Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
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Luigi Berzano
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Giuseppe Giordan
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The purpose of the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion is to investigate the "new" role of religion in the contemporary world, which is characterized by cultural pluralism and religious individualism.
It is the aim of the series to combine different methods within the social scientific study of religion. Contributions to the series employ an interdisciplinary and comparative approach at an international level, to describe and interpret the complexity of religious phenomena within different geopolitical situations, highlighting similarities and discontinuities. Dealing with a single theme in each volume, the series intends to tackle the relationship between the practices and the dynamics of everyday life and the different religions and spiritualities, within the framework of post-secular society. All contributions are welcome, both those studying organizational aspects and those exploring individual religiosity.
The series has published an average of one volume per year over the last fifteen years.
It is the aim of the series to combine different methods within the social scientific study of religion. Contributions to the series employ an interdisciplinary and comparative approach at an international level, to describe and interpret the complexity of religious phenomena within different geopolitical situations, highlighting similarities and discontinuities. Dealing with a single theme in each volume, the series intends to tackle the relationship between the practices and the dynamics of everyday life and the different religions and spiritualities, within the framework of post-secular society. All contributions are welcome, both those studying organizational aspects and those exploring individual religiosity.
The series has published an average of one volume per year over the last fifteen years.
From Cases to Scandals: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
Volume 16
978-90-04-74669-5
Change and Its Discontents. Religious Organizations and Religious Life in Central and Eastern Europe
Volume 15
978-90-04-71380-2
The Sociology of Yoga, Meditation, and Asian Asceticism
Volume 14
978-90-04-68625-0
Jews and Muslims in Europe. Between Discourse and Experience
Volume 13
978-90-04-51433-1
Religious Freedom. Social-Scientific Approaches
Volume 12
978-90-04-46808-5
Chinese Religions Going Global
Volume 11
978-90-04-44332-7
Interreligious Dialogue. From Religion to Geopolitics
Volume 10
Editor(s):
Giuseppe Giordan and Andrew P. Lynch
978-90-04-40126-6
The Changing Faces of Catholicism
Volume 9
Editor(s):
Solange Lefebvre and Alfonso Pérèz-Agote Poveda
978-90-04-38007-3
Pentecostals and the Body
Volume 8
978-90-04-34418-1
Religion and Internet
Volume 6
978-90-04-30254-9
Sociology and Monasticism. Between Innovation and Tradition
Volume 5
978-90-04-28350-3
Prayer in Religion and Spirituality
Volume 4
978-90-04-26049-8
New Methods in the Sociology of Religion
Volume 3
978-90-47-42947-0
Series Editors
Luigi Berzano
Olga Breskaya
Giuseppe Giordan
Enzo Pace
Editorial Board
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, Canada
Anthony Blasi, Tennessee State University, USA
Roberto Cipriani, Roma Tre University, Italy
Xavier Costa, University of Valencia, Spain
Franco Garelli, University of Turin, Italy
Gustavo Guizzardi, University of Padova, Italy
Dick Houtman, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Solange Lefebvre, Université de Montréal, Canada
Patrick Michel, CNRS, Paris, France
Ari Pedro Oro, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Adam Possamai, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Ole Riis, Agder University, Norway
Susumu Shimazono, University of Tokyo, Japan
Jean-Paul Willaime, EPHE, Sorbonne, France
Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Leipzig University, Germany
Linda Woodhead, Lancaster University, UK
Fenggang Yang, Purdue University, USA
Sinisa Zrinscak, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Luigi Berzano
Olga Breskaya
Giuseppe Giordan
Enzo Pace
Editorial Board
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, Canada
Anthony Blasi, Tennessee State University, USA
Roberto Cipriani, Roma Tre University, Italy
Xavier Costa, University of Valencia, Spain
Franco Garelli, University of Turin, Italy
Gustavo Guizzardi, University of Padova, Italy
Dick Houtman, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Solange Lefebvre, Université de Montréal, Canada
Patrick Michel, CNRS, Paris, France
Ari Pedro Oro, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Adam Possamai, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Ole Riis, Agder University, Norway
Susumu Shimazono, University of Tokyo, Japan
Jean-Paul Willaime, EPHE, Sorbonne, France
Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Leipzig University, Germany
Linda Woodhead, Lancaster University, UK
Fenggang Yang, Purdue University, USA
Sinisa Zrinscak, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
Volume 19 (Forthcoming 2028)
Religion and Political Polarization
Edited by Kristina Stoeckl, Luiss University Rome and José Casanova, Georgetown University
This volume examines the role of religion in processes of political polarization in contemporary societies, whereby political attitudes, identities, and affiliations become increasingly opposed along a limited number of ideological dimensions, resulting in greater distance between groups and reduced common ground. Classical sociology from Max Weber to Émile Durkheim, understood religion as both a source of social cohesion and as a ground of group division, and thus inherently political. By contrast, the secularization paradigm shifted the focus toward the divide between the religious and the secular, contributing to a relative depoliticization of the sociology of religion. Against this backdrop, later interventions – captured in debates on the “return of religion”, “desecularization” and “postsecularity” – have reasserted the political relevance of religion.
