Archived News – March 2018
Mar
29
2018
March 27, 2018
This article cites a study by Baylor sociologists Paul Froese, Ph.D., and F. Carson Mencken, Ph.D., who found that men’s attachment to guns often stemmed from economic woes and fear of losing traditional “breadwinner” status.
This article cites a study by Baylor sociologists Paul Froese, Ph.D., and F. Carson Mencken, Ph.D., who found that men’s attachment to guns often stemmed from economic woes and fear of losing traditional “breadwinner” status.
Mar
20
2018
March 12, 2018
Republicans who believe that God is highly engaged with humanity are like Democrats — more liberal — when it comes to social and economic justice issues, according to a Baylor University study. Meanwhile, liberals with a "strict father" image of God are more inclined to support harsher criminal punishments (like conservatives) because they adhere to an “eye for an eye” theology, according to recent research co-authored by Paul Froese, Ph.D., professor of sociology.
Republicans who believe that God is highly engaged with humanity are like Democrats — more liberal — when it comes to social and economic justice issues, according to a Baylor University study. Meanwhile, liberals with a "strict father" image of God are more inclined to support harsher criminal punishments (like conservatives) because they adhere to an “eye for an eye” theology, according to recent research co-authored by Paul Froese, Ph.D., professor of sociology.
Mar
20
2018
March 19, 2018
This article cites a Baylor study which found that the diminished position of white working-class males has pushed them to buy firearms to regain a feeling of power and respect. Sociology professors F. Carson Mencken, Ph.D., and Paul Froese, Ph.D., found that white men who have experienced economic setbacks or worry about their economic futures are the group most attached to their guns.
This article cites a Baylor study which found that the diminished position of white working-class males has pushed them to buy firearms to regain a feeling of power and respect. Sociology professors F. Carson Mencken, Ph.D., and Paul Froese, Ph.D., found that white men who have experienced economic setbacks or worry about their economic futures are the group most attached to their guns.
Mar
15
2018
March 14, 2018
This story about the huge increase since 2008 of firearms manufactured in and imported to the United States cites a study by Baylor sociologists Carson Mencken, Ph.D., and Paul Froese, Ph.D. They found that the people who felt most emotionally and morally attached to their guns were 78 percent white and 65 percent male. Those in that group who have experienced financial setbacks or are worried about their economic futures were the most attached to their guns, Froese said.
This story about the huge increase since 2008 of firearms manufactured in and imported to the United States cites a study by Baylor sociologists Carson Mencken, Ph.D., and Paul Froese, Ph.D. They found that the people who felt most emotionally and morally attached to their guns were 78 percent white and 65 percent male. Those in that group who have experienced financial setbacks or are worried about their economic futures were the most attached to their guns, Froese said.