Ryan T. Cragun – Page 2 – Professor of Sociology

“I Know That Goes Against My Religion”: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion and Religious Reflexivity

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on May 11, 2024

Citation:Gull, Bethany, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2024. “‘I Know That Goes Against My Religion’: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion with Religious Reflexivity.” Review of Religious Research 66(4):561–86. doi: 10.1177/0034673X241248462. This article can be downloaded here.

From Religious to Nonreligious/Areligious

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on May 08, 2024

Citation:Gull, Bethany, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2024. “From Religious to Nonreligious/Areligious.” Pp. 522–36 in The Routledge International Handbook of Changes in Human Perceptions and Behaviors, edited by K. Taku and T. K. Shackelford. New York: Routledge. This chapter can be downloaded here.

Mormons Are No Longer a Majority in Utah: Causes, Consequences, and Implications for the Sociology of Religion

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on Dec 26, 2023

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Bethany Gull, and Rick Phillips. 2023. “Mormons Are No Longer a Majority in Utah: Causes, Consequences, and Implications for the Sociology of Religion.” Journal of Religion and Demography 10(1–2):162–84. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/2589742x-bja10019. You can download the manuscript here.

“Glorious Day!” (from Amazing Grace!)

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on Nov 09, 2023

Glorious day! How sweet the sound,That calmed a mind like mine!I once was lost, but now am found,Was dim, but now I shine.It was hope that sparked my heart to feel,And hope my fears dispelled;How vibrant did that moment seemThe time I first excelled!Life has promised joy to me,Its wisdom my dreams secures;It will my […]

Using a Smart Phone to Learn Spanish: Does it help and will students use it?

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on Sep 28, 2021

Citation: DeMil, Andrew J., Alysha Assaf, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2021. “Using a Smart Phone to Learn Spanish: Does It Help and Will Students Use It?” The Coastal Review: An Online Peer-Reviewed Journal 12(1):1–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.20429/cr.2021.120102. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

Not Before Jesus Comes, If Ever: Mormon Views on When Women Will Receive the Priesthood

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on Jun 03, 2023

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Rick Phillips, and Michael Nielsen. 2023. “Not Before Jesus Comes, If Ever: Mormon Views on When Women Will Receive the Priesthood.” Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association 2(1):35–55. doi: https://doi.org/10.54587/JMSSA.0202. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

“I Don’t Think It Ought To Be Blasphemy: Transing God(s) and Postlife Gender

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on Jun 03, 2023

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., and Bethany Gull. 2023. “I Don’t Think It Ought to Be Blasphemy: Transing God(s) and Post-Life Gender.” Social Compass 70(2):187–206. doi: 10.1177/00377686231176355. The article can be downloaded here. (Image generated by DALL-E 3.)

Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society

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on Apr 23, 2023

Demonstrates definitively that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide In the decades since its introduction, secularization theory has been subjected to doubt and criticism from a number of leading scholars, who have variously claimed that it is wrong, flawed, or incomplete. In Beyond Doubt, Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil […]