"Although women and men identify as 'spiritual' in similar numbers, far more women participate in the holistic milieu. We seek to solve this 'gender puzzle'..."
https://t.co/DQcD0hxQYc
"Although men increasingly disengage from the religious space, the growing feminization of that space does not translate into a more gender-egalitarian narrative..."
https://t.co/FiQZ3nITg3
"We find that residents in areas with higher overall levels of education became liberal faster, irrespective of whether or not they had a college degree."
https://t.co/iqP4EZ72wF
Open Access! "This article synthesizes new directions taken in the sociology of religion and social movement studies and examines Queer, Trans, and Nonbinary (QTN) Muslim activism in Toronto, Canada." https://t.co/EOtx2b1m88
Honored that "The Funk of White Souls" won both the @ASReligion Distinguished Article Award and the @ASA_Religion Distinguished Article Award. Grateful to Cheryl Gilkes for encouraging me to write it & the @SORJournal reviewers whose critiques improved it
https://t.co/YudvDtZdNY
"in addition to tracking the standard “three b’s”—belonging, belief, and behavior—it also tracks a fourth b—branding."
New research on how "symbolic pollution" is a big part of religious change: https://t.co/DTWxlmlFUR
Why would the director of a food bank say "you can't just give people food"? New research insights into the world of faith-based initiatives: https://t.co/BaSOt0WW0j
In our latest article in @SORJournal my colleagues and I identify 3 modes of enchantment in science: transcendent, immanent, and liminal - https://t.co/dFl8VwgAKh
Big week for my journal articles, with a focus on #religion in #Europe. Here's one with David Voas and Kirstie Hewlett, published online in @SORJournal now and titled "#Religious#Polarization in Europe": https://t.co/tVRa52GFgT
New work "explores how becoming a religious minority impacts one’s sense of belonging to the nation and how processes of racialization, specifically antisemitism and Islamophobia, impact the conversion process."
Read More: https://t.co/wPYdMfZiWf
"Explaining the reasons—while not the causes—behind religious decline is a central issue for sociologists interested in secularization processes."
In new work, Molteni reviews what we know about the theory that religion declines with more security: https://t.co/5mEReVP98Z
"...religious and other practices compete for limited spatial-temporal resources, contributing to the transformation of religious practices by incorporating new materials, technologies, and meanings."
Read more: https://t.co/XOIxDB5td0
‼️ "Rising Security and Religious Decline: Refining and Extending Insecurity Theory".
Check out my attempt to summarize and advance my 10 years of research on the topic in the newly published article in @SORJournal
https://t.co/RdNRFK14TT
What do nonbelievers believe in? New research offers some insight:
"exclusive empiricism and mortal finitude are positive tenets of belief systems that those who identify as atheist or agnostic are likely to hold."
Read More: https://t.co/inq09ndUn0
I'm really happy to share the news that my article on time, sprace and religious practices is online first (and OA) in @SORJournal. Inspired by @ntammerman & #practicetheory and based on qualitative study among Polish Catholic women. https://t.co/hvP2fFmg9Y
"Sociologists have long been interested in the theoretical possibility of a universal ritual."
How might a shared struggle, like the COVID-19 pandemic, shape our common rituals?
https://t.co/OZizqH2KER
Who "dwells" in religion, and who "seeks" something new?
Among "new immigrants from Ghana, West Africa...I find strong evidence of spiritual seeking in their narratives"
https://t.co/KT43ixFpfs