From Sodomy to Sympathy: LDS Elites’ Discursive Construction of Homosexuality Over Time
Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., J. E. Sumerau, and Emily Williams. 2015. “From Sodomy to Sympathy: LDS Elites’ Discursive Construction of Homosexuality Over Time.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 54(2):291–310. doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jssr.12180. You can download this article here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)
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Contemporary Religion and the Cisgendering of Reality
Citation:Sumerau, J. E., Ryan T. Cragun, and Lain A. B. Mathers. 2016. “Contemporary Religion and the Cisgendering of Reality.” Social Currents 3(3):293–311. doi: . The article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)
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Simple Markov Model for Estimating the Growth of Nonreligion in the United States
Citation:Stinespring, John and Ryan T. Cragun. 2015. “Simple Markov Model for Estimating the Growth of Nonreligion in the United States.” Science, Religion, and Culture 2(3):96–103. Science, Religion, and Culture is an open-access journal. You can download the article directly from their site. Or you can download it here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)
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Atheism Looking In: On the Goals and Strategies of Organized Nonbelief
Citation:Langston, Joseph A., Joseph H. Hammer, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2015. “Atheism Looking In: On the Goals and Strategies of Organized Nonbelief.” Science, Religion, and Culture 2(3):70–85. doi: https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.src/2015/2.3.70.85. Or you can download it here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)
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How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps
Description: Do you want the greatest challenges of the day to be addressed with thoughtful, reality-based solutions rather than with cherry-picked quotations from scripture? Do you want to shrink religion—especially fundamentalist religion—to the point that it plays no noticeable role in American public life? Do you want right-wing religious leaders to be so […]
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What You Don’t Know about Religion (but should)
What is a religion? Why are people religious? Are religious people more educated than nonreligious people? Are religious people more moral, more humble, or happier? Are religious people more or less prejudiced than nonreligious people? Is religion good for your health? Are people becoming more or less religious? What You Don’t Know About Religion (but […]
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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.)
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‘Don’t push your immorals on me’: Encouraging anti-porn advocacy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Citation: Sumerau, J. E., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2015. “‘Don’t Push Your Immorals on Me’: Encouraging Anti-Porn Advocacy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” Sexualities 18(1–2):57–79. doi: . You can download this article here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)
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