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Mauss, A., & Hammons, S. A. (2020, September 28). Content Analysis of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1999.
Summary
The purpose of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. The research was carried out in 1999 and examined all articles and research notes from the journal's inception in 1961 through 1998. It analyzed major trends in methods, topics, theoretical frameworks, author characteristics, and editor characteristics, as well as other important traits. The study also looked at the journal's impact on the socio-scientific study of religion.
Data File
Cases: 1,133
Variables: 38
Weight Variable: None
Data Collection
Date Collected: in 1999 from the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, years 1961 through 1998.
Collection Procedures
This study analyzed all articles in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion between the years of 1961 and 1998 that were of a research nature including biographical and historical essays, literature reviews, presidential addresses, and research notes. The following special types of articles were not included in the database: the "kick-off" for symposiums, comments, and book reviews.
Principal Investigators
Armand Mauss and Stacy A. Hammons
Related Publications
Armand L. Mauss and Stacy A. Hammons, "Attaining a Sophisticated Maturity': A Brief History of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 39:4 (December, 2000).
Notes
Category labels for THEORBAS 1 Activity theory; Disengagement theory 2 Art theory 3 Attachment theory 4 Attachment theory; Bowlby 5 Attribution theory 6 Attribution theory; psychoanalytic; Role theory 7 Augustine -- biographical overview 8 Augustine 9 Behaviorism; Skinner 10 Bellah 11 Brownson 12 Buber 13 Church/sect theory 14 Church/sect theory; Troeltsch 15 Church/sect theory; Troeltsch; Weber 16 Cognitive dissonance theory 17 Cognitive dissonance theory; Festinger 18 Cognitive dissonance theory; Organizational 19 Cognitive dissonance; Trait theory 20 Conflict theory; alienation 21 Conflict theory; Marx on dialectical materialism 22 Demographic transition theory 23 Deprivation theory; Socialization; Weber on status groups 24 Developmental psychology 25 Developmental psychology; Social 26 Durkheim on normative consensus 27 Durkheim -- biographical overview 28 Durkheim on anomie 29 Durkheim on civil religion 30 Durkheim on collective 31 Durkheim on ethics 32 Durkheim on kinship 33 Durkheim on magic 34 Durkheim on normative consensus 35 Durkheim on ritual 36 Durkheim; Jung 37 Eclectic 38 Eclectic; Buber 39 Eclectic; Glock 40 Eclectic; James 41 Eclectic; James; Freud; behaviorism; psychoanalytic 42 Eclectic; Kingsley Davis; Mead; Cooley 43 Eclectic; Lenski 44 Eclectic; Malinowski 45 Eclectic; Mauss 46 Eclectic; needs theory 47 Eclectic; Saint-Simon; Comte; Proudhon; Marx on alienation 48 Eclectic; Snow and Machalek 49 Eclectic; Trait theory 50 Einstein 51 Existentialism; Kierkegaard 52 Fichter 53 Freud 54 Functionalism 55 Functionalism; Durkheim; Luckmann 56 Functionalism; modernization 57 Functionalism; Parsons 58 Functionalism; Weber on bureaucratization 59 Gilligan on gendered morality 60 Globalization theory 61 Glock and Stark on anti-Semitism 62 Glock on anti-Semitism; dimensions religion; piety 63 Glock on dimensions of religion 64 Glock on sources of religiosity 65 Greeley 66 Herbert Spencer 67 Hirschi and Stark 68 Human capital 69 Human ecology; Hawley 70 Innovation theory 71 Interactionism; Blumer 72 Interactionism; Mead 73 Interactionism; Mead; Cooley 74 James on religious experience; Trait theory 75 James on varieties of religious experience 76 John Henry Newman 77 Jonathan Edwards 78 Labor queuing 79 Labor queuing; Reskin & Roos 80 Lamennais 81 Lenski on religious pluralism; Herberger 82 Life course 83 Local-cosmopolitan theory 84 Luther; Erikson 85 Market model 86 Market model; deprivation