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February 2012

February 19, 2012

How Do You Define Happiness?

By Becky Hsu This past week, while people were celebrating (or not celebrating) Valentine’s Day,...

February 17, 2012

Harvard, Hoops, Hope, and Hype: America’s Lin-fatuation

My Facebook newsfeed is suffering from Linsomnia. Discovering a new celebrity like Jeremy Lin for...

February 16, 2012

A World without Grace? This is What It Would Look Like

What would it look like if the world ran without any grace given to others?...

February 15, 2012

Want to Fight the Man? Reform is Hard Work

In his recent column responding to the You Tube hit video, “Why I Hate Religion, but...

February 14, 2012

Valentine’s Day and Social Exchange Theory

By Jeremy Rhodes If you watched the commercials during the Super Bowl a couple of...

February 13, 2012

If rescue dogs are the only legitimate dogs today, are rescue humans next?

Apparently we now own a rescue dog, a term I was entirely unfamiliar with a...

February 12, 2012

Just How Overweight are Americans?

Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, has made it his mission to help his congregation...

February 11, 2012

Can Sociology and Christianity Mix? Part 4

By George Yancey (Part 4 in a series. Part 1, 2, and 3) If we...

February 10, 2012

The End of Expressing Faith in Public Spaces?

As a young college student, one of the appeals of participating in an evangelical group...

February 09, 2012

John Frum and Jesus

February 15th will be John Frum day, a high holiday in one of the South Pacific's...

February 07, 2012

Mr. Baltzell’s Neighborhood: The Rise of Word “Mainline” and the Decline of Mainline Denominations

By John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University Since last September, Sojourners has explored the meaning of...

February 06, 2012

Whatever happened to military sociology?

There’s a graduate student I know who has a significant interest in what’s called military...

February 05, 2012

Finding God Through Evolution

Did you know that two people independently arrived at the basic assumptions of evolution? Charles...

February 04, 2012

The Superbowl as an American Holiday

By Jeremy Rhodes The most American of holidays is upon us once again. No, I’m...

February 03, 2012

The Real Taboo: Forget Sex, Let’s Talk About Money (and How Much We’re not Giving)

As the 2012 campaigns are under way, we sociologists are paying close attention to the...

February 02, 2012

A Humorous, Insightful Taxonomy of Sin

We've heard of the seven deadly sins, of course, but if we look at all...

February 01, 2012

Christian-Muslim Dialogue: My Conversation with Islamic Scholar Mohsen Kadivar

Although he is known by many as a political dissident, Islamic scholar Mohsen Kadivar emphasized to...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Can Christianity and Sociology Mix? Part 3.

By George Yancey Part 3 in a series (Read part 1 and 2) It may...

January 30, 2012

What’s the difference between a Pastor and a Priest?

Protestant-Catholic similarities and distinctions have been a theme of mine in several blog posts, and...

January 29, 2012

Enough of the Inquisition! Christianity and Genocide

Some time ago, I was having lunch with a good friend. The conversation turned to...

January 28, 2012

If People Leave the Faith, When Do They Do It?

I have recently undertaken a study of Christian deconversion--why do people leave Christianity. In reading...

January 27, 2012

Danny Chen and the Beloved in the twilight of Chinatown

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! If you're like a lot of Americans, you may not...

January 26, 2012

How Many Americans are Atheists? Fewer than You Might Think.

There is confusion in popular discussion about how many Americans are atheists. Here I review...

January 25, 2012

Religious Freedom: An Endangered Liberty in the U.S.?

In December, Georgetown scholars Tom Farr and Tim Shah organized an online debate through the...

January 24, 2012

Can a Christian Benefit from Sociology?

By George Yancey (Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here) Okay so can...

January 23, 2012

Why Joe Paterno’s Death Makes Us Feel Bad

Joe Paterno’s death at 85 would not be nearly so sad to us—after all, 85...

January 22, 2012

Why Even Go to Church?

By Richard Flory Yesterday, Jeremy Rhodes wrote about a new survey from Barna Group that...

January 21, 2012

The Church Has No Effect on Your Life?

By Jeremy Rhodes A recent poll conducted by the Barna Group reveals that 46% of...

January 20, 2012

Faith as Small as a Peanut: What One Black Christian Scientist Taught Me About My Work

At the school where I teach and research we just finished our second week of...

January 19, 2012

A Problem with Today’s Widespread Celebrity Culture

A defining feature of life today is we have a lot of celebrities. We live...

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