Timothy J Nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 142106 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy J Nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy J |
| FAMILY NAME | Nelson |
| SIGNATURE | NELSON T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4219-7975 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 171 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The making of an epidemic of pain
Chronic pain in the United States has increased rapidly in recent decades. Social scientists argue that increases in pain are tied to economic conditions, but how the two are related remains a mystery. We draw on 96 immersive interviews with disability recipients and community leaders in one county in Central Appalachia to advance the hypothesis that “social pain”—or the painful feelings resulting from social disconnection—is a critical link betw…
Earning the Role: Father Role Institutionalization and the Achievement of Contemporary Fatherhood
Fatherhood has become an achieved status among complex, disadvantaged families. Stepfathers may have an advantage over nonresident biological fathers in earning the father role; in-depth interview studies reveal that nonresident fathers are often stripped of the father label while stepfathers commonly achieve it instead. This stepfather advantage is surprising given extant institutionalization theory, which suggests that the stronger institutiona…
Does Time with Dad in Childhood Pay Off in Adolescence
ObjectiveWe aim to understand the association between father involvement in middle childhood and adolescent behaviors and whether the relationship differs by father residence.BackgroundInternalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence can trigger a cascade of negative outcomes later in life, including lower educational attainment, criminal justice involvement, and future psychological distress. Evidence, largely focusing on nonresidential …
At Ease with Our Own Kind: Worship Practices and Class Segregation in American Religion
The aesthetic dimension of the worship service includes several diverse elements. Some worship services are held in rented space or in public areas, there is ample opportunity for stylistic expression through means other than architecture and decor. From the other end of the spectrum, lower-class church members often characterized the worship services of the higher status churches as being “‘stiff’ and “cold.” The religious segregation of mill wo…
Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City
Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as "deadbeat dads." Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly—without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bo…
Taking Care of Mine: Can Child Support Become a Family‐Building Institution
U.S. children are more likely to live apart from a biological parent than at any time in history. Although the Child Support Enforcement system has tremendous reach, its policies have not kept pace with significant economic, demographic, and cultural changes. Narrative analysis of in-depth interviews with 429 low-income noncustodial fathers suggests that the system faces a crisis of legitimacy. Visualization of language used to describe all forms…
The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men
In this essay, we explore how working-class men describe their attachments to work, family, and religion. We draw upon in-depth, life history interviews conducted in four metropolitan areas with racially and ethnically diverse groups of working-class men with a high school diploma but no four-year college degree. Between 2000 and 2013, we deployed heterogeneous sampling techniques in the black and white working-class neighborhoods of Boston, Mass…
Fathers’ Perceived Reasons for Their Underrepresentation in Child Health Research and Strategies to Increase Their Involvement
Intergenerational Tension, Connectedness, and Separateness in the Lived Experience of First and Second Generation Chinese American Christians
How Much In-Kind Support Do Low-Income Nonresident Fathers Provide? A Mixed-Method Analysis
Past child support research has largely focused on cash payments made through the courts (formal support) or given directly to the mother (informal support) almost to the exclusion of a third type: non-cash goods (in-kind support). Drawing on repeated, semistructured interviews with nearly 400 low-income noncustodial fathers, the authors found that in-kind support constitutes about one quarter of total support. Children in receipt of some in-kind…
Why Do Poor Men Have Children? Fertility Intentions among Low-Income Unmarried U.S. Fathers
Over the past several decades, nonmarital childbearing rates have risen sharply, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Recent research suggests that disadvantaged Americans may defer or delay marriage in part because of perceived economic barriers. Yet, childbearing is also costly. Few studies have examined low-income parents' motivations for having children in a context of socioeconomic disadvantage. This study deploys qualita…
Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church
Dreams and visions, prophetic words from God about "dusty souls," speaking in tongues while "in the spirit"-narratives of these and similar events comprise the heart of Every Time I Feel the Spirit. This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charleston, South Carolina provides a window into the tremendously important yet still largely overlooked world of African American religion as the faith is lived by ordinary believers. For decades, schol…
Low-Income Fathers
This article reviews recent literature on low-income fathers, including the transition to fatherhood for young unmarried fathers and levels of father involvement among married, cohabiting, and nonresident low-income fathers. I discuss predictors of father involvement as well as available evidence concerning their effects on children's well-being. Although mounting qualitative evidence argues that unmarried low-income men may be more favorably dis…
Fire in My Bones: Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel
