The sociology of prayer has a long history and routinely stresses the centrality of prayer to
religious belief and ritual solidarity. Still, we have struggled to clearly define the parameters …

Prayer, considered by some to be the essence of religion, has been a universal behavior
throughout human history. Scholars have increasingly recognized that there are different …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most devastating disasters of the
twenty-first century and has exacted a steep health and economic toll. During times of …

Abstract The Baylor Religion Survey (Wave 6; 2021) contains the most comprehensive set of
prayer questions of any national survey of the USA; it also contains multiple indicators of …

Despite prayer's central role in religious life, quantitative research on prayer typically
focuses on its frequency without regard to the total amount, to why, to whom, or for what a …

A vast literature suggests favorable links between religiosity and mental health. Yet, the
concept of “mattering” is an underexplored concept in the sociology of religion. Using a …

Background: Emotional divorce refers to a situation in which the emotional relationship,
support, passion, warmth, attention, love, and intimacy between couples (husband & wife) …

To illuminate the often‐reported higher levels of meaning in life by those who believe in God
relative to atheists, we examined the extent to which their global meaning (ie, the beliefs …

Little evidence has considered the extent to which feelings of health-related control may
arise from religious beliefs to influence survival expectations. Moreover, research on the …

This qualitative study responds to recent calls for decolonisation of research agendas and
explores some personal factors impacting the development of research careers in an under …