Religious Traditions in Politics: Latter-day Saints

Citation: Phillips, Rick, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2020. “Religious Traditions in Politics: Latter-Day Saints.” in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, edited by P. A. Djupe and M. J. Rozell. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. This book chapter is available here.

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‘This Incredible Monster Was Always in the Way’: The Moral Career of a Sexual Sinner in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Citation: Sumerau, Jason, Ryan Cragun, and Harry Barbee. 2018. “‘This Incredible Monster Was Always in the Way’: The Moral Career of a Sexual Sinner in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.” The Qualitative Report 23(3):662–76. You can download this article here.

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Complicating Marginalisation: The Case of Mormon and Nonreligious College Students in a Predominantly Mormon Context

 Citation: Abunuwara, Kim, Ryan T. Cragun, and J. E. Sumerau. 2018. “Complicating Marginalisation: The Case of Mormon and Nonreligious College Students in a Predominantly Mormon Context.” Journal of Beliefs & Values 39(3):317–29. You can download this article here.

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‘Men Never Cry’: Teaching Mormon Manhood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Citation: Sumerau, J. E., Ryan T. Cragun, and Trina Smith. 2017. “‘Men Never Cry’: Teaching Mormon Manhood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” Sociological Focus 50(3):213–27. This article can be downloaded here.

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“A Mormon Just Believes”: And So Do Lots of Other People

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2016. “‘A Mormon Just Believes’: And So Do Lots of Other People.” Pp. 29–40 in Singing and Dancing to The Book of Mormon: Critical Essays on the Broadway Musical, edited by M. E. Shaw and H. Welker. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. This book chapter can be downloaded here.

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Predictors of opposition to and support for the ordination of women: insights from the LDS Church

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Stephen M. Merino, Michael Nielsen, Brent D. Beal, Matthew Stearmer, and Bradley Jones. 2016. “Predictors of Opposition to and Support for the Ordination of Women: Insights from the LDS Church.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 19(2):124–37. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2015.1126703. This article can be downloaded here.

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“How Low Can Humans Plunge!”: Facilitating Moral Opposition in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Citation: Sumerau, J. E. and Ryan T. Cragun. 2016. “‘How Low Can Humans Plunge!’: Facilitating Moral Opposition in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” Qualitative Sociology Review 12(1):42–59. The article can be downloaded here.

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The Mormon Gender Issues Survey: Research Summary

Citation: Beal, Brent D. et al. 2015. The Mormon Gender Issues Survey: Research Summary. The Mormon Gender Issues Survey Group. A downloadable copy of this report is available here.

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