theory 87 Market model; modernization 88 Market model; rational choice 89 Market model; Stark and Finke 90 Marx on alienation 91 Marx on false consciousness 92 Marx on historical dialecticism; Weber on Protestant 93 Merton on Protestantism-science 94 Modernization 95 Modernization; church sect theory 96 Modernization; market model 97 Modernization; resource mobilization 98 Myth-ritualist theory 99 Nature of religiosity 100 Nature of religiosity, Stark; Glock 101 Need theory 102 Need theory; Maslow 103 Need theory; needs hierarchy 104 Network theory 105 Organizational 106 Organizational theory; Etzioni; Role theory 107 Organizational; Etzioni 108 Organizational; interactionism; Social 109 Organizational; Weber on sources of legitimacy 110 Parsons; functionalism 111 Pavlov 112 Phenomenology 113 Piaget 114 Plantinga 115 Postmodernism 116 Psychoanalytic theory 117 Psychoanalytic theory; Freud 118 Rational choice 119 Reference group theory 120 Resource mobilization 121 resource mobilization; new institutionalism; Sewell 122 Ritual anti-structure; Victor Turner 123 Role theory 124 Role theory; attribution theory; Sunden 125 Role theory; church/sect theory 126 Role theory; Socialization 127 Role theory; Sunden 128 Role theory; Sunden; psychoanalysis 129 Social constructionism 130 Social exchange 131 Social exchange; Homans 132 Social exchange; interactionism 133 Social integration 134 Social integration; civil religion 135 Social integration; collective; kinship 136 Social integration; Malinowski 137 Social integration; ritual; Erikson 138 Social learning 139 Socialization 140 Socialization; Durkheim on normative consensus 141 Socialization; Role theory 142 Socialization; Social 143 Socialization; Social 144 Sociobiology; psychoanalytic; Durkheim on collective 145 Sociobiology; Wilson 146 Sorokin 147 Stark 148 Stark & Glock on religious piety 149 Stark and Glock on religious commitment 150 Sunden 151 Tocqueville 152 Tocqueville; Habermas 153 Trait theory 154 Trait theory; Allport 155 Trait theory; Allport; Role theory 156 Trait theory; church/sect theory; Troeltsch 157 Trait theory; McClelland 158 Trait theory; Rokeach 159 Troeltsch 160 Victor Turner 161 WI Thomas 162 Watson; behaviorism 163 Weber -- biographical overview 164 Weber on authority types 165 Weber on bureaucratization 166 Weber on bureaucratization; market model 167 Weber on leadership types 168 Weber on Protestant Ethic 169 Weber on Protestant Ethic; Durkheim on collective 170 Weber on Protestant Ethic; functionalism 171 Weber on Protestant Ethic; Merton on Protestantism 172 Weber on rationalization 173 Weber on rationalization; Durkheim on civil religion 174 Weber on rationalization; Protestant Ethic 175 Weber on sources of legitimacy 176 Weber on status groups 177 Wuthnow 178 Yinger Category labels for GEOLOCAT 1 Africa - charismatics 2 Africa - Zulu 3 Africa, Europe, Japan, Latin America, U.S. 4 Australia - Catholics 5 Australia -- Congregationalists, Methodists, Pres 6 Australia - NRMs 7 Australia - Scientology 8 Australia 9 Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Thailand 10 Belgium 11 Belgium, France, Holland, U.S. 12 Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Peru 13 Brazil - Catholics 14 Brazil, Chile - Pentecostals 15 Canada - Anglicans 16 Canada -- Catholics 17 Canada -- conservative Protestants 18 Canada -- evangelicals 19 Canada - fundamentalists 20 Canada -- Hutterites 21 Canada -- Mennonites 22 Canada -- Mennonites; U.S. -- Mormons 23 Canada -- NRMs 24 Canada -- Pentecostals 25 Canada 26 Canada, U.S. 27 Caribbean - Adventists 28 Caribbean - NRMs 29 Caribbean 30 Caribbean, South America, U.S. - Pentecostals 31 Central Europe 32 Chile - Catholics 33 China 34 China, U.S. 35 Denmark 36 Eastern Europe - Jews 37 Egypt, India - Muslims 38 England -- Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Refor 39 England - Catholics 40 England -- Holiness, Pentecostals 41 