Many professors cite the rising impact of AI and the speech of some prominent politicians as reasons to inoculate students ...

Twenty years ago, a team of researchers in Baylor University’s Department of Sociology, along with the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, secured funding from the John Templeton Foundation to ...

2021, Book Chapter: "This handbook provides an overview on major developments that occurred in the field of economic sociology after its rebirth since the 1980s in the US. It offers new insights on ...

A growing body of research suggests that people are drawn into conspiracy theories not because they are gullible or irrational, but because of a powerful social force: community. A new five-year ...

Syringa State Community Research Lab conducts qualitative and mixed-method research. We work to get to the heart of the question or problem by approaching it through a people focused lens. It’s often ...

(ANALYSIS) Younger Americans are more likely to express belief in witchcraft and luck, as our new research shows. As sociologists who research the social dynamics of religion in the United States, we ...

(The Conversation) — Sociologists who measured supernatural beliefs in the US found that higher education and higher income are associated with lower levels. (The Conversation) — Younger Americans are ...

Younger Americans are more likely to express belief in witchcraft and luck, as our new research shows. As sociologists who research the social dynamics of religion in the United States, we conducted a ...

Catholicism remains one of the most influential global forces in contemporary society, shaping political discourse, cultural identity, public ethics and interreligious engagement across continents.

Gananath “Obey” Obeyesekere, professor of anthropology, emeritus, died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 25. He was 95. An ethnographer of religion whose scholarship bridged the disciplines ...