IJRR Articles: 2005 Volume 1

Article 12: Retention Strategies and Religious Success: A Regional Comparison of American Jews Author: Michael K. Abel (University of Washington)

Article 11: Images of God: The Effect of Personal Theologies on Moral Attitudes, Political Affiliation, and Religious Behavior Author: Christopher Bader (Baylor University), Paul Froese (Baylor University)

Article 10: Purity and Anger: Gentiles and Idolatry in Antioch Author: Magnus Zetterholm (Lund University)

Article 9: Social Mobility and Sect Transformation: Testing the Regression-to-the-Mean Hypothesis Author: Sean F. Everton (Stanford University)

Article 8: The Gnostic Church of Brazil: Contemporary Neo-Esotericism in Late-Modern Perspective Author: Andrew Dawson (University of Chester)

Article 7: Does Religion Promote Trust?: The Role of Signaling, Reputation, and Punishment Author: Richard Sosis (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Connecticut)

Article 6: The Social and Symbolic Boundaries of Congregations: An Analysis of Website Links Author: Christopher P. Scheitle (Pennsylvania State University)

Article 5: Religious Competition and Revival in Italy: Exploring European Exceptionalism Author: Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR, Torino, Italy), Rodney Stark (Baylor University)

Article 4: Folk Temples and the Chinese Religious Economy Author: Graeme Lang (City University of Hong Kong), Selina Ching Chan (Shueyan College), Lars Ragvald (Lund University)

Article 3: Niches in the Islamic Religious Market and Fundamentalism: Examples from Turkey and Other Countries Author: Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR, Torino, Italy)

Article 2: Atheism Author: William Sims Bainbridge (Arlington, Virginia)

Article 1: The Political Origins of Religious Liberty Author: Anthony Gill (University of Washington)