England -- Puritans; Germany -- Pietists 42 England - spiritualists 43 England 44 England, U.S. 45 England, Wales 46 Europe - Catholics 47 Europe -- Mormons, Scientology 48 Europe - spiritualists 49 Europe 50 Finland - Pentecostals 51 Finland 52 France - Catholics 53 France, Germany, U.S. 54 France, U.S. 55 Germany - Baden 56 Germany 57 Ghana - Pietists 58 Guatemala - Mormons 59 Guyana -- People's Temple 60 Haiti - voodoo 61 Ibero-Mediterranean 62 Iceland 63 India - Hindus 64 India -- Hindus, Muslims 65 India -- Hindus; Tibet -- Buddhists 66 India -- Hindus; U.S. -- Baptists 67 India -- Ramakrishna 68 India 69 India, U.S. 70 Ireland - Catholics 71 Israel -- fundamentalist Jews 72 Israel -- Hare Krishnas 73 Israel -- Jews 74 Israel 75 Israel, Morroco -- Jews 76 Israel, U.S. 77 Italy - Catholics 78 Italy 79 Jamaica - Rastafari 80 Japan - NRMs 81 Japan 82 Java 83 Kenya, South Africa 84 Kuwait 85 Latin America, Poland, Spain - Catholics 86 Lebanon -- Muslims, Orthodox Christians 87 Mexico - Catholics 88 Mexico 89 Mexico, Spain, U.S., W. Germany - Catholics 90 Mexico, U.S. 91 Middle East - Jews 92 Morocco 93 Not Applicable 94 Netherlands -- Dutch Reformed 95 Netherlands 96 Netherlands, Poland, Quebec 97 Netherlands, U.S., West Germany 98 New Zealand 99 Nicaragua 100 Nicaragua, Russia 101 Northern Ireland 102 Norway 103 Pakistan 104 Papua New Guinea 105 Peru -- Catholics 106 Peru 107 Philippines -- spiritualism 108 Poland 109 Poland, Spain -- Catholics 110 Russia -- Orthodox 111 Russia 112 Saudi Arabia 113 South Africa -- Jesus movement 114 South Africa, U.S. 115 Soviet Union 116 Spain, U.S. -- Catholics 117 Sweden 118 Taiwan 119 Thailand -- Buddhists 120 Trinidad 121 Turkey 122 U.S. -- Adventists 123 U.S. -- Alabama 124 U.S. -- Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Ca 125 U.S. -- American Baptists 126 U.S. -- Arkansas 127 U.S. -- Assembly of God 128 U.S. -- Assembly of God, Baptists, Methodists 129 U.S. -- Assembly of God, Presbyterians 130 U.S. -- Baha'i 131 U.S. -- Baha'i, Catholic charismatics, Christian 132 U.S. -- Baptists 133 U.S. -- Baptists, Catholics, Methodists 134 U.S. -- Baptists, Church of Christ 135 U.S. -- Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Methodists 136 U.S. -- Baptists, Lutherans 137 U.S. -- Baptists, Methodists 138 U.S. -- Baptists, Presbyterians 139 U.S. -- Black Muslims 140 U.S. -- Brethern 141 U.S. -- Buddhists 142 U.S. -- Buddhists, Congregationalists, Southern B 143 U.S. -- California 144 U.S. -- Catholic and Episcopalian Charismatics 145 U.S. -- Catholic Pentecostals 146 U.S. -- Catholic priests 147 U.S. -- Catholics 148 U.S. -- Catholics, Episcopalians 149 U.S. -- Catholics, Jews, Protestants 150 U.S. -- Catholics, Lutherans 151 U.S. -- Catholics, Mennonites, Presbyterians 152 U.S. -- Catholics, Methodists, Southern Baptists 153 U.S. -- Catholics, Protestants 154 U.S. -- Catholics, Southern Baptists 155 U.S. -- Christian denominations 156 U.S. -- Christian fundamentalists 157 U.S. -- Christian Scientists 158 U.S. -- Christian sects 159 U.S. -- Church of Christ 160 U.S. -- Church of the Nazarene 161 U.S. -- Coast Miwoks 162 U.S. -- Colorado 163 U.S. -- Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming 164 U.S. -- Congregational Christian 165 U.S. -- Connecticut 166 U.S. -- Conservative Protestants 167 U.S. -- Dutch Reformed 168 U.S. -- Episcopalians 169 U.S. -- Episcopalians, U.U.A. 170 U.S. -- evangelicals 171 U.S. -- family sociology textbooks 172 U.S. -- Florida 173 U.S. -- Florida Protestants 174 U.S. -- fundamentalists 175 U.S. -- Georgia 176 U.S. -- Hare Krishnas 177 U.S. -- Hawaii 178 U.S. -- Hawaii Tensho 179 U.S. -- Holiness 180 U.S. -- Illinois 181 U.S. -- Indiana 182 U.S. -- Indiana Protestants 183 U.S. -- Iowa 184 U.S. -- Iowa, New Jersey, Oregon 185 U.S. -- Italian Pentecostals 186 U.S. -- Jesus movement 187 U.S. -- Jesus Movement 188 U.S. -- Jews 189 U.S. -- Kansas 190 U.S. -- Kentucky 191 