Patterns of Governing Religion
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Findings from ten* international research projects on religion have been organized under the following ten themes. Visit each theme page to access research reports, project websites, and lists of relevant publications. 






1.      Politics, the State, and the Law
  • role of formal institutions
  • discuss politics, the state, and/or the law as an actor in conversation with religion or secularism
  • case law databases

2.      Youth
  • religious identification of young people
  • opinions/views of youth on religion and other relevant topics
  • religious participation of youth

3.      Media and Perceptions
  • relationship(s) between media and religion
  • role of the media in creating perceptions of religions/religious groups

4.      Education
  • religion and education institutional overlap
  • how religion is taught in schools
  • religious schools

5.      Secular and Sacred Spaces
  • spatial aspects of religion and expression of religion in atypical spaces (e.g. prisons)
  • churches used for non-sacred uses
  • prayer rooms

6.      Immigration, Integration, and Negotiation
  • minority religious groups immigrating and integrating into countries that were once more homogenized
  • interactions between minority and majority groups
  • negotiations among these groups

7.      Measures of (non)Religiosity
  • demographic measurements of religious identity and affiliations (or lack of)

8.      Gender & Sexuality
  • religion/youth/sexuality
  • minorities and gender
  • caste and gender

9.      Avenues of Expression 
and New Spiritualities
  • artistic expressions (religious poetry and online blogs as ways of expression)
  • faith-based fashion
  • pilgrimages

10.  Health & Science
  • health care and the role religion plays in hospitals
  • the field of science and its relationship with religion
  • death and spirituality


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