Bethany Gull
Biographic Data
| ID | 3894422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bethany Gull |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bethany |
| FAMILY NAME | Gull |
| SIGNATURE | GULL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3422-0103 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Demography of Exiting, Retention, and Conversion among Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Utah
Utah has a unique religious subculture that emerges from the historical and demographic prominence of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS , or Mormon church). Scholars argue that in recent decades this subculture is eroding as disaffiliation from Mormonism rises. This paper examines the demography, social attitudes and religiosity of current and former Mormons to understand the dynamics of Utah’s shifting religious landscape.…
Unweaving the Tapestry: The Emplotment of 'Exvangelical' Narratives of Religious Change
Religious exiting among Americans has increased in recent decades, and the ranks of religious 'nones' have swelled. Alongside this trend, American evangelicalism remains a strong religious, political, and cultural force. From where do religious exiters glean their understandings of their exit experience? This article adds to understandings of how religious change is experienced in contemporary society by studying the religious exit stories of for…
Asexuality
Asexuality refers to people who are not sexually attracted to others. Asexuality exists on a spectrum and the definition can vary from person to person. For example, those who identify as asexual may still engage in sexual activity. Others may identify as aromantic, gray asexual, demisexual, reciprosexual, akoisexual, or aceflux. All of these terms refer to a variety of ways in which people experience asexuality depending on context. Asexual iden…
I Know That Goes Against My Religion: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion with Religious Reflexivity
While there are a number of studies that note religious individuals do not adhere precisely to the formal doctrines and policies of their faith, few prior studies have attempted to explain why religious individuals dissent from their religion's official positions. We draw on a religious reflexivity framework with a mixed-methods approach to data collection. The quantitative data is from a survey of Utah residents ( n = 1,909) and provides a rough…
Outcast Women
Studies on religious disaffiliation have largely ignored the gendered dynamics at play in decisions to exit and the exit experience itself. We begin to address this gap by foregrounding gender as a structuring variable in the exit process. As we examine the disaffiliation narratives of twenty formerly Mormon women—members of a women-only Facebook support group—we find that gender infuses their reasons for exiting as well as their experiences duri…
I don’t think it ought to be blasphemy: Transing God(s) and post-life gender
A growing body of research has begun to explore the religious and spiritual lives of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Missing from prior sociological research on this topic is how individuals outside the gender binary conceptualize the gender of god(s) and their own genders in the afterlife. Using data from a targeted survey of members of transgender listservs and online activist groups, this study explores two specific religious/spiritual …
We Are the Women Our Parents Warned Us Against: Identity Reconstruction and the Re-Imagining of Gender After High-Cost Religious Disaffiliation
This paper examines the identity work of women undergoing high-cost religious disaffiliation by examining the exit experiences of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon). Previous research into religious change has not fully engaged with the extensive identity work that exiters do as they leave these groups. I propose a stage model of religious exit identity development to expand upon the process of identity transf…
Godly husbands and housework: A global examination of the association between religion and men’s housework participation
In studies seeking to understand cultural and institutional influences on the division of domestic labor, religion has often been left out of the picture in favor of economic, gender and welfare state context. By examining men from 34 countries using 2012 International Social Survey (ISSP) data this study explores the ways in which religion is associated with men’s household labor participation. We utilize individual measures of religiosity as we…
Factors associated with oral health‐related quality of life among safety‐net clinic patients
An intervention to remedy dental neglect is recommended to improve OHRQoL among uninsured safety-net patients
We Are the Women Our Parents Warned Us Against: Identity Reconstruction and the Re-Imagining of Gender After High-Cost Religious Disaffiliation
This paper examines the identity work of women undergoing high-cost religious disaffiliation by examining the exit experiences of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon). Previous research into religious change has not fully engaged with the extensive identity work that exiters do as they leave these groups. I propose a stage model of religious exit identity development to expand upon the process of identity transf…
Factors associated with oral health‐related quality of life among safety‐net clinic patients
An intervention to remedy dental neglect is recommended to improve OHRQoL among uninsured safety-net patients
Godly husbands and housework: A global examination of the association between religion and men’s housework participation
In studies seeking to understand cultural and institutional influences on the division of domestic labor, religion has often been left out of the picture in favor of economic, gender and welfare state context. By examining men from 34 countries using 2012 International Social Survey (ISSP) data this study explores the ways in which religion is associated with men’s household labor participation. We utilize individual measures of religiosity as we…
We Are the Women Our Parents Warned Us Against: Identity Reconstruction and the Re-Imagining of Gender After High-Cost Religious Disaffiliation
This paper examines the identity work of women undergoing high-cost religious disaffiliation by examining the exit experiences of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon). Previous research into religious change has not fully engaged with the extensive identity work that exiters do as they leave these groups. I propose a stage model of religious exit identity development to expand upon the process of identity transf…
Outcast Women
Studies on religious disaffiliation have largely ignored the gendered dynamics at play in decisions to exit and the exit experience itself. We begin to address this gap by foregrounding gender as a structuring variable in the exit process. As we examine the disaffiliation narratives of twenty formerly Mormon women—members of a women-only Facebook support group—we find that gender infuses their reasons for exiting as well as their experiences duri…
I don’t think it ought to be blasphemy: Transing God(s) and post-life gender
A growing body of research has begun to explore the religious and spiritual lives of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Missing from prior sociological research on this topic is how individuals outside the gender binary conceptualize the gender of god(s) and their own genders in the afterlife. Using data from a targeted survey of members of transgender listservs and online activist groups, this study explores two specific religious/spiritual …
Asexuality
Asexuality refers to people who are not sexually attracted to others. Asexuality exists on a spectrum and the definition can vary from person to person. For example, those who identify as asexual may still engage in sexual activity. Others may identify as aromantic, gray asexual, demisexual, reciprosexual, akoisexual, or aceflux. All of these terms refer to a variety of ways in which people experience asexuality depending on context. Asexual iden…
I Know That Goes Against My Religion: Explaining Intrafaith Religious Dissent in Latter-Day Saint Views on Abortion with Religious Reflexivity
While there are a number of studies that note religious individuals do not adhere precisely to the formal doctrines and policies of their faith, few prior studies have attempted to explain why religious individuals dissent from their religion's official positions. We draw on a religious reflexivity framework with a mixed-methods approach to data collection. The quantitative data is from a survey of Utah residents ( n = 1,909) and provides a rough…
Unweaving the Tapestry: The Emplotment of 'Exvangelical' Narratives of Religious Change
Religious exiting among Americans has increased in recent decades, and the ranks of religious 'nones' have swelled. Alongside this trend, American evangelicalism remains a strong religious, political, and cultural force. From where do religious exiters glean their understandings of their exit experience? This article adds to understandings of how religious change is experienced in contemporary society by studying the religious exit stories of for…
The Demography of Exiting, Retention, and Conversion among Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Utah
Utah has a unique religious subculture that emerges from the historical and demographic prominence of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS , or Mormon church). Scholars argue that in recent decades this subculture is eroding as disaffiliation from Mormonism rises. This paper examines the demography, social attitudes and religiosity of current and former Mormons to understand the dynamics of Utah’s shifting religious landscape.…
Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (4 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Mormonism, Religion, and History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)