U.S. -- Korean Christian 192 U.S. -- Koreans 193 U.S. -- Louisiana 194 U.S. -- Lutherans 195 U.S. -- Lutherans, Methodists 196 U.S. -- Lutherans, Presbyterians 197 U.S. -- Maryland 198 U.S. -- Massachusetts 199 U.S. -- Meher Baba Cult 200 U.S. -- Mennonites 201 U.S. -- Methodists 202 U.S. -- Methodists, Presbyterians 203 U.S. -- Minnesota 204 U.S. -- Minnesota, Utah 205 U.S. -- Mormons 206 U.S. -- Mountain states 207 U.S. -- Navajo Protestants 208 U.S. -- Nevada 209 U.S. -- New England 210 U.S. -- New York 211 U.S. -- North Carolina 212 U.S. -- North Dakota 213 U.S. -- NRMs 214 U.S. -- nuns 215 U.S. -- occultists 216 U.S. -- Ohio 217 U.S. -- Ohio evangelicals and fundamentalists 218 U.S. -- Ohio Lutherans 219 U.S. -- Ohio, Pennsylvania 220 U.S. -- Oklahoma 221 U.S. -- Oklahoma, Wisconsin 222 U.S. -- Orthodox 223 U.S. -- Pennsylvania 224 U.S. -- Pentecostals 225 U.S. -- Presbyterians 226 U.S. -- Protestant seminaries 227 U.S. -- Protestants 228 U.S. -- Puritans 229 U.S. -- Rajneeshpurams 230 U.S. -- reform Jews 231 U.S. -- Reformed Church 232 U.S. -- Scientology, Unification Church 233 U.S. -- Shakers 234 U.S. -- sociology 235 U.S. -- South 236 U.S. -- Southern Appalachia 237 U.S. -- Southern Baptists 238 U.S. -- Southern Baptists, U.U.A. 239 U.S. -- spiritualists 240 U.S. -- Tennessee 241 U.S. -- Texas 242 U.S. -- Texas Mexican Americans 243 U.S. -- U.U.A. 244 U.S. -- Unification Church 245 U.S. -- Utah Catholics, Mormons, Protestants 246 U.S. -- Utah Indochinese refugees 247 U.S. -- Vermont 248 U.S. -- Vineyard Christian Fellowship 249 U.S. -- Washington 250 U.S. -- Wisconsin 251 U.S. 252 U.S., West Germany -- Germans 253 Ukraine 254 Venezuela 255 West -- Evangelicals 256 West Germany 257 West Indies -- Pentecostals 258 Western Europe -- Catholics 259 Western Europe 260 Worldwide -- Adventists 261 Worldwide -- Buddhists 262 Worldwide -- Catholics 263 Worldwide -- charismatics 264 Worldwide -- Christianity 265 Worldwide -- hunters/gatherers 266 Worldwide -- Muslims 267 Worldwide -- transnational organizations 268 Worldwide Category labels for INDVAR1 1 Achievement motivation 2 Adolescents 3 Aesthetics 4 Anomie 5 Anxiety 6 Authoritarianism 7 Achievement motivation 8 Baha'i World Faith 9 Biographic - Augustine 10 Biographic - Bellah 11 Biographic - Buber 12 Biographic - Durkheim 13 Biographic - Durkheim, Jung 14 Biographic - Edwards 15 Biographic - Einstein 16 Biographic - Fichter 17 Biographic - Glock/Greeley/Lamennais 18 Biographic - Greeley 19 Biographic - Lamennais 20 Biographic - Luther 21 Biographic - Newman 22 Biographic - Parsons 23 Biographic - Pavlov 24 Biographic - Stark 25 Biographic - Sunden 26 Biographic - Thomas 27 Biographic - Tocqueville 28 Biographic - Troeltsch 29 Biographic - Turner 30 Biographic - Watson 31 Biographic - Weber 32 Biographic - Yinger 33 Catholicism 34 Charismatic churches 35 Children 36 Christian fundamentalism 37 Christian Science 38 Christianity 39 Church, sect, cult 40 Civil religion 41 Clergy, ministry, Religious professionals 42 College students/young adults 43 Communism 44 Conversion 45 Cross-cultural/cross-national 46 Data analysis 47 Data collection methods 48 Death and dying 49 Definitions of religion 50 Dogmatism 51 Drugs 52 Ecological setting 53 Education and religion 54 Elderly 55 Electronic church 56 Episcopalian church 57 Ethics, morality, and religion 58 Evangelicalism 59 Experimenter effects 60 Extrinsic/intrinsic 61 Family relations 62 Family structure 63 Feminism 64 Fundamentalism 65 Globalization 66 Glossolalia 67 Health and religion 68 Hinduism 69 Holiness groups 70 Homosexuality 71 Individualism 72 Interdenominational relations 73 Interfaith marriage 74 Islam 75 Islamic fundamentalism 76 Jehovah's Witnesses 77 JSSR self-analysis 78 Judaism 79 Life course 80 Locus of control 81 Mass media 82 Mental health and religion 83 Meta-analysis 84 Meta-theoretical; philosophy science 85 Migration 86 Migration/refugees 87 Missions 