B J Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 38093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B J Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | B J |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wheaton College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1868-1660 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Zoning faith: How city politics shape Muslim communities in Chicago , by Sultan Tepe: New York City, New York University Press, 2026
Finding Congregations through Online Searches: Possibilities and Perils
Many religious congregations are active online and people seek out congregations online but existing research is less clear about whether all congregations within a geographic area are discoverable through online searches and what information about congregations is available online. Searching for congregations in a large suburban county on five online platforms - three directories ( YellowPages.com , Yelp.com , ChurchFinder.com ) and two social m…
More than 300 teardowns later: Patterns in architecture and location among teardowns in Naperville, Illinois, 2008-2017
Analyzing before and after images of 349 teardowns between 2008 and 2017 in the wealthy and sprawling suburb of Naperville, Illinois, shows patterns in aesthetic choices and their fit in older neighbourhoods. First, the teardowns are significantly larger and have different features including larger garages and more windows. Second, over 60% of the teardowns feature Victorian styling. Third, the teardowns are often next to other teardowns in desir…
From “Jungles of Terror” to “God Will Begin a Healing in This City”: Billy Graham and Evangelicals on Cities and Suburbs
Evangelist Billy Graham spoke to millions in the postwar era when suburban populations swelled and many white Americans, including conservative Protestants, left cities for suburbs. Adding to research on white flight and the suburbanization of religious groups, this study of Graham’s consistent approach to cities and suburbs over six decades demonstrates how conservative Protestants’ individualistic approach to social and spiritual ills contribut…
Emerging SNS use: The importance of social network sites for older American emerging adults
This study asks how older emerging adults (23–28 years old) describe, understand, and interpret their own social network site (SNS) use, as well as whether this SNS use promotes social ties and life satisfaction or leads to negative consequences. Based on organic mentions of SNS use in interviews from Wave 4 of the National Study of Youth and Religion (N = 302), we find: maintaining relationships is the largest SNS use while older emerging adults…
Still standing after all these years: The presence and internet presentation of religious buildings in the Chicago area, 1936–2016
Scholars have examined the changes in religious architecture over time but few have focused on the ongoing presence of religious buildings in communities nor how long-standing congregations interact with their older building. This study utilises two Internet data sources – Google Street View and the websites of religious congregations – to examine the fate and online presentation of the buildings of four Protestant denominations in the Chicago re…
A McMansion for the Suburban Mob Family: The Unfulfilling Single-Family Home of The Sopranos
Television depictions of suburban single-family homes often involve large abodes and happy families. The Sopranos' presentation of the family's McMansion—with its associated meanings, complicated family life, and particular suburban setting—challenges portrayals of suburban homes and families by suggesting the McMansion does not lead to satisfaction
Would Prefer a Trailer Park to a Large [Religious] Structure”: Suburban Responses to Proposals for Religious Buildings
To worship in the suburbs, religious congregations often have to apply to local governments for zoning and building approval. Examining 40 proposals from religious groups in three Chicago suburbs between January 2010 and December 2014 shows that local governments approved the majority of requests. For the proposals that received more negative attention or “no” votes from government bodies, opposition was related to locations adjacent to residence…
From I Love Lucy in Connecticut to Desperate Housewives’ Wisteria Lane: Suburban TV Shows, 1950-2007
The majority of Americans now live in suburbs, and a number of scholars have highlighted how various pop culture objects, from novels to television shows, have either reflected or encouraged suburban life. An analysis of the top 30 Nielsen-rated television shows from 1950 to 2007, a period of both rapid suburbanization and television growth, reveals that suburban TV shows did not dominate popular television. There is slightly more evidence for re…
Growing Suburbs, Relocating Churches: The Suburbanization of Protestant Churches in the Chicago Region, 1925-1990
This study examines the locations of Protestant churches in the Chicago region between 1925 and 1990 based on data from the Church Federation of Greater Chicago. The analysis adds two insights to existing explanations of white flight and the corresponding suburbanization of churches: suburbanization patterns were not the same across Protestant groups and churches moving to the suburbs were adding to churches already present in those communities. …
The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians
Journal Article The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians Get access The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians, by TOM KRATTENMAKER. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013, 232 pp.; $34.00 USD (cloth). Brian J. Miller Brian J. Miller Wheaton College [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 75…
Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links Between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use
This study examines how religiousness influences social network site (SNS) membership and frequency of use for emerging adults between 18 and 23 years old utilizing Wave 3 survey data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). Independent of religion promoting a prosocial orientation, organizational involvement, and civic engagement, Catholics and Evangelical Protestants are more likely than the “not religious” to be SNS members, and m…
A latent profile analysis of college students’ achievement goal orientation
Stratigraphy of quaternary paleosols in Louisiana
A geoarchaeological reconstruction of cowpen slough, a late archaic site in east central louisiana
We reconstruct the depositional history of a late Holocene archaeological site, Cowpen Slough (16 CT 147) in the Catahoula Lowlands of east Central Louisiana, and we place that history in regional context. Procedures including grain‐size analysis, field descriptions of soil horizons, x‐ray diffraction of clay minerals, and total element analysis are employed to build a description of depositional units and parent material present in onsite sedime…
Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links Between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use
This study examines how religiousness influences social network site (SNS) membership and frequency of use for emerging adults between 18 and 23 years old utilizing Wave 3 survey data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). Independent of religion promoting a prosocial orientation, organizational involvement, and civic engagement, Catholics and Evangelical Protestants are more likely than the “not religious” to be SNS members, and m…
Growing Suburbs, Relocating Churches: The Suburbanization of Protestant Churches in the Chicago Region, 1925-1990
