Islamic states, for instance, have very strong quasi-state churches and high religious participation.

The program permits the participation of all schools within the district, religious or nonreligious.

But despite the return to religion for many of this generation, there is a net loss in their religious participation when compared with their parents.

Growth in religious participation is due to the sharp conflicts and infighting among churches, not despite them, the authors say.

In research on religious participation, it refers more specifically to people who do not attend worship services.

A network of social support that comes with religious participation.

In other words, countries' economies may perform best when people have relatively higher levels of religious belief than religious participation.

By the same token, if Americans now take conversion more casually, the result may be an aggregate increase in religious participation.

Overall, the impact of religious participation on young adults is positive.

Adolescent men report lower levels of religious participation or association with a particular faith than adolescent women.