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Finding Humanists in Survey Data

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2017. “Finding Humanists in Survey Data.” Free Inquiry, 37(5):54–57. You can download this article here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Religious/Secular Distance: How far apart are teenagers and their parents?

 Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Joseph H. Hammer, Michael Nielsen, and Nicholas Autz. 2018. “Religious/Secular Distance: How Far Apart Are Teenagers and Their Parents?” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 10(3):288–95. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000205. You can download this article here.

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Christianity and the Limits of Minority Acceptance in America: God Loves (Almost) Everyone

Christianity and the Limits of Minority Acceptance in America: God Loves (Almost) Everyone

Description: Christianity and the Limits of Minority Acceptance explores the ways Christian women in college make sense of bisexual, transgender, polyamorous, and atheist others. Specifically, it explores the ways they express tolerance for some sexual groups, such as lesbian and gay people, while maintaining condemnation of other sexual, gendered, or religious groups. In so doing, […]

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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. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2018.1441252. You can download this article here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Inside The Minds and Movement of America’s Nonbelievers: Organizational Functions, (Non)Participation, and Attitudes Toward Religion

 Citation:Langston, Joseph A., Joseph H. Hammer, Ryan T. Cragun, and Mary Ellen Sikes. 2017. “Inside The Minds and Movement of America’s Nonbelievers: Organizational Functions, (Non)Participation, and Attitudes Toward Religion.” Pp. 191–219 in Organized Secularism in the United States, Religion and Its Others: Studies in Religion, Nonreligion, and Secularity, edited by R. T. Cragun, C. […]

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“Splitters!”: Lessons from Monty Python for Secular Organizations in the US

 Citation:Fazzino, Lori and Ryan T. Cragun. 2017. “‘Splitters!’: Lessons from Monty Python for Secular Organizations in the US.” Pp. 57–85 in Organized Secularism in the United States: New Directions in Research, Religion and Its Others: Studies in Religion, Nonreligion, and Secularity, edited by R. T. Cragun, C. J. Manning, and L. Fazzino. Berlin: De […]

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Agnostic, Atheistic, and Nonreligious Orientations

Citation: Hwang, Karen and Ryan T. Cragun. 2017. “Agnostic, Atheistic, and Non-Religion Orientations.” Pp. 309–33 in Better Health Through Spiritual Practices:  A Guide to Religious Behaviors and Practices that Benefit Mind and Body, edited by D. VonDras. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. You can download this book chapter here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Organized Secularism in the United States: New Directions in Research

Description: There has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of the US population that is not religious. However, there is, to date, very little research on the social movement that is organizing to serve the needs of and advocate for the nonreligious in the US. This is a book about the rise and structure […]

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