VOLUME 2009

Article 3: Religion and Faith: A Decision Theory Perspective Author: Tigran Melkonyan (University of Nevada, Reno) and Mark Pingle (University of Nevada, Reno)

Article 2: Neighbors in the Pews: Social Status Diversity in Religious Congregations Author: Philip Schwadel (University of Nebraska)

Article 1: Christian City Councillors in the Roman Empire Before Constantine Author: Paul McKechnie (Macquarie University)

VOLUME 2008

Article 7: Religion and the Logic of the Civic Sphere: Religious Tradition, Religious Practice, and the Voluntary Association Author: Matthew T. Loveland (LeMoyne College), Keely Jones-Stater (University of Connecticut), Jerry Z. Park (Baylor University)

Article 6: The Secret Gospel of Mark: A 20th Century Forgery Author: Birger A. Pearson (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Article 5: The Faith Factor and Prisoner Reentry Author: Byron R. Johnson (Baylor University)

Article 4: The Complexities of Comparative Research Author: Rodney Stark (Baylor University)

Article 3: Religious Adherence and Military Enlistment Before and After the 9/11 Attacks Author: James DeFronzo (University of Connecticut) and Jungyun Gill (University of Connecticut)

Article 2: The Sociology of Buddhism: Theoretical Implications of Current Scholarship Author: Buster G. Smith (Baylor University) and Paul Froese (Baylor University)

Article 1: Human Development and the Demography of Secularization in Global Perspective Author: Eric Kaufmann (University of London)

VOLUME 2007

Article 3: Religion, Intact Families, and the Achievement Gap Author: William H. Jeynes (California State University at Long Beach)

Article 2: Organizational Niches and Religious Markets: Uniting Two Literatures Author: Christopher P. Scheitle (Pennsylvania State University)

Article 1: Religion and Philanthropic Giving and Volunteering: Building Blocks for Civic Responsibility Author: Stephen V. Monsma (The Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics)

VOLUME 2006

Article 6: Religious Competition and Roman Piety Author: Rodney Stark (Baylor University)

Article 5: Events and Value Change: The Impact of September 11, 2001, on the Worldviews of Egyptians and Moroccans Author: Mansoor Moaddel (Eastern Michigan University) and Hamid Latif (American University in Cairo, Egypt)

Article 4: The Market for Martyrs Author: Laurence R. Iannaccone (George Mason University)

Article 3: Urbanization, Religious Pluralism, Cultural Continuity, and the Expansion of Gnostic Communities Author: Robert Wortham (North Carolina Central University)

Article 2: Religious Motivation vs. Traditional Religiousness: Bridging the Gap Between Religion and Politics and the Psychology of Religion Author: Marie A. Eisenstein (Indiana University Northwest)

Article 1: International Religion Indexes: Government Regulation, Government Favoritism, and Social Regulation of Religion Author: Brian J. Grim (Pennsylvania State University), Roger Finke (Pennsylvania State University)

VOLUME 2005

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)