This chapter reviews cross-cultural research from the past 15 years on the way religiosity
and religion relate to various aspects of morality—all major domains that people, universally …

This paper seeks to advance the global study of religiosity and spirituality by conducting a
meta-analysis of major approaches in the field. While the field, and thus the collected …

This study examines the relationship between religion and political activity. It theorises
religious influences on political activity and tests the impact of various religious factors on …

Despite its implications for positive youth development, factors and processes that promote
civic engagement are critically understudied, particularly among Muslim American …

Ethno-religious tolerance is crucial for establishing sustainable democracy, which is scarce
in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This study provides an empirically grounded …

This study argues that the competition between secular and religious actors significantly
influences State religion policy (SRP)(the secular-religious competition perspective). I …

This paper provides a meta-analysis of the intersection of (a) religiosity and spirituality with
(b) generosity, philanthropy, nonprofits, and prosociality. The study is informed by three …

Conclusions from empirical analyses on how Islam influences democratic attitudes in Arab
countries differ widely, and the field suffers from conceptual ambiguity and largely focuses …

Religions such as Catholicism and Islam are generators of substantial amounts of charitable
donations and volunteer work, and they sustain themselves as organizations. How do they …

This study examines the causes of government-based religious discrimination (GRD)
against religious minorities in Western democracies. We focus on two causes. First …