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May 2012

May 14, 2012
The subject of marriage is on many minds lately, not the least of which are...
May 11, 2012
Part 1 in a Series on Teaching Sociology of Religion Online. Next week, I start...
May 10, 2012
Here's a very interesting article by Stanford anthropologist, Tanya Luhrmann, about gender and prayer. Specifically, she...
May 09, 2012
As part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Census provides a fact sheet of...
May 07, 2012
“Fleecing the faithful,” it’s called. The sort of story featured on the front cover of...
May 04, 2012
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month everyone! May is a tough month to reflect on...
May 03, 2012
Earlier this week I attended what a church calls their "Theology on Tap" series. In...
May 02, 2012
In a recent post on Black, White and Gray, Wheaton sociology professor Amy Reynolds asked...
May 01, 2012
By George Yancey The question of academic bias has been one many people have argued...

April 2012

April 30, 2012
Culture is, among other things, the power of legitimate naming. Or so says James Hunter,...
April 27, 2012
Some Koreans, especially those who are culturally engaged and fluent in the language know the...
April 25, 2012
Let’s start with an admission: I’m a fan of new urbanism. And old urbanism, for...
April 24, 2012
The Research on Religion Podcast turns 100 (episodes) this week. If you haven't checked it...
April 23, 2012
Part 4 in a series. Click here for my podcast interview on Pope Benedict XVI's...
April 21, 2012
This is one of my favorite maps of religion. It was produced by Glemary research,...
April 20, 2012
Recently painter Thomas Kinkade, “painter of light” passed away at the early age of 54....
April 19, 2012
There's a great article in Christianity Today about the changing nature of conversion. Because it's...
April 18, 2012
Part 3 in a series. Click here for my podcast interview on Pope Benedict XVI's visit...
April 17, 2012
By Gerardo Marti In conducting interviews for my book Worship across the Racial Divide, I...
April 16, 2012
Back by popular demand—and because frankly some weeks (months?) it is just plain challenging to...
April 12, 2012
I'm just starting a very exciting research project in which we're looking to study day-to-day...
April 11, 2012
By Nicolette D. Manglos While reading Peggy Levitt’s 2009 book on religion and immigration, God Needs...
April 10, 2012
by Amy Reynolds With discussions currently underway, the World Bank is expected to name a...
April 09, 2012
I hope to blog next week, or sometime thereafter, on the subject of affordable housing....
April 06, 2012
In the rush of the spring semester some professors (ok maybe it’s just me) reach...
April 05, 2012
Who experiences God's presence the most often? It turns out that the General Social Survey...
April 04, 2012
Part 2 in a series. Click here for my podcast interview on Pope Benedict XVI's visit...
April 03, 2012
by Gerardo Marti The film Blue Like Jazz premieres nationwide next week on April 13th,...
April 02, 2012
What are congregations for? It’s a simple question at face value, but I think the...
April 01, 2012
Part 1 in a series. Click here for my podcast interview on Pope Benedict XVI's visit...
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