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2013-05-05T17:01:19-05:00

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Atheists in America – Part 3

Last updated on: May 5, 2013 at 5:01 pm By George Yancey

This is a continuation of my series on atheists which is based on a book I have coming out, co-written with David Williamson, titled There is no God: Atheists in America (Rowman and Littlefield). You can see the first two entries of this series here and here. The comments after those entries are of interest. It seems that some who have read the blog take offense at my use of the word “belief” to characterize atheism. Given some of... Read more

George Yancey

2013-05-02T09:53:50-05:00

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Are We Losing the Young? Evangelicals by Age Since 1972 (Part II)

Last updated on: May 2, 2013 at 9:53 am By Bradley Wright

In my last post, I looked at the relationship between age and Evangelical affiliation here in the US. In this post, I want to revisit the topic but use a stronger form of analysis–cohort analysis. Using data from the General Social Survey, I divided respondents up into five groups–those born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. I then calculated the percentage of each of these five cohorts who were Evangelical from 1972 to 2012. Here are the results: So,... Read more

Brad Wright

2013-05-01T07:15:43-05:00

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“No More Choices, Please!”

Last updated on: May 1, 2013 at 7:15 am By Margarita A. Mooney

Have you ever felt overwhelmed at the number of choices to buy a salad dressing at the grocery store? Have you ever failed to choose a health care or retirement option just because, well, there were so many options that you couldn’t pick one? Have you ever searched and searched for the perfect pair of shoes, the best dress for a special event, or a new car, and then made a choice but still felt like maybe you could have... Read more

Margarita Mooney

flourishing

Positive sociology

2013-04-30T13:59:51-05:00

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Unethical Wealth

Last updated on: April 30, 2013 at 1:59 pm By Amy Reynolds

Last week, the Pew Research Center released a report showing wealth has dropped for the bottom 93% of Americans, but for those with wealth levels over about $890,000, wealth has risen by an average of 28% in the last two years. As the economy starts to recover, it’s clear who is winning and who is losing ground. Globally, inequality between countries seems to be decreasing, although it’s increasing within countries—and overall. And one of the biggest drivers of the growth... Read more

2013-04-26T10:18:16-05:00

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Faith and Ethnicity in West, TX

Last updated on: April 26, 2013 at 10:18 am By Jerry Park

Despite nine years in residence here in central TX, I still feel like a Philadelphian exploring this new place. It’s probably why I remain fascinated by the many sociological and demographic curiosities here. In a recent post I mentioned some of the similarities between second-generation Americans and young white central Texans today. Both struggle with adapting and conforming to the Anglo northern upper class mainstream, and this is evidenced by their efforts at code-switching and minimizing any hint of an... Read more

Jerry Park

central Texas

Czech American

ethnicity and religion

2013-04-20T22:49:19-05:00

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Atheists in America – Part 2

Last updated on: April 20, 2013 at 10:49 pm By George Yancey

This is a continuation of my series on atheists which is based on a book I have coming out, co-written with David Williamson, titled There is no God: Atheists in America (Rowman and Littlefield). In the first blog I discussed how I collected data on atheists. Now I can dive into the findings. The first finding I want to explore is how atheists perceive science. In the first blog, I noted that atheists tend to use science to legitimate their... Read more

George Yancey

atheists

science

2013-07-11T14:35:13-05:00

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Texans and Second-Generation Code Switching

Last updated on: July 11, 2013 at 2:35 pm By Jerry Park

In a recent post I shared some reflections on the importance of second-generation Asian American research. While attending this conference I had the privilege of spending time getting to know my new colleagues who shared similar research interests. As much as scholarship has an autobiographical influence, it’s not surprising that members of the immigrant and second-generation share an interest in second-generation outcomes. In conversation over coffee or massive Korean meals, I was reminded of the challenges that many professors face... Read more

2013-04-18T09:31:43-05:00

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Are We Losing the Young? Evangelicals by Age Since 1972

Last updated on: April 18, 2013 at 9:31 am By Bradley Wright

One of the loudest fear messages that we hear in American Evangelical Christianity is that we’re losing the young which means that the future of the church is in peril. Christian writers have claimed that 60% of church-going teens drop out after high school, that young people are fleeing the church and thus will crash it, and that we’re in the last Christian generation. Are these claims of imminent disaster true? Well, there are various ways of looking at age and... Read more

Brad Wright

Evangelical Christianity

2013-04-12T13:54:15-05:00

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A new look at the second-generation Korean American and Canadian experience

Last updated on: April 12, 2013 at 1:54 pm By Jerry Park

Last weekend I had the opportunity to participate in another small conference similar to the JSPS back in January. While the JSPS showcased the latest scientific discoveries by alums of the program, this was a more focused conference on a very particular population: second-generation Korean Americans (SGKAs). For the Korean American community, now numbering 1.3 million, the experience in the US remains a largely new one to some extent. Census reports suggest that nearly 80% of Korean Americans are... Read more

2013-04-09T07:34:30-05:00

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Egalitarian Men and Working Fathers

Last updated on: April 9, 2013 at 7:34 am By Amy Reynolds

In my last post, I suggested that as a society, we should be more encouraging of men who are trying to combine work and family. The problem that women confront in the workplace is about both about gender and a principle of devotion to work. Many of the challenges that women face in balancing family and work are those also faced by men. I am especially concerned with the working fathers who are serving as equal co-parents in their children’s... Read more

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