Articles

What Makes Life Meaningful? Combinations of Meaningful Commitments Among Nonreligious and Religious Americans
Edgell, Penny, Mahala Miller, and Jacqui Frost. 2023. Sociology of Religion 1-21.

The Connection between Perceived Workplace Discrimination and Viewing Work as a Spiritual Calling
Scheitle, Christopher P., Daniel Bolger, Denise Daniels, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2023. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 1-18.

Outcast Women: Gender and Authenticity in Ex-Mormon Women’s Disaffiliation Narratives
Gull, Bethany, Jesse Smith, and Ryan Cragun. 2023. Nova Religio 26(3):7-29.

Racial and Religious Convergences and Divergences among Christian Students’ Approaches to Color-Blindness, Color-Cognizance, and Race in Christian Organizations
Chan, Esther, Isaiah Jeong, and Elijah Jeong. 2023. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 62(1):164-183.

Endorsement of Religion-Science Conflict as an Expression of Group Solidarity Among Graduate Students in the Sciences
Scheitle, Christopher P., and Katie E. Corcoran. 2022. Sociology of Religion 83(1):79-101.

It All Depends on What You Want to Believe: How Young Adults Navigate Religion and Science
Longest, Kyle C., and Jeremy E. Uecker. 2021. Review of Religious Research 63:1-21. 

Ignorance or Culture War? Christian Nationalism and Scientific Illiteracy
Perry, Samuel L., Joseph O. Baker, and Joshua B. Grubbs. 2021. Public Understanding of Science 30(8):930-946. 

Religious Leaders’ Trust in Mental Health Professionals
Vaidyanathan, Brandon, Jennifer Charles, Tram Nguyen, and Sahara Brodsky. 2021. Mental Health, Religion & Culture 24(9). 

Global Contexts: How Countries Shape the COVID-19 Experience of Amish and Mennonite Missionaries Abroad
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. Religions 12(410):790. 

Racial Differences in Anticipated COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Religious Populations in the US
Jacobi, Christopher Justin, and Brandon Vaidyanathan. 2021. Vaccine 39(43):6351-6355. 

Christian Nationalism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2021. Vaccine 39(45):6614-6621. 

COVID-19 Skepticism in Relation to Other Forms of Science Skepticism
Scheitle, Christopher P., and Katie E. Corcoran. 2021. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 7:1-12. 

Polarized Scientists? Exploring Political Differences about Religion and Science among U.S. Biologists and Physicists
Mehta, Sharan Kaur, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2021. Sociological Forum 36(10):5-28. 

Inquiry, Not Science, as the Source of Secularization in Higher Education
Evans, John H. 2021. Sociology of Religion 83(1):102-129. 

Spirituality Among Global Scientists
Di, Di, Simranjit Khalsa, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2021. The Sociological Quarterly 62(1):187-208. 

Threatening Morality: Religious and Political Opposition to Science in the United States
O’Brien, Timothy L., and Shiri Noy. 2021. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(3):628-644.

Science Graduate Students' Reports of Discrimination Due to Gender, Race, and Religion: Identifying Shared and Unique Predictors
Scheitle, Christopher P., Taylor Remsburg, and Lisa F. Platt. 2021. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 7:1-12.

Religion, Family, and Career among Graduate Students in the Sciences
Scheitle, Christopher P., Brittany M. Kowalski, Erin B. Hudnall, and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(1):131-146.

Religiosity and Identity Interference Among Graduate Students in the Sciences
Scheitle, Christopher P., and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. Social Science Research 93:102503.

Crusading for Moral Authority: Christian Nationalism and Opposition to Science
Baker, Joseph O., Samuel L. Perry, and Andrew L. Whitehead. 2020. Sociological Forum 35(3):587-607.

Indian Scientists’ Definitions of Religion and Spirituality
Khalsa, Simranjit, Brenton D. Kalinowski, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2020. Religions 11(7):355.

What Science Means to Me: Understanding Personal Identification with (Evolutionary) Science Using the Sociology of (Non)Religion
Jones, Stephen, Fern Elsdon-Baker, Rebecca Catto, and Tom Kaden. 2020. Public Understanding of Science 29(6):579-596.

Political Identity and Confidence in Science and Religion in the United States
O’Brien, Timothy L., and Shiri Noy. 2020. Sociology of Religion 81(4):439-461.

From Stewardship to Creation Spirituality: The Evolving Ecological Ethos of Catholic Doctrine
Szrot, Lukas. 2020. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture 14(2):226-249.

More than Nothing: Examining the Worldview Influences of Nonreligious College Students
Scheitle, Christopher P., and Katie E. Corcoran. 2020. Review of Religious Research 62:249-271.

The Scope and Implications of Morals Not Knowledge
Evans, John H. 2019. Zygon 54(3):665-679. 

Biblical Literalism Influences Perceptions of History as a Scientific Discipline
Oberlin, Kathleen C., and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2019. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 5:1-10. 

The Moral Limits of the Market: Science Commercialization and Religious Traditions
Peifer, Jared L., David R. Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2019. Journal of Business Ethics 157(1):183-197. 

Diversification and Internationalization in the Sociological Study of Science and Religion
Catto, Rebecca, Stephen Jones, Tom Kaden, and Fern Elsdon-Baker. 2019. Sociology Compass 13(8):1-13. 

‘That’s How Muslims Are Required to View the World’: Race, Culture and Belief in Non-Muslims’ Descriptions of Islam and Science
Jones, Stephen, Rebecca Catto, Tom Kaden, and Fern Elsdon-Baker. 2018. The Sociological Review 67(1):161-177.

Science for Good? The Effects of Education and National Context on Perceptions of Science
Noy, Shiri, and Timothy L. O’Brien. 2019. Public Understanding of Science 28(8):897-916.

Challenging Evolution in Public Schools: Race, Religion, and Attitudes Toward Teaching Creationism
Salazar, Esmeralda Sanchez, Brandon Vaidyanathan, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Adriana Garcia. 2019. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 5:1-13.

Knowledge as Explanandum: Disentangling Lay and Professional Perspectives on Science and Religion
Kaden, Tom, Stephen Jones, Rebecca Catto, and Fern Elsdon-Baker. 2017. Studies in Religion 47(4):500-521.

Cultural Authority in Comparative Context: A Multilevel Analysis of Trust in Science and Religion
O’Brien, Timothy L., and Shiri Noy. 2018. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 57(3):495-513. 

An Intersectional Analysis of Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States
Noy, Shiri, and Timothy L. O’Brien. 2018. The Sociological Quarterly 59(1):40-61.

Culture Out of Attitudes: Relationality, Population Heterogeneity, and Attitudes toward Science and Religion in the U.S.
DiMaggio, Paul, Ramina Sotoudeh, Amir Goldberg, and Hana Shepherd. 2018. Poetics 68:31-51.

Recommending a Child Enter a STEM Career: The Role of Religion
Scheitle, Christopher P., and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2017. Journal of Career Development 44(3):251-265.

Political Conservatism, Religion, and Environmental Consumption in the United States
Peifer, Jared L., Simranjit Khalsa, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2016. Environmental Politics 25(4):661-689.

Religion Among Scientists in International Context: A New Study of Scientists in Eight Regions
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, David R. Johnson, Christopher P. Scheitle, Kirstin R.W. Matthews, and Steven W. Lewis. 2016. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 2:1-9.

Individual Religiosity and Orientation towards Science: Reformulating Relationships
Johnson, David R., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2015. Sociological Science 2:106-124. 

Traditional, Modern, and Post-Secular Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States
O’Brien, Timothy L., and Shiri Noy. 2015. American Sociological Review 80(1):92-115.