Journal Article Fire in my Bones: Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel, by Glenn Hinson. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000, 395 pp., $45.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper) Get access Timothy J. Nelson Timothy J. Nelson Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 62, Issue 3, Fall 2001, Pages 408–409, https://doi.org/10.2307/371236…
He Made a Way out of No Way: Religious Experience in an African-American Congregation
Sacrifice of Praise: Emotion and Collective Participation in an African-American Worship Service
Journal Article Sacrifice of Praise: Emotion and Collective Participation in an African-American Worship Service Get access Timothy J. Nelson Timothy J. Nelson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 57, Issue 4, Winter 1996, Pages 379–396, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711893 Published: 01 December 1996
Straining at the Tie That Binds: Congregational Conflict in the 1980s
Penny Edgell Becker, Stephen J. Ellingson, Richard W. Flory, Wendy Griswold, Fred Kniss, Timothy Nelson, Straining at the Tie That Binds: Congregational Conflict in the 1980s, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Mar., 1993), pp. 193-209
Low-Income Fathers
This article reviews recent literature on low-income fathers, including the transition to fatherhood for young unmarried fathers and levels of father involvement among married, cohabiting, and nonresident low-income fathers. I discuss predictors of father involvement as well as available evidence concerning their effects on children's well-being. Although mounting qualitative evidence argues that unmarried low-income men may be more favorably dis…
Why Do Poor Men Have Children? Fertility Intentions among Low-Income Unmarried U.S. Fathers
Over the past several decades, nonmarital childbearing rates have risen sharply, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Recent research suggests that disadvantaged Americans may defer or delay marriage in part because of perceived economic barriers. Yet, childbearing is also costly. Few studies have examined low-income parents' motivations for having children in a context of socioeconomic disadvantage. This study deploys qualita…
Sacrifice of Praise: Emotion and Collective Participation in an African-American Worship Service
Journal Article Sacrifice of Praise: Emotion and Collective Participation in an African-American Worship Service Get access Timothy J. Nelson Timothy J. Nelson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 57, Issue 4, Winter 1996, Pages 379–396, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711893 Published: 01 December 1996
How Much In-Kind Support Do Low-Income Nonresident Fathers Provide? A Mixed-Method Analysis
Past child support research has largely focused on cash payments made through the courts (formal support) or given directly to the mother (informal support) almost to the exclusion of a third type: non-cash goods (in-kind support). Drawing on repeated, semistructured interviews with nearly 400 low-income noncustodial fathers, the authors found that in-kind support constitutes about one quarter of total support. Children in receipt of some in-kind…
Taking Care of Mine: Can Child Support Become a Family‐Building Institution
U.S. children are more likely to live apart from a biological parent than at any time in history. Although the Child Support Enforcement system has tremendous reach, its policies have not kept pace with significant economic, demographic, and cultural changes. Narrative analysis of in-depth interviews with 429 low-income noncustodial fathers suggests that the system faces a crisis of legitimacy. Visualization of language used to describe all forms…
Straining at the Tie That Binds: Congregational Conflict in the 1980s
Penny Edgell Becker, Stephen J. Ellingson, Richard W. Flory, Wendy Griswold, Fred Kniss, Timothy Nelson, Straining at the Tie That Binds: Congregational Conflict in the 1980s, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Mar., 1993), pp. 193-209
Does Time with Dad in Childhood Pay Off in Adolescence
ObjectiveWe aim to understand the association between father involvement in middle childhood and adolescent behaviors and whether the relationship differs by father residence.BackgroundInternalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence can trigger a cascade of negative outcomes later in life, including lower educational attainment, criminal justice involvement, and future psychological distress. Evidence, largely focusing on nonresidential …
He Made a Way out of No Way: Religious Experience in an African-American Congregation
The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men
In this essay, we explore how working-class men describe their attachments to work, family, and religion. We draw upon in-depth, life history interviews conducted in four metropolitan areas with racially and ethnically diverse groups of working-class men with a high school diploma but no four-year college degree. Between 2000 and 2013, we deployed heterogeneous sampling techniques in the black and white working-class neighborhoods of Boston, Mass…
Intergenerational Tension, Connectedness, and Separateness in the Lived Experience of First and Second Generation Chinese American Christians
Earning the Role: Father Role Institutionalization and the Achievement of Contemporary Fatherhood
Fatherhood has become an achieved status among complex, disadvantaged families. Stepfathers may have an advantage over nonresident biological fathers in earning the father role; in-depth interview studies reveal that nonresident fathers are often stripped of the father label while stepfathers commonly achieve it instead. This stepfather advantage is surprising given extant institutionalization theory, which suggests that the stronger institutiona…
Straining at the Tie That Binds: Congregational Conflict in the 1980s
Penny Edgell Becker, Stephen J. Ellingson, Richard W. Flory, Wendy Griswold, Fred Kniss, Timothy Nelson, Straining at the Tie That Binds: Congregational Conflict in the 1980s, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Mar., 1993), pp. 193-209
Sacrifice of Praise: Emotion and Collective Participation in an African-American Worship Service
Journal Article Sacrifice of Praise: Emotion and Collective Participation in an African-American Worship Service Get access Timothy J. Nelson Timothy J. Nelson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 57, Issue 4, Winter 1996, Pages 379–396, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711893 Published: 01 December 1996
