Nones and Dones: Religious Exiting in Sociological Perspective

Citation:Gull, Bethany, Jesse M. Smith, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2025. “Nones and Dones: Religious Exiting in Sociological Perspective.” Pp. 35–62 in Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices with Nonreligious Clients, edited by D. Abbott. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. This book chapter can be viewed here. The book can be purchased here.

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The Rise of the Religiously Unaffiliated

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., and Dena Abbott. 2025. “The Rise of the Religiously Unaffiliated.” Pp. 19–33 in Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices with Nonreligious Clients, edited by D. Abbott. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.This chapter can be viewed here. The book can be purchased here.

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Cross-cultural adaptation and search for evidence of validity of the brazilian version of the nonreligious-nonspiritual scale (NRNSS)

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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Does Interfaith Programming on College Campuses Influence Attitudes Toward Religious Minorities?: A Case Study

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2022. “Does Interfaith Programming on College Campuses Influence Attitudes Toward Religious Minorities?: A Case Study.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion 32:238–61. This article can be downloaded here. (Image created by Easy Diffusion v2.5.48.)

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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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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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Response to “Masturbation: Scientific Evidence and Islam’s View”

Citation:Speed, David, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2021. “Response to ‘Masturbation: Scientific Evidence and Islam’s View.’” Journal of Religion and Health 60:1668–71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0627-x. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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