Repackaging Humanism as ‘Spirituality’: Religion’s New Wedge Strategy for Higher Education
Citation: Cragun, Ryan, and Barry A. Kosmin. 2011. “Repackaging Humanism as ‘Spirituality’: Religion’s New Wedge Strategy for Higher Education.” Free Inquiry, 30–33. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using ChatGPT 4.)
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Mormons in the United States 1990-2008: Socio-demographic Trends and Regional Differences
Citation: Phillips, Rick, Ryan T. Cragun, Barry A. Kosmin, and Ariela Keysar. 2011. Mormons in the United States 1990-2008: Socio-demographic Trends and Regional Differences. Hartford, CT: Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture. This report can be downloaded here. (Image generated using ChatGPT 4.)
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American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population
Citation: Kosmin, Barry A., Ariela Keysar, Ryan T. Cragun, and Juhem Navarro-Rivera. 2009. American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population. Hartford, CT: Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture. This report can be downloaded here. (Image generated using ChatGPT 4.)
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The Struggle for Legitimacy: Tensions Between the LDS and FLDS
Citation: Cragun, Ryan T., Michael Nielsen, and Heather Clingenpeel. 2011. “The Struggle for Legitimacy: Tensions Between the LDS and FLDS.” Pp. 80–106 in Saints Under Siege: The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, edited by Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson. New York, NY: New York University Press. This chapter can be […]
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Social Scientific Perspectives on the FLDS Raid and the Corresponding Media Coverage
Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. and Michael Nielsen. 2011. “Social Scientific Perspectives on the FLDS Raid and the Corresponding Media Coverage.” in Modern Polygamy in the United States: Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues, edited by C. K. Jacobson and L. Burton. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using […]
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The Intricacies and Ethics of Parental Genetic Testing
Citation: Cragun, Deborah L., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2011. “The Intricacies and Ethics of Parental Genetic Testing.” in Modern Polygamy in the United States: Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues, edited by Cardell K. Jacobson and Lara Burton. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using ChatGPT 4.)
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The Future of Textbooks?
Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2007. “The Future of Textbooks?” Electronic Journal of Sociology. This paper can be downloaded here. (Image generated using ChatGPT 4.)
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WP-QDA Marked Text
About WP-QDA Marked Text is a plugin for WordPress designed for rudimentary Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA). While there are a number of highly developed programs available for Qualitative Data Analysis (e.g., see here), much of that software is problematic for end users for one of several reasons: QDA software is often very expensive (ranging from […]
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