A Disparity in Soul and Afterlife Beliefs: Exploring Cultural Perspectives and Predictors in Nordic Countries
[NOTE: I typically embed my papers here, but the journal specifically requested that I not do so and link to their site instead.] Citation:Gaudette, Dana, Ryan T. Cragun, and Sivert Skålvoll Urstad. 2025. “A Disparity in Soul and Afterlife Beliefs: Exploring Cultural Perspectives and Predictors in Nordic Countries.” Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 38(1):17–34. […]
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Hail Satan (or Not): An Exploratory Examination of the Seven Tenets of The Satanic Temple
Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2025. “Hail Satan (or Not): An Exploratory Examination of the Seven Tenets of The Satanic Temple.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 40(1):147–63. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2025.2470022. This article can be downloaded here or here.
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Uskonnontutkija puutarhassa: Espanjansiruetana, elämänasennot ja uusintava ulossulkemisen etiikka
Citation:Salonen, Anna Sofia, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2025. “Uskonnontutkija puutarhassa: Espanjansiruetana, elämänasennot ja uusintava ulossulkemisen etiikka.” TRACE ∴ Journal for Human-Animal Studies 11:30–55. doi: 10.23984/fjhas.145655.Translation of the title: “The Scholar of Religion in the Garden: The Spanish Slug, Lifestances, and the Reproductive Ethics of Exclusion” You can download this article here or here.
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The Push Away From Religion and the Pull Towards Secularity
Citation:Smith, Jesse M., and Ryan T. Cragun. 2024. “The Push Away From Religion and the Pull Towards Secularity.” Australian Journal of Law and Religion 5:92–96. doi: https://doi.org/10.55803/O965S. This article can be downloaded here or here.
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The Beliefs of Nonbelievers: Exclusive Empiricism and Mortal Finitude Among Atheists and Agnostics
Citation:Blankholm, Joseph, Ryan Cragun, Abraham Hawley Suárez, and Shakir Stephen. 2025. “The Beliefs of Nonbelievers: Exclusive Empiricism and Mortal Finitude Among Atheists and Agnostics.” Sociology of Religion 86(1):27–49. doi: 10.1093/socrel/srae003. You can download this article here.
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Not Before Jesus Comes, If Ever: Mormon Views on When Women Will Receive the Priesthood
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.)
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“I Don’t Think It Ought To Be Blasphemy: Transing God(s) and Postlife Gender
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.)
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Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society
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 […]
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