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December 2013

December 23, 2013

Dehumanizing Christians Part 1 – A Critique of Right Wing Authoritarianism

This blog is the first in a 4-part series based on my latest book entitled...

December 11, 2013

The Happy Society Inspires Kentucky

Positive sociology has been inspiring Kentucky residents through the efforts of Beau Weston, the Van...

December 03, 2013

The Problem with Giving Tuesday

Black Friday seems to now be the first day in a series of spending-oriented days:...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Don’t Accept that Apology!!

A few weeks ago Martin Bashir made an apology. He needed to make an apology....

November 16, 2013

Muslim Fundamentalists and Married Bachelors

Did you know that the last time I saw a Muslim fundamentalist that he was...

November 13, 2013

Happiness at Yale

How can Yalies get more flow? Last night at the fourth meeting of the Calhoun...

November 03, 2013

Now that is False Equivalency!!

When I discuss the reality that conservative Christians have certain disadvantages in our society I...

October 2013

October 19, 2013

Struggling to Stay Rational

When I heard about what happen to Adrian Peterson’s child I felt sick. How does...

October 10, 2013

The Calhoun Happiness Project at Yale

How can Yale undergraduates learn and apply principles from positive psychology and positive sociology? More...

October 05, 2013

Christian Privilege?

A couple of weeks ago a facebook friend showed me this link discussing Christian Privilege....

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Deliver Us From Evil

There have been a number of tragedies recently in our world. In Nairobi, Kenya recent...

September 22, 2013

Science and the Questioning of Our Biases

You never know when an article will catch your attention. I ran across this article...

September 09, 2013

Cultivating Ethnic and Religious Identities for Chinese Americans

This past summer I continued my readings in social scientific and popular readings of ethnicity,...

September 01, 2013

The Non-Private Society

The NSA spying story highlights an interesting changing aspect of our society. Right now I...

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 26, 2013

Does Where You Meet Matter?

Online dating is here to stay. That much is clear. But is meeting someone online...

August 20, 2013

Trying for a Boy?

When people find out my husband and I have three girls, they offer a variety...

August 17, 2013

Blame the Bus Driver!!!

One of the big stories over the last few weeks has been a video of...

August 07, 2013

Robert Bellah Memorial at the American Sociological Association

Robert Bellah, the famous sociologist of religion who passed away last week, received a thoughtful obituary...

August 06, 2013

Theology, Silence, and Action

I recently returned from a two-week seminar in Brazil with the Nagel Institute and Calvin...

August 03, 2013

Can George Zimmerman lead to a Productive Conversation on Race?

One of the big issues in the past few weeks has been the criminal trial...

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 31, 2013

Goodbye, Robert Bellah

Robert Bellah once wrote: "Because good social science is always morally serious, we can transpose Weber's...

July 20, 2013

Conservative Sins, Progressive Sins and Forgiveness

Right now Eliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner and Mark Sanford are trying to become Bill Clinton....

July 17, 2013

How Can We Be A Good Samaritan When The “Mission” Is Over?

This summer, thousands of high school and college students across the country will go on...

July 16, 2013

Race Talk in Colorblind Churches

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

July 10, 2013

I Just Wanted to Thank You for Teaching me about Well-Being

Laying on her bathroom floor sobbing, my former student cried out, "I have low-well being...My...

July 06, 2013

A Partial Review of “Why are Professors Liberal and Why do Conservatives Care”

Early next year I am going to attend a symposium on Neil Gross’s book Why...

July 03, 2013

The Social Construction and Comfort of Soul Food

Did you know that “gumbo” is “okra” in the Bantu dialect of the peoples in...

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