Category: Other publications

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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Non-Religion and Atheism

Citation:Schaffner, Caleb, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2020. “Non-Religion and Atheism.” Pp. 242–52 in Handbook of Leaving Religion, edited by D. Enstedt, G. Larsson, and T. T. Mantsinen. Leiden: Brill. This chapter can be downloaded here.

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Religion, Sociology Of

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2018. “Religion, Sociology Of.” Pp. 250–53 in Core Concepts in Sociology, edited by J. M. Ryan. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. This chapter can be downloaded here.

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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.

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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, […]

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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: […]

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It’s only an honor when you have to earn it

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. and Kacy Tillman. 2018. “It’s Only an Honor When You Have to Earn It.” The Minaret, February 22. This article can be downloaded here.

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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.

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