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Social Compass is a fully peer reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles on the sociology of religion. It aims to reflect the wide variety of research being carried out by sociologists of religion in all countries. Part of each issue consists of invited articles on a particular theme; for the unthemed part of the journal, articles will be considered on any topic that bears upon religion in contemporary societies. Issue 2 each year contains selected papers from.... View full journal description

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Digital witches: Online communities, bonds, and the experience of persecution on the Instagram

  • Marta R JABŁOŃSKA
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Spirituality in spaces of waiting: Uncertainty and sacralization practices in migrant shelters at the US–Mexico border

  • Olga ODGERS-ORTIZ
  • Olga Lidia OLIVAS-HERNÁNDEZ
  • Javier JIMÉNEZ-ROYO
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Revisiting the religiosity and generosity relationship in the United States: Takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Daniel CHOI
  • Tiana MARRESE
  • Ram CNAAN
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Beyond the hijab: Performing religious identity on TikTok

  • Nader HOTAIT
  • Fatima EL SAYED
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Social and religious dimensions of mixed-faith families: The case of a Muslim–Christian family

  • Elisabeth Arweck
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Religion, sexual ethics, and the politics of belonging: Young Muslims and Christians in the Netherlands

  • Daan Beekers
  • Lieke L Schrijvers
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Spiritual complexity in Australia: Wellbeing and risks

  • Anna Halafoff
  • Andrew Singleton
  • Ruth Fitzpatrick
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Toward equality: Including non-human animals in studies of lived religion and nonreligion

  • Lori G BEAMAN
  • Lauren STRUMOS
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Is the spiritual not religious? Some caveats concerning religious diversity

  • Mehdi Davari-Torshizi
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Existential upheavals: Tracing war’s immediate effect on individual religiosity in Ukraine

  • Danyil KARAKAI
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