Objective Religion

Foreword - Philip Jenkins Introduction Part One: Religious Freedom 1. International Religion Indexes: Government Regulation, Government Favoritism, and Social Regulation of Religion Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke 2. Strict but Not (Gender) Conservative: Refining the Strict Church Thesis in Light of Brazilian Pentecostalism Kevin Neuhouser 3. New Data and Measures on Societal Discrimination and Religious Minorities Jonathan Fox, Roger Finke, and Dane R. Mataicf 4. Deregulation and Demographic Change: A Key to Understanding Whether Religious Plurality Leads to Strife Brian J. Grim, Vegard Skirbekk, and Jesus Crespo Cuaresma 5. Consumer Expenditures and the Faith Factor Vince E. Showers, Linda S. Showers, James E. Cox, Jr., Jeri M. Beggs, and Hulda G. Black 6. Is Religious Freedom Good for Business?: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis Brian J. Grim, Greg Clark, and Robert Edward Snyder Part Two: Religion and Politics 7. Catholic Young Adults' Attitudes Toward the Church's Pro-Life Teachings: A Bellwether for the Church's Political Strategy? Tia Noelle Pratt 8. Same-Sex Sexuality, Marriage, and the Seminary Professor: Catholic, Evangelical, and Mainline Protestant Robert J. Priest 9. Christian Theology and Attitudes Toward Political and Religious Ideological Groups George Yancey, Marie A. Eisenstein, and Ryan P. Burge 10. Are Religion and Environmentalism Complements or Substitutes?: A Club-Based Approach Feler Bose and Timothy M. Komarek 11. Divided by Age?: Generational Shifts in White Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Racial Diversity Darin M. Mather Part Three: Religion, Technology, and Secularization 12. Religious Apps for Smartphones and Tablets: Transforming Religious Authority and the Nature of Religion Cortney Hughes Rinker, Jesse Roof, Emily Harvey, Elyse Bailey, and Hannah Embler 13. Introducing Jesus's Social Network: Support, Conflict, and Compassion Jennifer M. McClure 14. Fear of Love Online: The Effect of Religious Salience on the Early Adoption of Online Dating (2000-2005) Benjamin Thomas Gurrentz 15. Human Development and the Demography of Secularization in Global Perspective Eric Kaufmann 16. Are Religious "Nones" Really Not Religious? Jeff Levin, Matt Bradshaw, and Byron R. Johnson About the Contributors