sociology – Ryan T. Cragun

Nones and Dones: Religious Exiting in Sociological Perspective

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on Jan 31, 2026

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.

The Rise of the Religiously Unaffiliated

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on Jan 31, 2026

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.

Measuring Nonreligion as Absence: Testing Various Approaches

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on Sep 19, 2025

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., Hugo H. Rabbia, Sivert Skålvoll Urstad, and Peter Beyer. 2025. “Measuring Nonreligion as Absence: Testing Various Approaches.” Secularism and Nonreligion 14:1–12. doi:10.5334/snr.212. This article can be downloaded here or here.

A Disparity in Soul and Afterlife Beliefs: Exploring Cultural Perspectives and Predictors in Nordic Countries

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on Jun 27, 2025

[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. […]

Hail Satan (or Not): An Exploratory Examination of the Seven Tenets of The Satanic Temple

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on Apr 15, 2025

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.

Uskonnontutkija puutarhassa: Espanjansiruetana, elämänasennot ja uusintava ulossulkemisen etiikka

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on Mar 23, 2025

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.

The Push Away From Religion and the Pull Towards Secularity

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on Jan 29, 2025

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.

The Beliefs of Nonbelievers: Exclusive Empiricism and Mortal Finitude Among Atheists and Agnostics

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on May 17, 2024

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.