What You Don’t Know about Religion (but should)

What is a religion? Why are people religious? Are religious people more educated than nonreligious people? Are religious people more moral, more humble, or happier? Are religious people more or less prejudiced than nonreligious people? Is religion good for your health? Are people becoming more or less religious? What You Don’t Know About Religion (but […]

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Could I vote for a Mormon? An Election Year Guide to Mitt Romney’s Religion

Does Mitt Romney belong to a cult? Is he a Christian? Is he a polygamist? Does Mitt wear funny underwear? What do Mormons do inside their temples? Why doesn’t Mitt drink coffee or tea? Why doesn’t Mitt wear a cross? Why are there so many Mormon missionaries? Will Mitt take orders from the Mormon prophet […]

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Science and Religion

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2015. “Science and Religion” edited by James Wright. International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences 172–75. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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‘Don’t push your immorals on me’: Encouraging anti-porn advocacy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Citation: Sumerau, J. E., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2015. “‘Don’t Push Your Immorals on Me’: Encouraging Anti-Porn Advocacy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” Sexualities 18(1–2):57–79. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460714531433. You can download this article here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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The Nonreligious-Nonspiritual Scale (NRNSS): Measuring Everyone from Atheists to Zionists

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Joseph H. Hammer, and Michael Nielsen. 2015. “The Nonreligious-Nonspiritual Scale (NRNSS): Measuring Everyone from Atheists to Zionists.” Science, Religion, and Culture 2(3):36–53. doi: http://doi.org/10.17582/journal.src/2015/2.3.36.53. Science, Religion, and Culture is an open-access journal.  You can download the article directly from their site.  Or you can download it here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.) […]

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North America

Cragun, Ryan T., Joseph H. Hammer, and Jesse M. Smith. 2013. “North America.” Pp. 601–21 in The Oxford Handbook of Atheism, edited by Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. This chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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“Avoid that pornographic playground”: Teaching pornographic abstinence in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Citation:Sumerau, J. E., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2015. “‘Avoid That Pornographic Playground’ Teaching Pornographic Abstinence in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” Critical Research on Religion 3(2):168–88. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/2050303214567669. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Who Are the “New Atheists”?

Citation: Cragun, Ryan T. 2014. “Who Are the ‘New Atheists’?.” Pp. 195–211 in Atheist Identities: Spaces and Social Contexts, edited by Lori Beamon and Steven Tomlins. New York: Springer. You can download this chapter here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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