88 Modernity, modern world, modernism 89 Mormonism 90 Mystical experience 91 Nature and environment 92 Neuroticism 93 NRMs 94 Operationalization of variable 95 Parenting 96 Pedagogy 97 Pentecostalism 98 Politics and religion 99 Postmodernism 100 Powerlessness 101 Protestant Ethic/Protestantism 102 Protestant fundamentalism 103 Protestantism 104 Psychoanalysis 105 Psychological deprivation 106 Psychological determinism 107 Psychology of religion 108 Quality of religious data 109 Race/ethnic identity 110 Race/ethnic identity (Black) 111 Race/ethnic identity (Dutch) 112 Race/ethnic identity (Greek) 113 Race/ethnic identity (Italian) 114 Race/ethnic identity (Jewish) 115 Race/ethnicity 116 Regional variations in religion 117 Religiosity 118 Religious affiliation 119 Religious behaviors 120 Religious beliefs and attitude 121 Religious communities 122 Religious economies 123 Religious knowledge 124 Religious language 125 Religious organization 126 Religious separatism 127 Religious symbols 128 Research variables 129 Rural setting 130 Science and religion 131 Scientology 132 Secularization thesis 133 Self-actualization 134 Self-esteem 135 Semi-clinical interviews 136 SES 137 Shakers 138 Shame 139 Single adulthood 140 Social action 141 Social desirability 142 Social networks 143 Society and religion 144 Spiritualism, occult, magic, astrology 145 Theory development 146 Urban setting 147 Vineyard Christian Fellowship 148 Women and religion 149 Work and religion 150 Young adults Category labels for DEPVAR1 1 Abortion 2 Achievement motivation 3 Adolescents 4 AIDS 5 Alcohol/alcoholism 6 Alienation 7 Anomie 8 Anti-Semitism 9 Anxiety 10 Apostasy 11 Augustine 12 Authoritarianism 13 Black Muslims 14 Black/white racial prejudice 15 Buddhism 16 Capitalism 17 Catholicism 18 Charisma 19 Children 20 Christian fundamentalism 21 Church, sect, cult 22 Civil religion 23 Clergy, ministry, religious professionals 24 Communism 25 Conversion 26 Counseling/therapy 27 cultural assimilation 28 Data analysis 29 Death and dying 30 Definitions of religion 31 Delinquency 32 Denominational switching 33 Depression 34 Deviance and religion 35 Divorce 36 Dogmatism 37 Drugs 38 Ecological setting 39 Education and religion 40 Electronic church 41 Ethics, morality, and religion 42 Evangelicalism 43 experimenter effects 44 Extrinsic/intrinsic 45 Family and religion 46 Family planning 47 Family relations 48 Feminism 49 Fundamentalism 50 Glossolalia 51 Guilt/Ignatius Loyola 52 Health and religion 53 Ignatius Loyola 54 Ingroup/outgroup prejudice 55 Interdenominational relations 56 Interfaith marriage 57 Intradenominational relations 58 Islam 59 Jewish fundamentalism 60 JSSR self-analysis 61 Judaism 62 Locus of control 63 Mental health and religion 64 Migration/open mindedness 65 Modernity, modern world, modernism 66 Mystical experience 67 Not Applicable 68 Nature and environment 69 Navajo Indians 70 Neuroticism 71 New Age 72 NRMs 73 Nuclear issues 74 open mindedness 75 Parenting 76 Pentecostalism 77 Politics and religion 78 Possession 79 Postmodernism/psychological determinism 80 Protestant fundamentalism 81 Protestantism 82 Psychological determinism 83 Psychology of religion 84 Puritans 85 Quality of religious data 86 Race/ethnic identity 87 Race/ethnic identity (Black) 88 Race/ethnic identity (Jewish) 89 Race/ethnic identity (Serbian) 90 Racial/ethnic prejudice (immigrants) 91 Regional variations in religiosity 92 Religiosity 93 Religious affiliation 94 Religious behaviors 95 Religious beliefs and attitudes 96 Religious economies 97 Religious knowledge 98 Religious language 99 Religious organization 100 Religious symbols 101 Science and religion 102 Secularization thesis 103 Self-esteem 104 SES 105 Sexuality 106 Social action 107 Social desirability 108 Social networks 109 Society and religion 110 Spiritualism, occult, magic, astrology 111 Suicide 112 Urban setting 113 Women and religion 114 Work and religion
