Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion

A growing number of people across the western world are identifying as nonreligious. This book examines this shift through the lens of community gardens. We do not ask people what they believe in ways that are abstracted from their everyday lives. Rather, by focusing on gardening we enter the world of action—what people do, the […]

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Measuring Nonreligion as Absence: Testing Various Approaches

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Hugo H. Rabbia, Sivert Skålvoll Urstad, and Peter Beyer. 2025. “Measuring Nonreligion as Absence: Testing Various Approaches.” Secularism and Nonreligion 14:1–12. doi:10.5334/snr.212. This article can be downloaded here or here.

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A Disparity in Soul and Afterlife Beliefs: Exploring Cultural Perspectives and Predictors in Nordic Countries

[NOTE: I typically embed my papers here, but the journal specifically requested that I not do so and link to their site instead.] Citation:Gaudette, Dana, Ryan T. Cragun, and Sivert Skålvoll Urstad. 2025. “A Disparity in Soul and Afterlife Beliefs: Exploring Cultural Perspectives and Predictors in Nordic Countries.” Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 38(1):17–34. […]

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Cross-cultural adaptation and search for evidence of validity of the brazilian version of the nonreligious-nonspiritual scale (NRNSS)

Citation:Gadelha-Weyne, André, Ícaro Moreira Costa, Daniel Foschetti Gontijo, Tauily Claussen D´Escragnolle Taunay, and Ryan Cragun. 2025. “Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Search for Evidence of Validity of the Brazilian Version of the Nonreligious-Nonspiritual Scale (NRNSS).” Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 38(1):18. doi:10.1186/s41155-025-00350-5. This paper is available here or here.

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Hail Satan (or Not): An Exploratory Examination of the Seven Tenets of The Satanic Temple

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2025. “Hail Satan (or Not): An Exploratory Examination of the Seven Tenets of The Satanic Temple.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 40(1):147–63. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2025.2470022. This article can be downloaded here or here.

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Uskonnontutkija puutarhassa: Espanjansiruetana, elämänasennot ja uusintava ulossulkemisen etiikka

Citation:Salonen, Anna Sofia, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2025. “Uskonnontutkija puutarhassa: Espanjansiruetana, elämänasennot ja uusintava ulossulkemisen etiikka.” TRACE ∴ Journal for Human-Animal Studies 11:30–55. doi: 10.23984/fjhas.145655.Translation of the title: “The Scholar of Religion in the Garden: The Spanish Slug, Lifestances, and the Reproductive Ethics of Exclusion” You can download this article here or here.

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The Push Away From Religion and the Pull Towards Secularity

Citation:Smith, Jesse M., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2024. “The Push Away From Religion and the Pull Towards Secularity.” Australian Journal of Law and Religion 5:92–96. doi: https://doi.org/10.55803/O965S. This article can be downloaded here or here.

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