Author: rcragun

Goodbye Religion: The Causes and Consequences of Secularization

Examines why so many are leaving religion, and what that means for American society One of the largest changes in American culture over the last fifty years has been the increase in people exiting religion. Goodbye Religion explores why there has been such an upswing among those who identify as nonreligious, and what the societal […]

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The Beliefs of Nonbelievers: Exclusive Empiricism and Mortal Finitude Among Atheists and Agnostics

Citation:Blankholm, Joseph, Ryan Cragun, Abraham Hawley Suárez, and Shakir Stephen. 2024. “The Beliefs of Nonbelievers: Exclusive Empiricism and Mortal Finitude Among Atheists and Agnostics.” Sociology of Religion srae003. doi: 10.1093/socrel/srae003. You can download this article here.

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“I Know That Goes Against My Religion”: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion and Religious Reflexivity

Citation:Gull, Bethany, and Ryan T. Cragun. (forthcoming). “‘I Know That Goes Against My Religion’: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion and Religious Reflexivity.” Review of Religious Research. This article can be downloaded here.

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From Religious to Nonreligious/Areligious

Citation:Gull, Bethany, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2024. “From Religious to Nonreligious/Areligious.” Pp. 522–36 in The Routledge International Handbook of Changes in Human Perceptions and Behaviors, edited by K. Taku and T. K. Shackelford. New York: Routledge. This chapter can be downloaded here.

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Mormons Are No Longer a Majority in Utah: Causes, Consequences, and Implications for the Sociology of Religion

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Bethany Gull, and Rick Phillips. 2023. “Mormons Are No Longer a Majority in Utah: Causes, Consequences, and Implications for the Sociology of Religion.” Journal of Religion and Demography 10(1–2):162–84. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/2589742x-bja10019. You can download the manuscript here.

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“Glorious Day!” (from Amazing Grace!)

Glorious day! How sweet the sound,That calmed a mind like mine!I once was lost, but now am found,Was dim, but now I shine.It was hope that sparked my heart to feel,And hope my fears dispelled;How vibrant did that moment seemThe time I first excelled!Life has promised joy to me,Its wisdom my dreams secures;It will my […]

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Using a Smart Phone to Learn Spanish: Does it help and will students use it?

Citation: DeMil, Andrew J., Alysha Assaf, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2021. “Using a Smart Phone to Learn Spanish: Does It Help and Will Students Use It?” The Coastal Review: An Online Peer-Reviewed Journal 12(1):1–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.20429/cr.2021.120102. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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