The Mormon Gender Issues Survey: A Quantitative Analysis of U.S. Respondents

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. and Michael Nielsen. 2015. “The Mormon Gender Issues Survey: A Quantitative Analysis of U.S. Respondents.” Pp. 297–318 in Voices for Equality: Ordain Women and Resurgent Feminism, edited by G. Shepherd, L. F. Anderson, and G. Shepherd. Draper, UT: Greg Kofford Books. You can download this chapter here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More

Trans-forming Mormonism: Transgender Perspectives on Priesthood Ordination and Gender

Citation:Sumerau, J. and Ryan T. Cragun. 2015. “Trans-Forming Mormonism: Transgender Perspectives on Priesthood Ordination and Gender.” Pp. 117–36 in Voices for Equality: Ordain Women and Resurgent Feminism, edited by G. Shepherd, L. F. Anderson, and G. Shepherd. Draper, UT: Greg Kofford Books. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More

Science and Religion

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2015. “Science and Religion” edited by James Wright. International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences 172–75. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More

North America

Cragun, Ryan T., Joseph H. Hammer, and Jesse M. Smith. 2013. “North America.” Pp. 601–21 in The Oxford Handbook of Atheism, edited by Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More

Who Are the “New Atheists”?

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2014. “Who Are the ‘New Atheists’?.” Pp. 195–211 in Atheist Identities: Spaces and Social Contexts, edited by Lori Beamon and Steven Tomlins. New York: Springer. You can download this chapter here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More

“Apostates,” “Anti-Mormons,” and Other Problems in Seth Payne’s “Ex-Mormon Narratives and Pastoral Apologetics”

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2014. “‘Apostates,’ ‘Anti-Mormons,’ and Other Problems in Seth Payne’s ‘Ex-Mormon Narratives and Pastoral Apologetics.’” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 47(2):v–xxii.   The article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More

The Oprah-Nyad Affair: How Do Atheists Experience Wonder and Awe?

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2014. “The Oprah-Nyad Affair: How Do Atheists Experience Wonder and Awe?” The Humanist. Download here or here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More

On the ‘Evils’ of Santa Claus

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2013. “On the ‘Evils’ of Santa Claus.” Free Inquiry. Download here or here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Read More