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June 2013

June 27, 2013
I've been thinking lately about the interface between data and spirituality, and while I have...
June 15, 2013
“Persecution!” is the cry that we hear from some Christians today. Detractors of those individuals...
June 14, 2013
Recent news on the higher education scene has turned attention to the Asian American case,...
June 05, 2013
Do you take your leisure seriously? If not, you aren’t going to get flow which...
June 04, 2013
As I also wrote about last summer, August 15th marked an important change in immigration...
June 01, 2013
                How quickly the second Obama administration has become scandal-plagued is astounding. Unfortunately, scandals seem...

May 2013

May 31, 2013
News items are useful for teaching but they can sometimes provoke new research investigations. For...
May 29, 2013
Did you know that you can actually increase your ability to enjoy the things in...
May 19, 2013
                This is the last blog of my series on atheists which is based on...
May 09, 2013
One of the more robust trends in American Christianity--at least its Protestant side--is the decreasing...
May 05, 2013
                This is a continuation of my series on atheists which is based on a...
May 02, 2013
In my last post, I looked at the relationship between age and Evangelical affiliation here in...
May 01, 2013
Have you ever felt overwhelmed at the number of choices to buy a salad dressing...

April 2013

April 30, 2013
Last week, the Pew Research Center released a report showing wealth has dropped for the...
April 26, 2013
Despite nine years in residence here in central TX, I still feel like a Philadelphian...
April 20, 2013
This is a continuation of my series on atheists which is based on a book...
April 19, 2013
In a recent post I shared some reflections on the importance of second-generation Asian American...
April 18, 2013
One of the loudest fear messages that we hear in American Evangelical Christianity is that...
April 12, 2013
  Last weekend I had the opportunity to participate in another small conference similar to...
April 09, 2013
In my last post, I suggested that as a society, we should be more encouraging...
April 06, 2013
This is the start of a series on atheists. I am not sure how many...

March 2013

March 28, 2013
(Part 2 in a series on Evangelical Christianity in America) In my last post, I...
March 26, 2013
Part I of II The issue of women having work/life balance has occupied a lot...
March 22, 2013
In a recent post I shared some of the recent statistics reported by the New...
March 21, 2013
(Part 1 in a series on Evangelical Christianity in America) There is much confusion about...
March 20, 2013
It is with a bit of trepidation that I begin discussing with my students in...
March 16, 2013
Normally I do not use my blog to send readers to another blog, but I...
March 15, 2013
It’s no surprise that part of my interest in sociology is autobiographical, and this week’s...
March 13, 2013
Sitting in his office perched above the hills in Berkeley, California, yesterday I got to...
March 12, 2013
This summer, I have the opportunity to travel to Brazil with Calvin College’s Nagel Institute,...
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