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  C.V.

  1 Jun 2011 •

  You can download this file here

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  What You Don’t Know about Religion (but should)

  24 Feb 2013 •

  What is a religion? Why are people religious? Are religious people more educated than nonreligious

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  Mormon Religiosity and the Legacy of “Gathering”

  31 Jan 2013 •

  Phillips, Rick, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2013. “Mormon Religiosity and the Legacy of ‘Gathering’.” Nova

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  The Influence of Fundamentalist Beliefs on Evolution Knowledge Retention

  15 Dec 2012 •

  Cragun, Ryan T., Deborah L. Cragun, and Jason Creighton. 2012. “The Influence of Fundamentalist Beliefs

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  Whom Do People Dislike More: Atheists or Cultists?

  27 Oct 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan T., Patrick Henry, Casey P. Homan, and Joseph H. Hammer. 2012. “Whom

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  Forms, Frequency, and Correlates of Perceived Anti-Atheist Discrimination

  20 Oct 2012 •

  Citation: Hammer, Joseph H., Ryan T. Cragun, Karen Hwang, and Jesse Smith. 2012. “Forms, Frequency, and

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  Comparing the Geographic Distributions and Growth of Mormons, Adventists, and Witnesses

  31 Jul 2012 •

  Citation: Lawson, Ronald, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2012. “Comparing the Geographic Distributions and Growth of Mormons,

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  The Price of Free Inquiry in Mormonism

  31 Jul 2012 •

  Citation: Nielsen, Michael, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2011. “The Price of Free Inquiry in Mormonism.” Free

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  How Secular Humanists (and Everyone Else) Subsidize Religion in the United States

  17 May 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan T., Stephanie Yeager, and Desmond Vega. 2012. “Research Report: How Secular Humanists (and

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  Using SPSS and PASW

  17 May 2012 •

  You can see a wikibook I wrote on using SPSS here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Using_SPSS_and_

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  Introduction to Sociology

  17 May 2012 •

  You can see a wikibook for introductory Sociology courses I wrote here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology

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  Could I vote for a Mormon? An Election Year Guide to Mitt Romney’s Religion

  1 May 2012 •

  Does Mitt Romney belong to a cult? Is he a Christian? Is he a polygamist?

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  In Favor of Relevance: When Religion Studies Matter

  24 Apr 2012 •

  Originally posted here. Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2012. “In Favor of Relevance: When Religion Studies Matter.”

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  Repackaging Humanism as ‘Spirituality’: Religion’s New Wedge Strategy for Higher Education

  21 Feb 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan, and Barry A. Kosmin. 2011. “Repackaging Humanism as ‘Spirituality’: Religion’s New Wedge Strategy

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  Mormons in the United States 1990-2008: Socio-demographic Trends and Regional Differences

  21 Feb 2012 •

  Citation: Phillips, Rick, Ryan T. Cragun, Barry A. Kosmin, and Ariela Keysar. 2011. Mormons in the

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  American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population

  21 Feb 2012 •

  Citation: Kosmin, Barry A., Ariela Keysar, Ryan T. Cragun, and Juhem Navarro-Rivera. 2009. American Nones: The

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  The Struggle for Legitimacy: Tensions Between the LDS and FLDS

  21 Feb 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan T., Michael Nielsen, and Heather Clingenpeel. 2011. “The Struggle for Legitimacy: Tensions Between

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  Social Scientific Perspectives on the FLDS Raid and the Corresponding Media Coverage

  21 Feb 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan T., and Michael Nielsen. 2011. “The Social Psychology of the FLDS Raid and

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  The Intricacies and Ethics of Parental Genetic Testing

  21 Feb 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Deborah L., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2011. “The Intricacies and Ethics of Parental Genetic

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  On the Receiving End: Discrimination Toward the Non-Religious

  2 Feb 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan T., Barry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar, Joseph H. Hammer, and Michael E.

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  ‘One Person’s Apostate is Another Person’s Convert’: Reflections on Pro-Religion Hegemony in the Sociology of Religion

  18 Jan 2012 •

  Citation: Cragun, Ryan T., and Joseph H. Hammer. 2011. “‘One Person’s Apostate is Another Person’s

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Associate Professor of Sociology