Objective Religion

Foreword (Rodney Stark)

I The Economics of Religion1 Conversion to Latin American Protestantism and the Case for Religious Motivation (Rodney Stark and Buster G. Smith)2 Religious Competition and Revival in Italy: Exploring European Exceptionalism (Massimo Introvigne and Rodney Stark)3 Religious Monopolies, Religious Pluralism, and Secularization: The Relationship between Religious Pluralism and Religious Participation in Sweden (Eva M. Hamberg)4 Folk Temples and the Chinese Religious Economy (Graeme Lang, Selina Ching Chan, and Lars Ragvald)5 The Effect of Religious Affiliation and Religious Markets on Islamophobia in Four European Nations (Linda A. Lockett and Ted G. Jelen)

II Religion and Tension6 Retention Strategies and Religious Success: A Regional Comparison of American Jews (Michael K. Abel)7 Explaining Atheism: Testing the Secondary Compensator Model and Proposing an Alternative (Laura A. Hunter)8 Consensus and Conflict: Abortion, Mainline Protestants, and Religious Restructuring Since 1960 (Sabrina Danielsen)9 Whom Do People Dislike More: Atheists or Cultists? (Ryan T. Cragun, Patrick Henry, Casey P. Homan, and Joseph Hammer)

III The Persistence of Religion10 Neighbors in the Pews: Social Status Diversity in Religious Congregations (Philip Schwadel)11 Estimating the Global Muslim Population: Size and Distribution of the World’s Muslim Population (Brian J. Grim and Becky Hsu)12 The Collapse of Secular Social Capital and Religious Revival in Rural China: An Empirical Study (Xiuhua Wang)13 Family Networks and the Growth of The Church of Almighty God (Massimo Introvigne)14 Heads Down, Hearts Up: How Ukrainian Baptists Make Meaning from Their Memories of Soviet State-Sanctioned Religious Persecution (Gregory S. Morrow and Mary E. Grigsby)