Why do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his
many overt moral failings? Why do many Americans advocate so vehemently for xenophobic …

Why did Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election? Social
scientists have proposed a variety of explanations, including economic dissatisfaction …

In this article, we review the research literature on nonreligion, secularity, the nones, and
other forms of “religion's other.” As a relatively new area of sustained and still growing …

This Presidential Address offers elements for a systematic and cumulative study of
destigmatization, or the process by which low-status groups gain recognition and worth …

Asymmetric social alignments are transforming American partisan rhetoric, particularly how
politicians leverage identity-based appeals. For example, asymmetric religious, racial, and …

American society is rapidly secularizing–a radical departure from its historically high level of
religiosity–and politics is a big part of the reason. Just as, forty years ago, the Religious …

Although public administration scholars have long studied discrimination on the basis of
race/ethnicity, class, and gender, little to no research exists on whether street‐level …

Recent studies demonstrate that white Americans who adhere to “Christian
nationalism”―an ideology that idealizes and advocates a fusion of Christianity and …

Dominant group members often are not aware of the privileges they benefit from due to their
dominant group membership. Yet individuals are members of multiple groups and may …

Gender gaps in religiosity are among the most consistent findings in the social sciences. The
literature, however, has typically under-emphasized gender theory, paid insufficient attention …