Revisiting “Compromising Scholarship”
Three years ago my book Compromising Scholarship was published. To the best of my knowledge, it was the first systematic documentation of political and religious academic bias. Since then, other...
View ArticleWas Opposition to Interracial Marriage Motivated by Christianity?
A good deal of the controversy over same-sex marriage has been linked to the comparison of it to interracial marriage. Merely perusing the articles, comments and debates reveals that many believe that...
View ArticleSymbolic Hostility as an Explanation of Anti-Christian Expression
I recently came across an article about a lawsuit based on anti-Christian discrimination. I do not know the details of Brandon Jenkins’ case and am willing to wait to see the details of it before...
View ArticleWho is Listening to You? – The Lesson of Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling is a pig. That is clearly not a controversial statement given all that we have learned of the displaced Clipper owner over the past month or so. It is not just the racist statements we...
View ArticleAre Christians Stupid?
Stereotypes. We all use them even though we are told not to do so. In some ways our use of stereotypes is understandable. If I have limited knowledge about a person, I may use stereotypes to make...
View ArticleAdvice for Young Christian Academics
One of my young academic Christian facebook friends recently announced that he was going start a blog, even though he had been warned not to do so. I made a few comments on his page offering him some...
View ArticleShame on you Bowdoin College
Next year I anticipate having a book out that will look more deeply into the anti-Christian hostility in our society. When it comes out, I will do a blog or three on the findings in that book. But this...
View ArticleHow to Apologize
I admit that a lot of research in academic journals does not really help the common person. Some of it is political posturing and some of it deals with theoretical or exotic topics that simply will not...
View ArticleIntolerant of the Intolerant? No, Just Intolerant
Okay, I admit that I am a big fan of comic superheros. I have been since I was a kid. It is fun to think about what we can do with superpowers. Of course in the comic books the superpowers have to deal...
View ArticleThe Righteous Mind and My Emotional Doubt
When I was in graduate school, I read Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolution. That book probably influenced my thinking of how we accumulate knowledge more than any other book other than...
View ArticleDeJure and DeFacto Religious Discrimination
One of the advantages of blog writing is that at times I can follow up on past research. It becomes possible to address potential criticisms of my work without having to go through the entire process...
View ArticleReal Cultural Diversity
Since one of my areas of specialization is race/ethnicity, an important issue I address in my teaching is multiculturalism. Discussing multiculturalism is a good fit for some of the racialized issues...
View ArticleMy Two Takes on Houston and the Subpoenas
If you have any number of conservative Christian facebook friends then your newsfeed has probably blown up concerning the subpoenas of the Houston pastors. For the rest of you let me briefly fill you...
View ArticleChristianophobia in the United States – Part 1
Over the next three blog entries, I am going to discuss the content of my latest book – So Many Christians, So Few Lions – Christianophobia in the United States. Actually the book has not come out yet,...
View ArticleChristianophobia in the United States – Part 2
This is the second entry of the blog series about my latest book – So Many Christians, So Few Lions – Christianophobia in the United States. I waited until the book was officially out before posting as...
View ArticleChristianophobia in the United States – Part 3
This is the third and final entry of the blog series about my latest book – So Many Christians, So Few Lions – Christianophobia in the United States. In the first two entries I went over the data used...
View ArticleFerguson, Staten Island, What’s Next?
So when will we have our next racial controversy? We know that there will be more after Michael Brown and Eric Garner. We will see another issue of racial conflict, confusion and miscommunication...
View ArticleDisrespect, Intimidation and Prejudice at the University of Colorado
Sometimes social scientists unexpectedly find out about data that was collected for reasons other than peer-review social research. That was the case when I found out about the 2014 Social Climate...
View ArticleJonathan Gruber knows what is best for us.
Usually people do not pay attention when academics talk. Well, students in our classes may pay attention, but I wonder if even that is true. We go to conferences to discuss the latest theories,...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo’s Cartoons, Piss Christ and the Associated Press
The tragedy of Charlie Hebdo produced a generous amount of commentary. If I were to write directly about that particular event then I would probably just regurgitate some of what has already been said....
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