In The News

By Ryan Cragun

News stories where I am quoted or my research is discussed.

Pew Research Center
People Who Attend Worship Services Regularly Are Happier Than Others, Study Suggests
HuffPost - Carol Kuruvilla
A new Pew Research Center study investigates the connection between religion and well-being. People who are active members of a religious community are more likely than those who don’t have those strong
Buy a goat or a soccer ball from a Mormon vending machine — for charity
The Washington Post - By Marisa Iati
Each of Keaton Allen and Jaylyn Miller Allen’s three children pressed a button on the red vending machine and watched their selections tumble from the shelf. But their money wasn’t buying them potato or
Wednesday's letters: The world needs doctors of medicine and of philosophy
tampabay.com
Learning skills for the job market | Letter, Nov. 22The world needs plumbers, poetsIt is true that college is not for everyone. Training in technical …
SCIENCE: Your Kids Are Atheists Because You Don’t Connect With Them
dailycaller.com - Joshua Gill
Parents’ failure to connect with their kids may be contributing to the U.S.’ skyrocketing numbers of nonreligious people, according to a study. The …
A failure of parents to transmit religion to their children could be driving the rise of nonreligion
psypost.org - Eric W. Dolan
The number of so-called “nones” — individuals who do not identify with any organized religion — is rapidly growing in the United States. New research …
Jesus
These Magnificent Temples Point To How Rich The Mormon Church Is
businessinsider.in
Mormon temples are often built near highways to impress passing drivers with their splendor. These magnificent structures may be one of many …
Time to name a movement?
nsrn.net - katieaston
In this post, Ryan Cragun asks if it is time to give nonreligious movements a name. If so, what might this name be? And how, as an academic, can he …
Atheism
Tracking Religious Trends Takes a Leap of Faith
The Wall Street Journal. - Carl Bialik
Pollsters are turning to religion just as more Americans are losing theirs. In the past decade, the number of people asked in surveys about their religious identities, beliefs and practices has risen resulting
Travelogues Events: Listen, Share Stories, Tampa Bay
83degreesmedia.com - Megan Hendricks |
Friday evenings in January, the Tampa Bay community will have a chance to hear stories from local residents about their travel experiences to places …
Unbelief is now the world's third-largest 'religion'
ncronline.org - by Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service
A new report on global religious identity shows that while Christians and Muslims make up the two largest groups, those with no religious affiliation …
UT, Eckerd study finds chapels’ use largely secular
tbo.com
They’re hard to miss on the grounds of the private University of Tampa and Eckerd College: huge, architecturally striking chapels, providing …
Mormonism
Utah weighs impact of ruling allowing gay marriage
Los Angeles Times - By By John M. Glionna
SALT LAKE CITY — Wade Hunt could see change looming on the horizon, a stubborn movement to legalize gay marriage that crept toward Utah's Mormon faithful state by state, one same-sex wedding at a time.
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vaildaily.com
Politicians use Americans flags as an imposing backdrop when giving speeches. Standing before the Stars and Stripes, a legislator or the president …
Vatican Plans To Reach Out To Atheists With Series Of Events In Mexico
The Inquisitr - Nathan Francis
The Vatican plans to start a dialogue with atheists in Mexico, addressing a call from the previous pope to allow them to get to know God. The Vatican …
Bebé se mueve en el vientre de su madre
zocalo.com.mx
México, DF.- Sin duda este es uno de los videos más impactantes que muestran el movimiento de un bebé dentro del vientre de su madre. Fuente : …
Watchdog: Do tax breaks for churches favor believers over nonbelievers?
ocregister.com - Teri Sforza
When the little town of Mount Clemens was on the brink of going broke, Mayor Barb Dempsey appealed to its churches and other tax-exempt entities for …
Watchdog: Religion, money and politics converge in lawsuit
ocregister.com - Teri Sforza
The Diocese of Orange has fired back – hard – at the Dana Point man who is suing it and saying that the church mishandled the faithful’s funds. “This …
We would all win if churches - and atheism - were taxed - On Line Opinion - 18/7/2014
onlineopinion.com.au
On 21 March 2014 the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, Lyle Shelton, posted ‘We would all lose if churches were taxed’ in On Line …
West Point Is Using Faith To Judge Cadets’ Leadership
patheos.com - Friendly Atheist
West Point cadets scheduled to graduate in 2013 have been presented a survey of their leadership traits every year since 2009. That doesn’t sound …
What are US university 'honour codes'?
BBC News - By Jasmine Taylor-Coleman
When a young American woman told police she had been raped, her university started to investigate whether she had violated its "honour code" before the attack took place. At some US colleges even having
What You Don't Know About Religion (but should) with Dr. Ryan Cragun
blogtalkradio.com
SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: http://www.naturebox.com/thinkingatheist Dr. Ryan Cragun is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Tampa, and …
When Push-Polling comes to Religion
religionnews.com
http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=fi&page=cragun_kosmin_33_4 Faithful readers of this blog know that I have a bugaboo about survey …
Why Mormons are the most likely to tithe
tampabay.com
Mitt Romney's recent tax returns, which show he donated $4 million to the Mormon church during 2010 and 2011, shed light on an interesting truth …
Why the Atheist Agenda Is Furious at Oprah
charismanews.com - Kimberly Winston/RNS
What was supposed to be a touchy-feely, one-on-one interview by Oprah Winfrey with long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has morphed into a broader, …
You give religions more than $82.5 billion a year
The Washington Post - By Dylan Matthews
Matt Yglesias thinks we ought to start taxing churches. "Whichever faith you think is the one true faith, it's undeniable that the majority of this church-spending is going to support false doctrines,"
Temple of Boom: Mormon Church North Shore Housing Plans Hit Roadblock
civilbeat.org
The Book of Mormon: Why the world's most capitalist religion breeds so many entrepreneurs
pando.com - By Hamish McKenzie
On a sunny summer's day in Provo’s North Park, hundreds of children are out with their parents, lining up for pretzels, lining up for face painting, …
The Case Against In-Your-Face Atheism
The Daily Beast - Steve Neumann
When I began my blog on the Atheist Channel ofPatheos, I thought I’d be able to show how someone can live a meaningful life without religious belief. …
Editorial: Why so many tax-free properties?
wvgazettemail.com
A few years ago, officials counted 13,428 tax-exempt properties in Kanawha County. They were churches, parsonages, hospitals, libraries, schools, …