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September 2012

September 17, 2012
As I read today about Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Lebanon in which, not surprisingly,...
September 15, 2012
               Two weeks ago I started this series based on my latest book entitled What Motivates...
September 14, 2012
As a Christian trained in sociology it's sometimes difficult to "leave the statistics alone" when...
September 13, 2012
I've been thinking a lot about social similarity lately, and maybe you have too (uh,...
September 12, 2012
Does part of self-actualization or self-knowledge have to do with pondering, at least  every once...
September 08, 2012
In between teaching and professional conferences, I have recently embarked on a few trips to...
September 05, 2012
This post is part of a series on personhood. When I first found out that...
September 04, 2012
In cities across America, people marched in parades to celebrate Labor Day yesterday.  At the...
September 01, 2012
It is election time again. Once every four years we go through our ritual of...

August 2012

August 30, 2012
Here's an update on the brouhaha over Mark Regnerus' study. As it should have, the complaint against...
August 29, 2012
Recently, while on vacation at the beach with my family, I encountered my sister-in-law, niece...
August 25, 2012
With the start of the new semester comes the renewed search for interesting examples to...
August 22, 2012
  Last week, I organized a panel at the Association for the Sociology of Religion...
August 21, 2012
Just days ago, on August 15th, immigration policy in the United States experienced a significant...
August 20, 2012
The recent event involving the killing of Sikh Americans in their house of worship (gurdwara)...
August 18, 2012
Stupid is as Stupid does. I have to thank Forrest Gump for that line. Over...
August 15, 2012
Part 3 in a Series on Personhood My previous posts examined the concept of the...
August 08, 2012
Part 2 in a Series on Personhood. As a graduate student in sociology looking for...
August 07, 2012
As the summer months come to a close, students and teachers alike are gearing up...
August 05, 2012
                We get comfortable with the way things have been. Change does not come easy...
August 03, 2012
In the race to produce relevant researched stories it’s important to know that error sometimes...
August 01, 2012
Part 1 in a Series on Personhood. On July 1, 2012, I began a new...

July 2012

July 27, 2012
Since 1965, the Buddhist population has grown considerably as a result of increased immigration from...
July 26, 2012
Here's an insightful op-ed piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Christian Smith, of...
July 25, 2012
Part 3 in a series on Women at Work. Anne Marie Slaugther's article in the...
July 20, 2012
As some readers may know, the 2nd report on religion in Asian America was released....
July 17, 2012
I had the privilege to spend the last week at the 5th Latin American Conference...
July 15, 2012
Chris Moody’s book “The Republican War on Science” took President George W. Bush to task...
July 13, 2012
Fill in the blank: “With great power _______” If you know the answer to this,...
July 12, 2012
Here's an interesting map that shows the largest religious groups for each county in the...
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