secularization – Ryan T. Cragun

Goodbye Religion: The Causes and Consequences of Secularization

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on Sep 13, 2024

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 […]

Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society

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on Apr 23, 2023

Demonstrates definitively that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide In the decades since its introduction, secularization theory has been subjected to doubt and criticism from a number of leading scholars, who have variously claimed that it is wrong, flawed, or incomplete. In Beyond Doubt, Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil […]

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Secularity and Nonreligion

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on Jun 22, 2021

Citation: Smith, Jesse M., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2021. “Secularity and Nonreligion.” in Bloomsbury Religion in North America, edited by J. M. Smith and R. T. Cragun. London: Bloomsbury Academic. This chapter can be downloaded here.

Summing Up: Problems and Prospects for a Global Church in the 21st Century

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on Dec 12, 2020

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2020. “Summing Up: Problems and Prospects for a Global Church in the 21st Century.” Pp. 817–49 in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism, edited by G. Shepherd, Gary Shepherd, and R. T. Cragun. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Mapping Religion’s Other: A Review of the Study of Nonreligion and Secularity

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on Apr 06, 2019

Citation:Smith, Jesse M., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2019. “Mapping Religion’s Other: A Review of the Study of Nonreligion and Secularity.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 58(2):319–35. doi: . This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Sunday Football or Church? A Case Study in Substitutes and Complements

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on Feb 21, 2019

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., John Stinespring, and Andrew Tillman. 2019. “Sunday Football or Church? A Case Study in Substitutes and Complements.” Review of Religious Research 61(2):169–87. doi: . You can read this article here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

The Declining Significance of Religion: Secularization in Ireland

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on Feb 09, 2017

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2017. “The Declining Significance of Religion: Secularization in Ireland.” Pp. 17–35 in Values and Identities in Europe: Evidence from the European Social Survey, Routledge Advances in Sociology, edited by M. J. Breen. Oxon, UK: Routledge. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)