Christian Smith’s research while affiliated with University of Notre Dame and other places

... In her framework, she describes many younger Catholics as manifesting interpretive autonomy. This autonomy is illustrated in the human community of Catholic schools, where many adopt some aspects of Catholic belief and practices (Smith et al., 2014). This creates a diffuse, thin religious identity. ...

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Twelve Months On: Navigating the Disparity Between Vision and Reality for Religious Education Teachers in Australian Catholic SchoolsDwanaście miesięcy później. Odnajdywanie się w sytuacji rozbieżności między wizją a rzeczywistością przez nauczycieli religii w szkołach katolickich w Australii

... There has been considerable research identifying predictors of religious or congregational giving and volunteering including socio-demographic (e.g., education, marital status, age, and income) (Bekkers and Wiepking 2011;Chaves 2002;Finke et al. 2006;Iannaccone 1997), religious beliefs (Corcoran 2013;Finke et al. 2006;Luidens and Nemeth 1994;Peifer 2010;Scheitle and Finke 2008;Smith et al. 2008;Vaidyanathan and Snell 2011;Whitehead 2010), religious behaviors (Bekkers and Wiepking 2011;Chaves 2002;Lam 2002;Lewis et al. 2013;Loveland et al. 2005;Smith et al. 2008;Yeung 2017), religious social ties (Bekkers and Wiepking 2011;Corcoran 2013Corcoran , 2020Finke et al. 2006;Polson 2016;Scheitle and Finke 2008;Whitehead 2010;Whitehead and Stroope 2015), and religious emotions (Corcoran 2015(Corcoran , 2020). Yet, there are no studies testing the association between attending multiple congregations and congregational giving and volunteering. ...

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Eating Your Cake and Having it Too: US Megachurches and Factors Associated with Attending Multiple Congregations

... Instead, researchers have found a moderate majority (Fiorina et al., 2005;Wolfe, 1999). Others (Smith et al., 1997;Smith, 2000) have argued that evangelicals in the US are far from a mobilized Christian Right, but an ambivalent and diverse group. Even earlier, Wuthnow (1988) stated that there was a religious realignment that no longer followed traditional denominational lines, as religious conservatives banded together trans-denominationally to defend political and moral positions. ...

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Conservative Protestants and Religious Polarization in Canada

... Sacred things are those which the interdictions [of religion] protect and isolate; profane things, those to which these interdictions are applied and which must remain at a distance from the first. ([1912] 2008, 40-41) Religious communities thus frequently create physical and symbolic boundaries to distinguish themselves and their activities (Scheitle and Corcoran 2022; see also Smith et al. 1998), and Buddhism is no exception in this regard. Monastic dress codes, dietary taboos, rites, and cloistering are used by Buddhists to outwardly differentiate themselves both from regular life, and from secular society more generally. ...

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Underneath the peace: Shaolin monks’ views on the relationship between Buddhism and science

... The data used in this paper is drawn from the Marriage and Divorce, Conflict and Faith Study, which consists in a sample of 26 congregations drawn from the population compiled by the Northern Indiana Congregations Study (NICS) (Snell et al. 2009). Our sample was purposively drawn so as to explore patterned variation in local marriage cultures. ...

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Individualism and Marriage: Ideal Types for Making Sense of the Relationship between Self and Sacrifice

... The residing place of college students-whether in school hostels, private hostels, family houses, or spouses' residences-provides unique social and physical environments that may differently affect their attitudes and behaviors towards romantic relationships, sex, and marriage (Smith & Snell, 2009). For instance, students living in more independent settings, such as private hostels, may have more opportunities for relationship exploration and sexual activity compared to those living under family supervision. ...

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Investigating the Influence of Residential Location and Religious Affiliation on College Students' Attitudes toward Love, Sex, and Marriage

... Perhaps parents can influence their adolescent's development to prevent radicalization throughout their transition into adulthood, even as emerging adults strive to create their identities independently of their parents in order to become autonomous (Arnett 2014). According to Smith et al. (2011), emerging adults frequently lack moral development because their parents and teachers steer clear of contentious moral topics. To assist young people in addressing moral difficulties and dilemmas, they advise that schools include courses in fundamental moral reasoning (Sikkens et al., 2018). ...

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The Vital Role of The Islamic Family In Efforts To Ward Off The Entry of Radicalism In The Family

... Several religions are unlikely gender emancipatory and explicitly reinforce traditional divisions of labor, including Islam and Hindu [44,49]. Nonetheless, migration alters many aspects of religiosity for migrants [84]. It can enhance religious consciousness and practices [41], decline their level of religious participation over time [1,60,98], and challenge traditional gender beliefs of migrants. ...

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Transition in Gender Ideology and Women Migrant’s Empowerment in Germany and Sweden: Inclusion of ‘Gender’ and ‘Integration’ Needs in Relevant Policies/Legislation

... Scholars attribute changes in young adults' religious identity to a number of factors, including participation in higher education (Smith & Sikkink, 2003), exposure to new influences in adulthood (Barry & Nelson, 2005), and the increased autonomy inherent in emerging adulthood (Ueker et al., 2007). Regardless of the specifics of and reasons for religious switching, young adulthood tends to be a time of formative development of individualized religious identity. ...

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Communication in interfaith and multiethnic-racial families: Navigating identity and difference in family relationships

... However, online anonymous surveys are considered to the one of the best tools to evaluate sensitive information, guaranteeing respondents privacy and improving honesty (Coutts & Jann, 2011). Further to this point, there is little evidence to suggest any robust association between religiosity (the key independent variables) and the tendency to give biased, socially desirable responses (Regnerus & Smith, 2005). However, it would be helpful for future studies to rule out sources of response bias in work on religion and sexual behaviors. ...

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Sin in the Digital Flesh? Religiosity and the Sexting Behavior of Women and Men in the United States