May 28, 202412 min read
“Spirituality”: Why Pundit Common Wisdom About It Is Largely Broken
Ryan Burge, a sociologist who garners attention as a pundit on US religion, recently published an essay on Substack about a poll on...
Apr 30, 20209 min read
Experiments in Defining the ”Spiritual But Not Religious”
Like all too many aspects of polling about religions and secularisms, the discourse about "spiritual" is largely broken. It registers...
Apr 6, 20183 min read
True and Useful Generalizations About Agnosticism in 700 Words or Less
Earlier I discussed a reporter who wanted a sound-bite about “religion” in the south—and how I wrestled this into “True and Useful...
Oct 11, 20176 min read
True and Useful Generalizations About U.S. Religion in 1000 Words or Less
Before I began my previous post, I imagined an introduction to set up a lightly edited version of some notes I prepared for a reporter....