This study examines the locations of Protestant churches in the Chicago region between 1925 and 1990 based on data from the Church Federation of Greater Chicago. The analysis adds two insights to existing explanations of white flight and the corresponding suburbanization of churches: suburbanization patterns were not the same across Protestant groups and churches moving to the suburbs were adding to churches already present in those communities. …
From I Love Lucy in Connecticut to Desperate Housewives’ Wisteria Lane: Suburban TV Shows, 1950-2007
The majority of Americans now live in suburbs, and a number of scholars have highlighted how various pop culture objects, from novels to television shows, have either reflected or encouraged suburban life. An analysis of the top 30 Nielsen-rated television shows from 1950 to 2007, a period of both rapid suburbanization and television growth, reveals that suburban TV shows did not dominate popular television. There is slightly more evidence for re…
A geoarchaeological reconstruction of cowpen slough, a late archaic site in east central louisiana
We reconstruct the depositional history of a late Holocene archaeological site, Cowpen Slough (16 CT 147) in the Catahoula Lowlands of east Central Louisiana, and we place that history in regional context. Procedures including grain‐size analysis, field descriptions of soil horizons, x‐ray diffraction of clay minerals, and total element analysis are employed to build a description of depositional units and parent material present in onsite sedime…
Stratigraphy of quaternary paleosols in Louisiana
A latent profile analysis of college students’ achievement goal orientation
Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links Between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use
This study examines how religiousness influences social network site (SNS) membership and frequency of use for emerging adults between 18 and 23 years old utilizing Wave 3 survey data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). Independent of religion promoting a prosocial orientation, organizational involvement, and civic engagement, Catholics and Evangelical Protestants are more likely than the “not religious” to be SNS members, and m…
The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians
Journal Article The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians Get access The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians, by TOM KRATTENMAKER. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013, 232 pp.; $34.00 USD (cloth). Brian J. Miller Brian J. Miller Wheaton College [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 75…
From I Love Lucy in Connecticut to Desperate Housewives’ Wisteria Lane: Suburban TV Shows, 1950-2007
The majority of Americans now live in suburbs, and a number of scholars have highlighted how various pop culture objects, from novels to television shows, have either reflected or encouraged suburban life. An analysis of the top 30 Nielsen-rated television shows from 1950 to 2007, a period of both rapid suburbanization and television growth, reveals that suburban TV shows did not dominate popular television. There is slightly more evidence for re…
Growing Suburbs, Relocating Churches: The Suburbanization of Protestant Churches in the Chicago Region, 1925-1990
This study examines the locations of Protestant churches in the Chicago region between 1925 and 1990 based on data from the Church Federation of Greater Chicago. The analysis adds two insights to existing explanations of white flight and the corresponding suburbanization of churches: suburbanization patterns were not the same across Protestant groups and churches moving to the suburbs were adding to churches already present in those communities. …
Still standing after all these years: The presence and internet presentation of religious buildings in the Chicago area, 1936–2016
Scholars have examined the changes in religious architecture over time but few have focused on the ongoing presence of religious buildings in communities nor how long-standing congregations interact with their older building. This study utilises two Internet data sources – Google Street View and the websites of religious congregations – to examine the fate and online presentation of the buildings of four Protestant denominations in the Chicago re…
A McMansion for the Suburban Mob Family: The Unfulfilling Single-Family Home of The Sopranos
Television depictions of suburban single-family homes often involve large abodes and happy families. The Sopranos' presentation of the family's McMansion—with its associated meanings, complicated family life, and particular suburban setting—challenges portrayals of suburban homes and families by suggesting the McMansion does not lead to satisfaction
Would Prefer a Trailer Park to a Large [Religious] Structure”: Suburban Responses to Proposals for Religious Buildings
To worship in the suburbs, religious congregations often have to apply to local governments for zoning and building approval. Examining 40 proposals from religious groups in three Chicago suburbs between January 2010 and December 2014 shows that local governments approved the majority of requests. For the proposals that received more negative attention or “no” votes from government bodies, opposition was related to locations adjacent to residence…
Emerging SNS use: The importance of social network sites for older American emerging adults
This study asks how older emerging adults (23–28 years old) describe, understand, and interpret their own social network site (SNS) use, as well as whether this SNS use promotes social ties and life satisfaction or leads to negative consequences. Based on organic mentions of SNS use in interviews from Wave 4 of the National Study of Youth and Religion (N = 302), we find: maintaining relationships is the largest SNS use while older emerging adults…
More than 300 teardowns later: Patterns in architecture and location among teardowns in Naperville, Illinois, 2008-2017
Analyzing before and after images of 349 teardowns between 2008 and 2017 in the wealthy and sprawling suburb of Naperville, Illinois, shows patterns in aesthetic choices and their fit in older neighbourhoods. First, the teardowns are significantly larger and have different features including larger garages and more windows. Second, over 60% of the teardowns feature Victorian styling. Third, the teardowns are often next to other teardowns in desir…
From “Jungles of Terror” to “God Will Begin a Healing in This City”: Billy Graham and Evangelicals on Cities and Suburbs
Evangelist Billy Graham spoke to millions in the postwar era when suburban populations swelled and many white Americans, including conservative Protestants, left cities for suburbs. Adding to research on white flight and the suburbanization of religious groups, this study of Graham’s consistent approach to cities and suburbs over six decades demonstrates how conservative Protestants’ individualistic approach to social and spiritual ills contribut…
Finding Congregations through Online Searches: Possibilities and Perils
Many religious congregations are active online and people seek out congregations online but existing research is less clear about whether all congregations within a geographic area are discoverable through online searches and what information about congregations is available online. Searching for congregations in a large suburban county on five online platforms - three directories ( YellowPages.com , Yelp.com , ChurchFinder.com ) and two social m…
Zoning faith: How city politics shape Muslim communities in Chicago , by Sultan Tepe: New York City, New York University Press, 2026
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