte, Paul-André. “A Note on National Churches: Ethnocultural Distinction, Socio-religious Compromise and State Regulation.” Social Compass. 53, no. 4 (2006): 505-13.

NEW Yamane, David. “Beyond Beliefs: Religion and the Sociology of Religion in America.” Social Compass. 54, no. 1 (2007): 33-48.

NEW Zine, Jasmin. “Safe Havens or Religious ‘Ghettos’? Narratives of Islamic Schooling in Canada.” Race, Ethnicity & Education. 10, no. 1 (2007): 71-9.

Space and Physics:
NEW Barr, Stephen M. “Faith and Quantum Theory.” First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion & Public Life. 171 (2007): 21-5.

Osler, Margaret J. "Science and Religion, 400 B.C.-A.D. 1500: From Aristotle to Copernicus." Journal for the History of Astronomy. 37, no. 4 (2006): 486-7.

Polkinghorne, John. "Space, Time, and Causality." Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. 41, no. 4 (2006): 975-84.

Raia, Courtenay Grean. "From Ether Theory to Ether Theology: Oliver Lodge and the Physics of Immortality." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 43, no. 1 (2007): 18-43.

Textiles:
Hartel, Heather A. "Producing Father Baker: Material and Visual Practices of Making a Saint." Material Religion. 2, no. 3 (2006): 320-48.

NEW Tharp, Bruce M. “Valued Amish Possessions: Expanding Material Culture and Consumption.” Journal of American Culture. 30, no. 1 (2007): 38-53.

Wolff, Norma H. "Yoruba Religious Textiles." African Arts. 39, no. 4 (2006): 12-93.

Veterinary:
Broom, Donald Maurice. “The Evolution of Morality.” Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 100, no ½ (2006): 20-8.

NEW Francis, Leslie J., Douglas W. Turton and Stephen H. Louden. “Dogs, Cats and Catholic Parochial Clergy in England and Wales: Exploring the Relationship Between Companion Animals and Work-related Psychological Health.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 10, no. 1 (2007): 47-60.

Mika, Marie. “Framing the Issue: Religion, Secular Ethics and the Case of Animal Rights Mobilization.” 85, no. 2 (2006): 915-41.

Women's Studies:
NEW Edgell, Penny and Danielle Docka. “Beyond the Nuclear Family? Familism and Gender Ideology in Diverse Religious Communities.” Sociological Forum. 22, no. 1 (2007): 26-51.

NEW Graf, Susan Johnston. “The Occult Novels of Dion Fortune.” Journal of Gender Studies. 16, no. 1 (2007): 47-56.

Leming, Laura M. "Sociological Explorations: What is Religious Agency?" Sociological Quarterly. 48, no. 1 (2007): 73-92.

NEW Motha, Stewart. “Veiled Women and the Affect of Religion in Democracy.” Journal of Law & Society. 34, no. 1 (2007): 139-62.

NEW Potter, Hillary. “Battered Black Women's Use of Religious Services and Spirituality for Assistance in Leaving Abusive Relationships.” Violence Against Women. 13, no. 3 (2007): 262-84.

Razavi, Shahra. "Islamic Politics, Human Rights and Women's Claims for Equality in Iran." Third World Quarterly. 27, no. 7 (2006): 1223-37.

NEW Sehgal, Meera. “Manufacturing a Feminized Siege Mentality.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 36, no. 2 (2007): 165-83.

Von der Osten-Sacken, Thomas and Thomas Uwer. "Is Female Genital Mutilation an Islamic Problem?" Middle East Quarterly. 14, no. 1 (2007): 29-36.

Yairi-Oron, Yael, Jacob Rabinson and Raoul Orvieto. "A Simplified Approach to Religious Infertility." Fertility and Sterility. 86, no. 6 (2006): 1771-2.


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