The field of communication seems to ignore how religious commitment informs communication practices. According to the research of B. A. Kosmin and S. P. Lachman, religion "counts in American society." Still, a survey of publications showed that very few scholars consider religion an important topic for communication research. Over the entirety of its publication (17 years), the "Journal of Communication and Religion" has published only a handful of articles (12) concerning the relationship between communication and religion. Those researchers who have devoted their energies to issues concerning religion have demonstrated the richness of the field. They have found, for instance, that the higher an individual's religious commitment, the greater the likelihood of disclosing personal information; or that a view of God as benevolent is negatively correlated with loneliness, while a view of God as wrathful is positively correlated with loneliness. One of the difficulties facing the research of religion is how to define and measure it. Such a measure might take into account: (1) the subject's affiliation; (2) the subject's concept of God; and (3) the subject's understanding of behavioral injunctions. The researcher might look into the following areas for relationships between religion and communication: receptivity to public persuasive messages; patterns of self-disclosure; and the way a person creates a life story. (Contains 34 references.) (TB)