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July 2012

July 06, 2012

Popular Civil Religion and the Making of a Texas Convert

On our trek across the mid-Atlantic states recently, I experienced what I might describe as...

July 04, 2012

Women Can’t Have it All, and It’s Better That Way

Part 2 in a series on Women at Work, in response to Anne Marie Slaughter’s piece in...

July 03, 2012

Sexual Exploitation and Religious Advocacy

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

July 01, 2012

Executive Confirmation

Like most of us I can become fixated on a topic and not let it...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Of Institutions and Communal Memory

It’s been a tough week here in Waco. I hope readers of this blog will...

June 28, 2012

In Appreciation of Mark Regnerus

In academics there are a handful of political and cultural issues for which there are...

June 27, 2012

Women Can’t Have it All, but We Could Have it Better

I congratulate Princeton Professor and former Dean Anne Marie Slaughter for her frank piece published...

June 26, 2012

Stories of Hateful Fundamentalists Coming to a Theater Near You

A new film premiered at Worldfest-Houston, one of the oldest and largest film festivals in the world, caught...

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...

June 20, 2012

Here’s to My Students: You Make Teaching a Joy

Part 5 in a Series on Teaching Sociology of Religion Online Yesterday I finished teaching...

June 19, 2012

Family Friendly?

In the days leading up to Father’s Day this past Sunday, one could find a...

June 15, 2012

Tiger Alumni Giving – An Outsider’s View

Hep! Hep! Rah! Rah! Rah! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Sis! Sis! Sis! Boom! Boom! Boom! Bah!...

June 14, 2012

Do We Do What is Important in Life?

At some point in my life, maybe last Tuesday, I realized that what I, and...

June 11, 2012

Part 2: More Info about the Study on Adult Children of Parents who have Same-Sex Relationships

Part 2 in a series on the New Family Structures Study I conducted. Just a few links,...

June 10, 2012

Q & A with Mark Regnerus about the background of his new study

Part 1 in a series on the New Family Structures Study I conducted. Figured it...

June 08, 2012

Tracing Your Ancestry? Thank a Mormon!

Work in the summer continues and while the emphasis is on getting research papers written,...

June 07, 2012

The Opportunity Cost of Cannibalism, A Reflection on Aging

For reasons that I don’t fully understand, I seem to be getting older every year;...

June 06, 2012

How Effective is Online Learning? Insights from Sociology of Religion Online

Part 4 of a Series on Teaching Sociology of Religion Online. Earlier in this series...

June 05, 2012

Fair Trade Battles

At the end of 2011, Fair Trade USA resigned from its membership in FairTrade International...

June 04, 2012

Liking the Quotes more than the Books

I read, for the first time, Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard...

June 01, 2012

The Religious Non-Christian Diaspora

In my continuing research over Asian American diversity, one of the recurring issues is religious...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Ritual and Routine in Everyday Life & Faith

Over the weekend I did my laundry, as is my custom, and it took my...

May 28, 2012

Sexual Expectations and Realities in Marriage

Who out there thinks they’re having too much sex? The answer appears to be: nearly...

May 25, 2012

Poverty and the “Model Minority”

As Asian Pacific American Heritage Month draws to a close during this election year, I...

May 24, 2012

Religious Affiliation and the Frequency of Orgasms

A apropos of nothing, here are some data about religion and sex. They come from the National Health...

May 23, 2012

Three Things I Love about Teaching Sociology of Religion Online

Part 3 in a Series on Teaching Sociology of Religion Online. Here I am again,...

May 21, 2012

The Centrality of Sex and the Failure of Unstable Relationships

[An excerpt from Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about...

May 18, 2012

The Ups and Downs of Teaching Sociology of Religion OnLine

Part 2 in a Series on Teaching Sociology of Religion Online. I've just finished my...

May 17, 2012

Self-Selection into Situations and Church

In the past few years, I've started to notice just how often I choose to...

May 16, 2012

Asian Americans on the Move

I recently had a chance to see the new Avengers movie and one of the...

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