Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Manuscript Invitation

Author Biographies

Manuscript Reviewers

List of Figures and Tables

Sanctification of Health Care Interventions as a Coping Method

God Representations: An Exploratory Study on a Croatian Adolescent Sample

Distinguishing between Spirituality and Religion: Accessing the Worldview Correlates of 13- to 15-year-old Students in England and Wales

Self-Control within a Muslim Ideological Surround: Empirical Translation Schemes and the Adjustment of Muslim Seminarians in Iran

“The Fire That Makes Us Boil”: The Role of Religion in Supporting Faith-Based Organizations in Cambodia

Special Section

The Study of Prayer: Introduction to the Special Section

A Tangible Connection to the Divine: An Exploration of the Power and Utility of Prayer Objects

Who Cares If I Stand on My Head When I Pray? Ritual Inflexibility and Mental-State Understanding in Preschoolers

Folding Your Hands Helps God Hear You: Prayer and Anthropomorphism in Parents and Children

How Young Adult Middle Eastern Muslims Interpret Various Prayer Positions in Salat

Socio-Cultural Differences in Judgments about the Power of Thought

Prayer, Personality and Purpose in Life: An Empirical Enquiry among Adolescents in the uk

Petitionary Prayer: Immature but Common in Christians? A Descriptive and Exploratory Study

Names Index

Subject Index