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Resident & Non-Resident ScholarsA-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-P | S-V | W-Z Scholars (Last Name: D-F)
GRACE DAVIE is professor emerita in the Sociology of Religion in the University of Exeter. She is a past-president of the American Association for the Sociology of Religion (2003) and of the Research Committee 22 (Sociology of Religion) of the International Sociological Association (2002-06). In 2000-01 she was the Kerstin-Hesselgren Professor in the University of Uppsala, where she returned for the 2006-07 academic session and will return again in 2010. In January 2008, she received an honorary degree from Uppsala. In addition to numerous chapters and articles, she is the author of Religion in Britain since 1945 (Blackwell 1994), Religion in Modern Europe (OUP 2000), Europe: the Exceptional Case (DLT 2002) and The Sociology of Religion (Sage 2007); she co-author of Religious America, Secular Europe (Ashgate 2008), and co-editor of Predicting Religion (Ashgate 2003) and Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe (2010).
Scott Desmond received his PhD from the University of Washington (Seattle) in 2004 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2004. Dr. Desmond has published a number of articles that have appeared in journals such as Teaching Sociology and the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. He has also co-edited a book, Teaching and Learning in Large Classes. He has presented many papers at regional and national conferences, including the American Sociological Association and the American Society of Criminology. Although his research focuses primarily on how neighborhood characteristics contribute to juvenile delinquency, he also works on projects related to the sociology of religion and teaching sociology. He teaches courses in the area of law and society.
Kevin Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Sociology. He earned his B.A. in Communication Arts from George Fox University (Newberg, Oregon) and M.S. and PhD degrees in Sociology from Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana). He came to Baylor University in 2005 after three years on the faculty at Calvin College. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of the sociology of religion, statistics and methodology, race and ethnicity, and organizations. Religious organizations, specifically congregations, are his research specialty. His published work examines religious leaders, religious affiliation, and congregational issues of racial composition, participation, growth, and decline.
Robyn Driskell is Associate Professor of Sociology where she serves as Director of Graduate Studies. She is also the Associate Dean for Administration in the College of Arts and Sciences. Education:
Dr. Elkins' research interest include: Mind-Body interventions, health psychology, hypnosis, prayer, psychosocial oncology, and brief psychological assessment instruments. [MORE INFORMATION - CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]
Dr. Emmons' research is at the interface of personality, psychology and religion. Emphasis is on the measurement of personal strivings as determinants of subjective quality of life outcomes. Primary issues are (1) how religiousness and spirituality reflect core aspects of the self and identity, and (2) how these aspects of the self are involved in well-being and personality coherence and integration over time. Dr. Emmons is a consulting editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of the Psychology of Religion, and a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the American Academy of Religion. He is the author of The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality. His research is funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
C. Stephen Evans was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in 1969 and his PhD from Yale University in philosophy in 1974. He is currently University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University. His published works include Kierkegaard's Ethic of Love: Divine Commands and Moral Obligations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith: The Incarnational Narrative as History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), and Passionate Reason: Making Sense of Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1992). More popular recent works include Why Believe? (Eerdmans) and Pocket Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion and Apologetics (InterVarsity Press). [MORE INFORMATION - CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]
Several of his current research projects are looking at cross-national variation in religious regulation, persecution, and violence. He remains interested and involved in studying religious organizations and the diverse religious market in America . He also serves as the director of the Association of Religion Data Archives (www.TheARDA.com).
Courses include: 2005 - present Co-Principal Investigator: Baylor Longitudinal Survey of Religious Values and Behavior at the Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR), Baylor University: This is a $718,000 Templeton grant to conduct two waves of a nationwide survey of religious beliefs, practices, political opinions, moral attitudes and civic engagement. |
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Grace R.C. Davie
Scott Desmond
Kevin Dougherty
Robyn Driskell
Gary Elkins
Robert Emmons
C. Stephen Evans
Roger Finke
