Religious Systems

A religious system is an integrated complex of beliefs, practices, and institutions that structures a community's shared orientation toward ultimate reality and the sacred.

979

Publications

46.2K

Citations

1.3K

Authors

542

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

207

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Children

Afterlife BeliefsAuthorityCreation NarrativesDeath BeliefsMonastic TraditionsReligious ArtReligious FestivalsReligious InstitutionsReligious LawRites Of Passage

Publications

979

Introduction to the Economics of Religion

Laurence R. Iannaccone · Journal of Economic Literature · 1998 · 1.6K citations

Arts, Economics, Religion +6

Work in Progress Toward a New Paradigm for the Sociological Study of Religion in the United States

Richard Warner · American Journal of Sociology · 1993 · 1.2K citations

Arts, Religion, Sociology +17

Religion and Economic Growth across Countries

Robert J. Barro, Rachel M. McCleary · American Sociological Review · 2003 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Arts, Economics, Religion +10

Religion as a Cultural System

Rekha Mirchandani, Aprilfaye Manalang · 2010 · 933 citations

Arts, Religion, Religious Studies +8

God and the government: Testing a compensatory control mechanism for the support of external systems.

Aaron C. Kay, Danielle Gaucher, Jamie L. Napier et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2008 · 787 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +8

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Authors

1.3K

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Rodney Stark
University of Washington, United States
9 publications · 1.2K citations
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Leslie J. Francis
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
7 publications · 168 citations
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Richard Sosis
University of Connecticut, United States
6 publications · 347 citations
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Mark Chaves
Duke University, United States
5 publications · 1.3K citations
5
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Robert Ν. Bellah
University of California, Berkeley, United States
4 publications · 476 citations
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Institutions

542

1–8 of 542

Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 27 publications · 2.2K citations
22
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
JSSR · 43 publications · 3.1K citations
22
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Sociology of Religion
29 publications · 1.8K citations
22
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Sociological Analysis
SA · 22 publications · 786 citations
15
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British Journal of Religious Education
16 publications · 422 citations
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See also Religious Systems
Belief Structures	Religious Ethics Cosmology Ancient Cosmology
Ritual Practices	Pilgrimage Studies Human Sacrifice Prayer For Relief Communal Worship Rituals Mecca Pilgrimage
Institutional Forms	Church Councils Monastic Rule Interpretation Ritual Office
Sacred Texts	New Testament Qur'anic Studies Oral-written Transmission Vedic Hymns Hadith Studies Mystical Texts
Historical Variants	Christianity Buddhism Islam Eastern Orthodoxy Zen Buddhism Roman Catholicism Protestant Christianity Shia Islam Confucian Philosophy