He Made a Way out of No Way: Religious Experience in an African-American Congregation
Fire in My Bones: Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel
Journal Article Fire in my Bones: Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel, by Glenn Hinson. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000, 395 pp., $45.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper) Get access Timothy J. Nelson Timothy J. Nelson Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 62, Issue 3, Fall 2001, Pages 408–409, https://doi.org/10.2307/371236…
Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church
Dreams and visions, prophetic words from God about "dusty souls," speaking in tongues while "in the spirit"-narratives of these and similar events comprise the heart of Every Time I Feel the Spirit. This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charleston, South Carolina provides a window into the tremendously important yet still largely overlooked world of African American religion as the faith is lived by ordinary believers. For decades, schol…
Low-Income Fathers
This article reviews recent literature on low-income fathers, including the transition to fatherhood for young unmarried fathers and levels of father involvement among married, cohabiting, and nonresident low-income fathers. I discuss predictors of father involvement as well as available evidence concerning their effects on children's well-being. Although mounting qualitative evidence argues that unmarried low-income men may be more favorably dis…
Why Do Poor Men Have Children? Fertility Intentions among Low-Income Unmarried U.S. Fathers
Over the past several decades, nonmarital childbearing rates have risen sharply, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Recent research suggests that disadvantaged Americans may defer or delay marriage in part because of perceived economic barriers. Yet, childbearing is also costly. Few studies have examined low-income parents' motivations for having children in a context of socioeconomic disadvantage. This study deploys qualita…
Intergenerational Tension, Connectedness, and Separateness in the Lived Experience of First and Second Generation Chinese American Christians
How Much In-Kind Support Do Low-Income Nonresident Fathers Provide? A Mixed-Method Analysis
Past child support research has largely focused on cash payments made through the courts (formal support) or given directly to the mother (informal support) almost to the exclusion of a third type: non-cash goods (in-kind support). Drawing on repeated, semistructured interviews with nearly 400 low-income noncustodial fathers, the authors found that in-kind support constitutes about one quarter of total support. Children in receipt of some in-kind…
Fathers’ Perceived Reasons for Their Underrepresentation in Child Health Research and Strategies to Increase Their Involvement
At Ease with Our Own Kind: Worship Practices and Class Segregation in American Religion
The aesthetic dimension of the worship service includes several diverse elements. Some worship services are held in rented space or in public areas, there is ample opportunity for stylistic expression through means other than architecture and decor. From the other end of the spectrum, lower-class church members often characterized the worship services of the higher status churches as being “‘stiff’ and “cold.” The religious segregation of mill wo…
Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City
Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as "deadbeat dads." Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly—without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bo…
Taking Care of Mine: Can Child Support Become a Family‐Building Institution
U.S. children are more likely to live apart from a biological parent than at any time in history. Although the Child Support Enforcement system has tremendous reach, its policies have not kept pace with significant economic, demographic, and cultural changes. Narrative analysis of in-depth interviews with 429 low-income noncustodial fathers suggests that the system faces a crisis of legitimacy. Visualization of language used to describe all forms…
The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men
In this essay, we explore how working-class men describe their attachments to work, family, and religion. We draw upon in-depth, life history interviews conducted in four metropolitan areas with racially and ethnically diverse groups of working-class men with a high school diploma but no four-year college degree. Between 2000 and 2013, we deployed heterogeneous sampling techniques in the black and white working-class neighborhoods of Boston, Mass…
Does Time with Dad in Childhood Pay Off in Adolescence
ObjectiveWe aim to understand the association between father involvement in middle childhood and adolescent behaviors and whether the relationship differs by father residence.BackgroundInternalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence can trigger a cascade of negative outcomes later in life, including lower educational attainment, criminal justice involvement, and future psychological distress. Evidence, largely focusing on nonresidential …
Earning the Role: Father Role Institutionalization and the Achievement of Contemporary Fatherhood
Fatherhood has become an achieved status among complex, disadvantaged families. Stepfathers may have an advantage over nonresident biological fathers in earning the father role; in-depth interview studies reveal that nonresident fathers are often stripped of the father label while stepfathers commonly achieve it instead. This stepfather advantage is surprising given extant institutionalization theory, which suggests that the stronger institutiona…
The making of an epidemic of pain
Chronic pain in the United States has increased rapidly in recent decades. Social scientists argue that increases in pain are tied to economic conditions, but how the two are related remains a mystery. We draw on 96 immersive interviews with disability recipients and community leaders in one county in Central Appalachia to advance the hypothesis that “social pain”—or the painful feelings resulting from social disconnection—is a critical link betw…
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