Here is a list of re-written holiday music with universal, secular themes and values: While not exactly what I had in mind, you may also want to check out Scientific Songs of Praise on youtube. I’m not into science worship, but the production quality is top notch.
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Below is a list of journals that publish social scientific research on religion (and nonreligion): Journals with an OA after the title are Open Access journals. (NOTE: This is probably not a comprehensive list. I posted it here primarily for my benefit since I don’t always remember all the available outlets for my research. If you […]
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To help illustrate different economic systems in my Social Stratification course, I decided to use the well-known game, Monopoly, but alter the rules to more accurately reflect the various economic systems that have been employed in various countries (or, the case of Marx’s communism, were proposed and occasionally implemented on small scales in utopian […]
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[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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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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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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