Archived News – October 2010
Oct
29
2010
Halloween is the one day a year where Americans are neither surprised nor scared to find ghosts, goblins and boogeymen on the front porch. But a surprising number of people believe in those and other curiosities — UFOs, Bigfoot, and the like — not just at Halloween, but year-round. Baylor professors Dr. Carson Mencken and …
Oct
19
2010
CNN, October 19, 2010 (article about churches and integration quotes Dr. Kevin D. Dougherty, assistant professor of sociology, College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor and co-author of "Race, Diversity, and Membership Duration in Religious Congregations," which was published in the August addition of the journal Sociological Inquiry)
The Rev. Mark Whitlock's church practices what he calls the 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not be boring." Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Orange County, California, also practices something many other black churches don't: integration.
The Rev. Mark Whitlock's church practices what he calls the 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not be boring." Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Orange County, California, also practices something many other black churches don't: integration.
Oct
12
2010
Newsmax.com, October 12, 2010 (Article about "America's Four Gods," a new book by Baylor sociologists Paul Froese and Chris Bader that that used polling data from the Baylor Religion Survey to break down how Americans believe in God.)
About 9 out of 10 Americans believe in God -- they just don't agree on the deity's nature, according to USA Today. Is God wrathful or forgiving? Judging us every moment, sometimes or never? Americans don't agree -- and some postulate the possibility that God is a she. But how people see God reveals much about themselves, as well as their politics and life attitudes, two sociologists told the newspaper.
About 9 out of 10 Americans believe in God -- they just don't agree on the deity's nature, according to USA Today. Is God wrathful or forgiving? Judging us every moment, sometimes or never? Americans don't agree -- and some postulate the possibility that God is a she. But how people see God reveals much about themselves, as well as their politics and life attitudes, two sociologists told the newspaper.
Oct
12
2010
"America's Four Gods: What We Say about God - and What That Says about Us," co-authored by two Baylor sociology professors, has received widespread national publicity for its exploration of Americans' views of a God as a God of authority, benevolence, distance or criticism.
Oct
8
2010
ABC World News Tonight, Oct. 7, 2010 (VIDEO LINK: According to a new book called "America's Four Gods" by Baylor University sociologists Dr. Paul Froese and Dr. Christopher Bader, the way Americans view God falls into four categories. Froese and Bader, associate professors at Baylor University, used polling data from a 2008 survey to break down how Americans believe in God.)
When children are asked to draw God, they come up with a variety of images -- a man on a throne, a smiley face, a shining sun or maybe a cross-legged Buddha type.
When children are asked to draw God, they come up with a variety of images -- a man on a throne, a smiley face, a shining sun or maybe a cross-legged Buddha type.