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January 2016

January 03, 2016

Want to fight Islamophobia? Deal with Christianophobia.

My article on Islamophobia and Christianophobia can be found at The Stream. As many of...

November 2015

November 14, 2015

Are Non- Religious Children Really More Altruistic?

Guest post by Robert Woodberry “Religious Children are Meaner than Their Secular Counterparts” proclaimed a...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Christian Divorce Rates

I was asked by the folks at the Institute for Family Studies to revisit my...

March 2015

March 06, 2015

One Step Forward, but Now What?

Repost from Patheos Public Square: March From Selma In 1965, participants of the American Civil...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Saving the Market: Harry Potter, Churches, and Globalization

Harry Potter fans made the news recently for their political victory. Due to four years...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

If Physicians Acted Like Sociologists (or, Why We’re Mostly Irrelevant)

Imagine a physician seeing a patient who has been diagnosed with cancer. If that physician...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Keeping (and Losing) Faith, the Asian American Way (Repost)

Originally posted on AAPI Voices May 22, 2014 Keeping (and Losing) Faith, the Asian American...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

In Search of Male Role Models

During the Christmas and New Years season, I end up reflecting more than normal about...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

The March on Washington remembered

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington from which we gain many...

August 03, 2013

Remembering Robert Bellah

This is a guest blog written by Jeff Guhin, a sociologist doing a post-doc at...

August 01, 2013

Religion and Income Inequality: The Paradox of the South

Originally posted in the Huffington Post: 7/29/13 By: Julie J. Park The New York Times...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

Race Talk in Colorblind Churches

In the wake of the weekend verdict over George Zimmerman’s shooting and killing of Trayvon...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Egalitarian Men and Working Fathers

In my last post, I suggested that as a society, we should be more encouraging...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

CS Lewis, Lent and Bodies

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.  Although many Protestants do not celebrate...

February 06, 2013

My Happiness Project

When I first started read Gretchen Rubin’s best-selling book, The Happiness Project, I thought, “Wow,...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

MLK and Creative Maladjustment

 While still recovering from the flu (yes I still got it despite getting a shot...

November 2012

November 18, 2012

It’s Not Christmas Yet!!!

Sometimes you fight battles you know you are not going to win. You fight them...

November 07, 2012

What Two Deaths Taught Me about Doing Fieldwork

On this day 16 years ago—November 7, 1996—I walked in to my office at the...

November 03, 2012

The World Ends on Tuesday!!!

You read the title right. This Tuesday the world ends. So say about two thirds...

October 2012

October 08, 2012

Unplanned Pregnancies: The Subtle Assault on Half of Us

I was in the room several years ago when discussions with students of sexual behavior,...

October 02, 2012

Dolls, Books, and American Girls

In the last two years, I’ve been introduced to the culture of American Girls.  Living...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Human Dignity and Immigration Reform

Just days ago, on August 15th, immigration policy in the United States experienced a significant...

August 07, 2012

The Cost of Vocation

As the summer months come to a close, students and teachers alike are gearing up...

July 2012

July 17, 2012

The context of religion

I had the privilege to spend the last week at the 5th Latin American Conference...

July 15, 2012

The Left’s War on Science

Chris Moody’s book “The Republican War on Science” took President George W. Bush to task...

July 03, 2012

Sexual Exploitation and Religious Advocacy

Anyone who has leafed through an airline travel magazine can probably name a number of...

June 2012

June 22, 2012

Good Data, Confusing News and the Reinforcing of Stereotypes: Reporting on The Pew Asian American Survey Report

Over the past year I have had the privilege to work with the Pew Research...

April 2012

April 20, 2012

Race, Culture and Character: Seeing Jesus

Recently painter Thomas Kinkade, “painter of light” passed away at the early age of 54....

April 16, 2012

More fun with statistics

Back by popular demand—and because frankly some weeks (months?) it is just plain challenging to...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Coming apart, coming together, coming…?

By Julie J. Park I’ve been meaning to write an entry on Charles Murray’s book Coming...

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