Center for Critical Research on Religion

Center for Critical Research on Religion The Center publishes the journal Critical Research on Religion and the book series "Studies in Critical Research on Religion."

The Center for Critical Research on Religion (http://www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org) publishes the journal Critical Research on Religion with SAGE Publications (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crr) and the book series "Studies in Critical Research on Religion" in hardcover with Brill Academic Publishers (http://brill.com/scrr) and in paperback with Haymarket books (http://www.haymarketbooks.org/category/scrr-series).

Nick Spencer, "Science vs. religion: But what are we actually disagreeing about?" in the August 2026 issue of Critical R...
08/27/2026

Nick Spencer, "Science vs. religion: But what are we actually disagreeing about?" in the August 2026 issue of Critical Research on Religion:

Popular opinion in the UK sees science and religion in conflict. Closer inspection reveals that the default position is “soft,” and levels of hostility weaken a...

Jennifer Riley, "Religion and science, faith and medicine: A worldviews approach to English evangelical medics’ perspect...
08/26/2026

Jennifer Riley, "Religion and science, faith and medicine: A worldviews approach to English evangelical medics’ perspectives" in the August 2026 issue of Critical Research on Religion:

This article examines how twenty-three English evangelical Christian medics experienced the interface between religion and medical science. Using qualitative au...

Di Di, "Inclusion or exclusion?: Tech workers’ views on religion in the tech workplace in China and the United States" i...
08/25/2026

Di Di, "Inclusion or exclusion?: Tech workers’ views on religion in the tech workplace in China and the United States" in the August 2026 issue of Critical Research on Religion:

Despite extensive studies on whether religion should be incorporated in the workplace, our understanding of how tech workers perceive this question remains limi...

Oluwaseun O Afolabi and Peter Ayoola Oderinde, "Warfare prayer and the use of spiritual symbols by religious commuters a...
08/24/2026

Oluwaseun O Afolabi and Peter Ayoola Oderinde, "Warfare prayer and the use of spiritual symbols by religious commuters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria" in the August 2026 issue of Critical Research on Religion:

Daniel A Wood, "From metanoia to megalomania: A psychoanalysis of Christianity’s birth pangs" in the August 2026 issue o...
08/17/2026

Daniel A Wood, "From metanoia to megalomania: A psychoanalysis of Christianity’s birth pangs" in the August 2026 issue of Critical Research on Religion:

This article examines the social-psychological dynamics of Christianity’s labored birth. It first briefly addresses the methodological false starts of fundament...

08/17/2026

Rethinking the study of religion.

The launch of A Practical Guide to Critical Religion brings together Dr Alex Henley, Professor Mitsutoshi Horii, Dr Suzanne Owen, Dr Steven Sutcliffe, Professor Naomi Goldenberg and Dr Timothy Fitzgerald to explore how critical approaches continue to shape the study of religion across disciplines.

The discussion reflects on the questions, methods and debates at the heart of the volume, examining how critical perspectives can deepen our understanding of religion in historical and contemporary contexts.

Watch the full discussion: www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/critical-religion-book-launch-panel

Image credit: Minhas Ali

Bilal Hamamra, Fayez Mahamid, Asala Mayaleh, and Mariam AL-ashaal, "Faith, Community, and Resilience: Gazan Women’s Copi...
08/06/2026

Bilal Hamamra, Fayez Mahamid, Asala Mayaleh, and Mariam AL-ashaal, "Faith, Community, and Resilience: Gazan Women’s Coping Strategies During Genocide" in the August 2026 issue of Critical Research on Religion:

This exploratory study investigates the coping strategies used by Palestinian women in Gaza to manage trauma following the October 7th, 2023 events. The study i...

Critical Research on ReligionVolume 14, Issue 2August 2026https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/CRR/currentTable of ContentsA...
08/05/2026

Critical Research on Religion
Volume 14, Issue 2
August 2026

https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/CRR/current

Table of Contents

Articles:

“Faith, Community, and Resilience: Gazan Women’s Coping Strategies During Genocide”
by Bilal Hamamra, Fayez Mahamid, Asala Mayaleh, and Mariam AL-ashaal

“From metanoia to megalomania: A psychoanalysis of Christianity’s birth pangs”
by Daniel A Wood

“Warfare prayer and the use of spiritual symbols by religious commuters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria”
by Oluwaseun O Afolabi and Peter Ayoola Oderinde

Special Section: Religion and Science in Sociological Perspective: Assessing Their Relationship

“Introduction: Religion and Science in Sociological Perspective: Assessing Their Relationship”
by Alex D J Fry and Gustavo Morello

“Inclusion or exclusion?: Tech workers’ views on religion in the tech workplace in China and the United States”
by Di Di

“Religion and science, faith and medicine: A worldviews approach to English evangelical medics’ perspectives”
by Jennifer Riley

“Science vs. religion: But what are we actually disagreeing about?”
by Nick Spencer

Book Reviews:

Hans Joas, Why the Church? Self-Optimization or Community of Faith
Reviewed by Neslihan Bilge

Stacey K. Guenther, Xiaoan Li, and Michelle A. Scheidt, eds., A Review of Redefining Spiritual Spaces in the Age of Technology: Innovations and Pitfalls
Reviewed by Ratan Sarkar and Guriya Sharma

Keshavarzi Hooman, Elzamzamy Khalid, Ansari Bilal Ali, and Zaidi Aamir Azhar, eds., Psychological Themes in Classical Islamic Literature: A Primary Source Reader
Reviewed by Yaqeen Sikander

Table of contents for Critical Research on Religion, 14, 2

05/26/2026

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