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2012-08-29T09:41:54-05:00

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Sociological Lessons from the Game of Life

Last updated on: August 29, 2012 at 9:41 am By Margarita A. Mooney

Recently, while on vacation at the beach with my family, I encountered my sister-in-law, niece and nephew in the middle of the Game of Life.” I cracked up when I found out that my 9-year old nephew was a doctor living in a mansion who had made extra money by finding buried treasure and suing someone, but my 7-year old niece was a hairdresser who lived in a double-wide trailer, had a large family (including several grandchildren) but practically no... Read more

Margarita Mooney

inequality

2012-08-25T22:18:02-05:00

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Panda Express(ions): Commodifying and Constructing Pan-Asian-ness

Last updated on: August 25, 2012 at 10:18 pm By Jerry Park

With the start of the new semester comes the renewed search for interesting examples to provoke good conversation in the classroom on race, class, and gender. One of the persistent themes in contemporary sociology of race research is the manifold meanings of the term “Asian.” What is “Asian” anyway? And by extension what is “Asian American?” I published a paper a few years ago where I explored this very question with undergraduates I met at several universities. They explained to... Read more

2012-08-22T08:38:16-05:00

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“Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty”

Last updated on: August 22, 2012 at 8:38 am By Margarita A. Mooney

Last week, I organized a panel at the Association for the Sociology of Religion to discuss Susan Crawford Sullivan‘s new book Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty?, University of Chicago Press, 2011). Here are my brief comments. “Jamila. Age 28, Black, single. Two children ages 5 and 7 months. Raised Catholic (graduated from Catholic school); now attends Mass occasionally with her mother. Sends her daughter to Mass every week with her mother. On welfare, living in a family shelter. Lenora, age... Read more

Margarita Mooney

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religion

sociology of religion

2012-08-21T09:58:16-05:00

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Human Dignity and Immigration Reform

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 9:58 am By Amy Reynolds

Just days ago, on August 15th, immigration policy in the United States experienced a significant change. For undocumented immigrants under 30 who came to the United States as children, the Department of Homeland Security will now accept applications for two year stays in the country. It is expected that about 1 million people will apply this year by the deadline six months away, although in a report released August 14th by the Pew Hispanic Center, it is estimated that up... Read more

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2012-08-20T10:28:44-05:00

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Ideals and Realities of Religious Tolerance

Last updated on: August 20, 2012 at 10:28 am By Jerry Park

The recent event involving the killing of Sikh Americans in their house of worship (gurdwara) struck a deep chord for many. Shortly after, some news outlets reported on the burning of a mosque in Joplin, MO. And about a week later the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) released this brief detailing that these events were only 2 of 9 between the beginning of August and the 15th. I include a snapshot of these events for readers who don’t have... Read more

2012-08-18T19:47:36-05:00

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Stupid is as Stupid Does

Last updated on: August 18, 2012 at 7:47 pm By George Yancey

Stupid is as Stupid does. I have to thank Forrest Gump for that line. Over the past couple of weeks I have had a couple of occasions to remember this line. First there was Adam Smith. No I am not talking about the famous economic philosopher. I am talking about the former CFO at Vante. You may know him better as the Chick-Fil-A bully. Here is one report about his antics and subsequent firing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/adam-smith-chick-fil-a-drive-bully_n_1735357.html. Now I have to say... Read more

George Yancey

2012-08-16T17:00:19-05:00

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The Acting Person is both Free and Social

Last updated on: August 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm By Margarita A. Mooney

Part 3 in a Series on Personhood My previous posts examined the concept of the person as distinct from the individual, and the philosophical field known as personalism. This post takes up more directly the question: What difference does our understanding of the person make for social science research? Although numerous authors have contributed to the personalist tradition, here I focus on writings by the Polish phenomenologist Karol Wojytla, and his concept of human action as participation. Who was Karol... Read more

Margarita Mooney

personhood

Pope John Paul II

2012-08-09T10:29:37-05:00

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What is Personalism? A Rectification of Individualism and Collectivism

Last updated on: August 9, 2012 at 10:29 am By Margarita A. Mooney

Part 2 in a Series on Personhood. As a graduate student in sociology looking for a middle way between liberal individualism and authoritarian collectivism, I first encountered what I now know forms part of a philosophical tradition called personalism when I read philosopher Jacques Maritain’s book Integral Humanism. Just as Max Weber feared that increased rationalization would lead to disenchantment with the world, I started studying sociology because I cared about social inequalities and social injustices, but the more educated... Read more

Margarita Mooney

personhood

2012-08-06T23:37:40-05:00

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The Cost of Vocation

Last updated on: August 6, 2012 at 11:37 pm By Amy Reynolds

As the summer months come to a close, students and teachers alike are gearing up to start back to school. August is the month that I often hear colleagues and students lament that the summer just is not long enough. While professors do work over the summer, many of us get a break from the heavy teaching loads we carry during the academic year. The start of a school year is a good time to reflect on why it is... Read more

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2012-08-18T19:49:05-05:00

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The Shifting Educational Terrain

Last updated on: August 18, 2012 at 7:49 pm By George Yancey

We get comfortable with the way things have been. Change does not come easy for most of us. But to expect things to stay the way they have been sets us up for nasty surprises. Those of us in academia would do well to remember this. Over the past couple of weeks I have been considering some of the changes occurring to the institutions of higher education. I do not have solutions to these potential changes but those of... Read more

George Yancey

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