Religious Exiting and Social Networks: Computer Simulations of Religious/Secular Pluralism

Citation: Cragun, Ryan, Kevin McCaffree, Ivan Puga-Gonzalez, Wesley Wildman, and F. LeRon Shults. 2021. “Religious Exiting and Social Networks: Computer Simulations of Religious/Secular Pluralism.” Secularism and Nonreligion 10(1):2. doi: 10.5334/snr.129. This article can be downloaded here.

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We Do Not Think It Means What They Think It Means: A Response to Thunström et al

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., and David Speed. (forthcoming.) “We Do Not Think It Means What They Think It Means: A Response to Thunström et al.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. doi: . This response can be downloaded here.

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Little Gamer Boy (from Little Drummer Boy)

Lyrics Thumb they told mePa rum pum pum pum A new game release to seePa rum pum pum pum Honed by years of practicingPa rum pum pum pum So I can be the kingPa rum pum pum pumRum pum pum pumRum pum pum pum Got to engage themPa rum pum pum pumWhen we thumb My […]

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

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.)

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism

This handbook explores contemporary Mormonism within a global context. The authors provide a nuanced picture of a historically American religion in the throes of the same kinds of global change that virtually every conservative faith tradition faces today. They explain where and how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has penetrated national and […]

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With a little help from my (Canadian) friends: Health differences between minimal and maximal religiosity/spirituality are partially mediated by social support

Citation:Speed, David, Caitlin Barry, and Ryan Cragun. 2020. “With a Little Help from My (Canadian) Friends: Health Differences between Minimal and Maximal Religiosity/Spirituality Are Partially Mediated by Social Support.” Social Science & Medicine 265:1–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113387. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated by DALL-E 3.)

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A Socioevolutionary Approach to Religious Change

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., and J. E. Sumerau. 2020. “A Socioevolutionary Approach to Religious Change.” Pp. 1–28 in Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion, edited by T. K. Shackelford and J. R. Liddle. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Alternative Christianities: Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists, and Jehovah’s Witnesses

Citation:Lawson, Ronald, Kenneth Xydias, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2020. “Alternative Christianities: Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, and Jehovah’s Witnesses.” Pp. 411–33 in The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity, edited by D. T. Orique, S. Fitzpatrick-Behrens, and V. Garrard. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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