ABOUT OUR JOURNAL: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

Sociology of Religion, the official journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, is published quarterly for the purpose of advancing scholarship in the sociological study of religion. The journal publishes original (not previously published) work of exceptional quality and interest without regard to substantive focus, theoretical orientation, or methodological approach. Although theoretically ambitious, empirically grounded articles are the core of what we publish, we also welcome agenda setting essays, comments on previously published works, critical reflections on the research act, and interventions into substantive areas or theoretical debates intended to push the field ahead.

Articles published in Sociology of Religion have won many professional awards, including most recently the ASA Religion Section’s Graduate Student Paper Award (Darwin in 2019), the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s Distinguished Article Award (Whitehead, Perry, and Baker in 2019), and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s Graduate Student Paper Award (Rotolo 2021). Building on this legacy, Sociology of Religion aspires to be the premier English-language publication for sociological scholarship on religion and an essential source for agenda-setting work in the field.

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Articles 

1. “Symbolic Pollution and Religious Change: The Religious Imaginary of Anglo-Canadian Spiritual but not Religious Millennials”
   Galen Watts and Sam Reimer
   Sociology of Religion, srae012, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srae012
   Published: 09 June 2024 Section: Article
   
   

2. “Divine Purpose? Religion, Race, and Attitudes Toward Life Extension Technology” 
   Jacqui Frost and others
   Sociology of Religion, srae023, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srae023
   Published: 3 September 2024 Section:  Article
   
   

3. The Moral Foundations of Christian Nationalism 
   Kerby Goff and others
   Sociology of Religion, srae029, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srae029
   Published: 25 October 2024  Section:  Article
   
   

4. Public/Private Religion in Context: When Psychologists Use Religion to Invigorate Therapy
   Orly Tal and Michal Pagis
   Sociology of Religion, srae036, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srae036
   Published: 29 November 2024 Section:  Article
   
   

5. Faith and Volunteering at Midlife: Variation by Religious Continuity, Discontinuity, or Initiation Since Childhood? 
   Laura Upenieks and Markus H Schafer
   Sociology of Religion, srae038, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srae038
   Published: 7 December 2024 Section:  Article
   
   

Book Reviews

1. Religion in the Market Era: The Rise of Market Islam, The Revenge of Confucius, and Other Stories from a Global Age, by FRANÇOIS GAUTHIER 
   Maren Freudenberg
   Sociology of Religion, sraf033, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraf033
   Published: 27 January 2026 Section:  Book Review
   
   

2. Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Chhoods in Contemporary England, by ANNA STRHAN and RACHAEL SHILLITOE 
   Sofia Sjö
   Sociology of Religion, sraf027, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraf027
   Published: 27 January 2026 Section:  Book Review
   
   

3. Catholicism at a Crossroads: The Present and Future of America’s Largest Church, by MAUREEN K. DAY, JAMES C. CAVENDISH, PAUL M. PERL, MICHELE DILLON, AND MARY L. GAUTIER, WITH WILLIAM V. D’ANTONIO 
   Gladys Ganiel
   Sociology of Religion, sraf032, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraf032
   Published: 27 January 2026 Section:  Book Review
   
   

4. Women and the Catholic Church: Negotiating Identity and Agency, by TRACY MCEWAN 
   Eline Huygens
   Sociology of Religion, sraf038, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraf038
   Published: 27 January 2026 Section:  Book Review
   
   

5. On the Significance of Religion in Climate Change, by LAN T. CHU, AMY HOLMES-TAGCHUNGDARPA, KALZANG DORJEE BHUTIA, and YOUSSEF CHOUHOUD 
   Katherine Tarrant
   Sociology of Religion, sraf041, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraf041
   Published: 31 January 2026 Section:  Book Review

SoR Journal Submission

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