This volume takes these developments as a point of departure to argue that contemporary processes of political polarization mark a further moment of re-politicization of religion, in which religion not only contributes to ideological divisions but is itself internally contested and mobilized across opposing political projects. The issue invites both theoretical contributions that reflect on this historical trajectory within the discipline and empirical contributions that explore how religious actors, ideas, and institutions both drive and respond to polarization. Case studies from different contexts and employing diverse methodological approaches are particularly welcome.
Drawing from their respective fields of research, contributors are invited to engage a wide range of theoretical approaches and methodological tools in analyzing the relationship between religion and political polarization. In particular, we welcome papers that address - but are not limited – to the following areas:
• Religion and the dynamics of culture wars and value conflicts • Intra-religious polarization and competing moral or political projects • Transnational networks and the globalization of religious-political polarization • The role of religious actors in democratic resilience or backsliding • Historiographical and theoretical reflections on the (de-)politicization of the sociology of religion
Please send proposals (400 words) and a brief bio to Kristina Stoeckl at: kstoeckl@luiss.itr
Submission of proposals: September 30, 2026
Notification of acceptance: October 30, 2026
Deadline for completed manuscripts (7,000 words): July 30, 2027
Volume 19 (Forthcoming 2028)
Religion and Political Polarization
Edited by Kristina Stoeckl, Luiss University Rome and José Casanova, Georgetown University
This volume examines the role of religion in processes of political polarization in contemporary societies, whereby political attitudes, identities, and affiliations become increasingly opposed along a limited number of ideological dimensions, resulting in greater distance between groups and reduced common ground. Classical sociology from Max Weber to Émile Durkheim, understood religion as both a source of social cohesion and as a ground of group division, and thus inherently political. By contrast, the secularization paradigm shifted the focus toward the divide between the religious and the secular, contributing to a relative depoliticization of the sociology of religion. Against this backdrop, later interventions – captured in debates on the “return of religion”, “desecularization” and “postsecularity” – have reasserted the political relevance of religion.
This volume takes these developments as a point of departure to argue that contemporary processes of political polarization mark a further moment of re-politicization of religion, in which religion not only contributes to ideological divisions but is itself internally contested and mobilized across opposing political projects. The issue invites both theoretical contributions that reflect on this historical trajectory within the discipline and empirical contributions that explore how religious actors, ideas, and institutions both drive and respond to polarization. Case studies from different contexts and employing diverse methodological approaches are particularly welcome.
Drawing from their respective fields of research, contributors are invited to engage a wide range of theoretical approaches and methodological tools in analyzing the relationship between religion and political polarization. In particular, we welcome papers that address - but are not limited – to the following areas:
• Religion and the dynamics of culture wars and value conflicts • Intra-religious polarization and competing moral or political projects • Transnational networks and the globalization of religious-political polarization • The role of religious actors in democratic resilience or backsliding • Historiographical and theoretical reflections on the (de-)politicization of the sociology of religion
Please send proposals (400 words) and a brief bio to Kristina Stoeckl at: kstoeckl@luiss.itr
Submission of proposals: September 30, 2026
Notification of acceptance: October 30, 2026
Deadline for completed manuscripts (7,000 words): July 30, 2027