January 2017 News

Baumann Published in Sociology of Religion

Tue, 01/31/2017
Graduate Student Roger Baumann recently published an article entitled “Political Engagement Meets the Prosperity Gospel: African American Christian Zionism and Black Church Politics,” in Sociology of Religion. The article argues “for increased attention to theologically and politically conservative Read more...

Bastomski to Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center

Mon, 01/16/2017
Sara Bastomski will join the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center as a Research Associate I in July 2017. The Urban Institute is a leading economic and social policy think tank in Washington, DC. In her new position, Sara plans to continue her research on urban violence and the criminal Read more...

Becker Publishes in Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Mon, 01/16/2017
Graduate student Elisabeth Becker has an article forthcoming in the leading academic journal for religious studies, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion entitled “Good mosque/bad mosque: Boundaries to belonging in contemporary Germany.” Drawing on over two years of field work at multiple Read more...