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Labor “meats” religion: economic restructuring in the meatpacking industry and religious adherence in the Midwest.
(2008-06-09)Labor market trends are often examined in light of their economic significance. However, little attention has been devoted to the relationship between economic trends and their potential impact on religion. Focusing on ... -
Look who's talking about religion.
(2006-10-13)There is an ongoing debate about the health of America's civil society, the decline in participation of certain types of political activity, and the increasing rhetoric surrounding religion and politics. Using a national ... -
Lost in the cloud : cultural lag in the transition to eTextbooks.
(, 2013-09-16)The age of electronic textbook delivery is upon us. On the national level, the Department of Education is advocating eTextbook delivery in K-12. President Obama recommends that eTextbooks be employed in K-12 education by ... -
Migration, mobility and social disorganization in rural agricultural and recreational communities.
(2010-06-23)This article seeks to examine how the economic base of a rural community affects mobility, social cohesion and crime. Drawing upon the wealth of research in criminology and the emerging research in the variety of rural ... -
Modding my religion : exploring the effects of digital technology on religion and spirituality.
(2018-03-08)Digital technology has greatly altered daily life and social institutions. While studies on the Internet and social media are growing, few researchers have explored how using these technologies may impact religion and ... -
Modern Prometheus or Jacob's Ladder : beliefs about science and technology among the religious.
(2019-04-04)Social theorists often predict that heavy reliance on technological devices and machines will result in negative effects on social relations and religious participation. And while scholarship has often focused on the effects ... -
One bread, one body, one church : the religiosity of Latino and Anglo Catholics in America.
(, 2013-09-16)Objective: This paper examines the religious differences between American Latino and Anglo Catholics. Method: This study uses multivariate analyses to model the differences between these groups on traditional measures of ... -
Ontological certainty and psychological distress : the role of religious beliefs.
(2017-10-27)Despite prominent criticisms, scholars generally agree that religious participation conveys important potential psychosocial benefits which contribute to well-being and protect against the deleterious nature of stress. ... -
Positive, negative, and ambivalent attitudes toward one's spouse : longitudinal associations with health and well-being.
(2019-04-23)Incompatible feelings are inevitable in social relationships, and individuals can simultaneously hold both positive and negative attitudes toward others. This finding has led to the emergence of research on the causes and ... -
Predictors of gender traditionalism among women.
(2018-12-06)Why do some American women hold gender traditionalist attitudes? While socialization to traditional religions, cultural norms, and political ideologies, along with a lack of exposure to feminist ideas explain why some ... -
Prestige inequality : the effects of family status and occupational segregation.
(2010-06-23)Wage inequality has been extensively studied in the social sciences, but few researchers have studied prestige inequality. This paper looks not only at prestige and wage inequality between genders, but also within genders, ... -
Race, religion, and homosexuality: Black Protestants and homosexual acceptance.
(2006-12-05)This paper explores the relationship between race, religion, and acceptance of homosexuality. Many question the disapproval of African Americans in the homosexual fight for gay rights, especially considering their activity ... -
Racism in the hands of an angry God : how image of God can activate or resist colorblind racism narrative frames regarding police treatment of African Americans.
(2020-04-09)Previous research suggests an angry God image is a narrative framework predicting punitive views regarding criminal justice. However, no research examines the correlation of God image to racial attitudes nor how God image ... -
Reading the American Bible : its role in liberal morality, criminal justice attitudes, and attitudes about religion and science.
(2011-05-12)The Bible has had a large impact on American culture, but thus far very little research has looked at the impact that reading the Bible may have. Research shows that religion has the tendency to have a conservative influence ... -
Religion and interracial marriage.
(2015-07-24)The history of racial intermarriage in the United States intersects with its religious history. Religious people, beliefs and institutions have both supported and opposed social and legal boundaries regarding the marriage ... -
Religion and social support for parents.
(2017-07-31)How does religion benefit parental well-being? Are religious parents benefitting from the source of informal social support that religion provides? Does religion have an effect apart from this? This study, using logistic ... -
Religion and trust : Turkish case.
(2015-07-07)I investigate the relationship between religion and trust using the Turkish sample from the World Values Surveys (WVS). This study focuses on a majority Muslim nation that has been institutionally secular and democratic ... -
Religion in contemporary China.
(2017-07-24)Different from many societies that religion is embedded in the cultural tradition and is supported or subsidized by the state, religion in China is marginalized by the Confucian tradition and regulated by the atheist ... -
Religion, anti-immigrant sentiment, and attitudes toward democracy : an evaluation of a changing Europe.
(2019-04-22)Currently, Europe struggles to negotiate the challenges of a changing society and its historical commitment to liberal values. Nativist backlashes against mostly Muslim immigrants challenge the European project’s dedication ... -
Religion, sexuality, and gender : an individual and organizational analysis.
(, 2012-08-08)Homosexuality has been the object of much debate, research, and political struggle over the last 40 years. Since the Stonewall riots of 1969 the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement (LGBT) continues to grow ...