Susan B Ridgely
Biographic Data
| ID | 579028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan B Ridgely |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan B |
| FAMILY NAME | Ridgely |
| SIGNATURE | RIDGELY S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Subversive Habits
Conservative Christianity and the Creation of Alternative News
In this article, I explore how, from 1977 through 2009, the conservative Christian media empire, Focus on the Family, acted as a model for and a creator of alternative news long before the 2016 election. In particular, since 1977, Focus linked proper Christianity with recognition of a world of hazards by defining danger as those people and institutions who refused to submit to God, especially feminists, secular universities, and the welfare state…
The Generational Ties That Bind American Roman Catholics
Roman Catholic Studies has had little interest in or sources on Catholics marginalized by region or age or both. Challenging this assumed wisdom calls for a new orientation to the study of Catholicism, an orientation found in Anthropology. In this paper, I question why scholars have failed to ask questions about how age—different stations in life and varying generational contexts, across space, time and within one historical moment—shapes Roman C…
Building God’s Kingdom
When Pain Becomes Symbolic of Commitment
Children and Religion
This essay demonstrates how the perspectives of children can both inform and expand our understanding of religious traditions. It examines the current scholarship on the topic, which primarily centers on adult efforts to socialize children into a tradition, but is beginning to examine the ability of children to negotiate a religiously diverse world. Children sort through the networks of support and influence in their lives to find meaningful ways…
Doing Ethnography with Child Consultants
Drawing on my work in Catholic parishes and evangelical Christian homes and churches, as well as conversations with other scholars, I will share some lessons I learned about the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and review how I have handled issues of consent and privacy concerns that have arisen in that process from 1996 through 2012. While no one can offer a how-to guide, I hope to demonstrate that as the National Institutes of Health's …
The study of children in religion
Decentering Sin
Children and Religion
This essay demonstrates how the perspectives of children can both inform and expand our understanding of religious traditions. It examines the current scholarship on the topic, which primarily centers on adult efforts to socialize children into a tradition, but is beginning to examine the ability of children to negotiate a religiously diverse world. Children sort through the networks of support and influence in their lives to find meaningful ways…
Doing Ethnography with Child Consultants
Drawing on my work in Catholic parishes and evangelical Christian homes and churches, as well as conversations with other scholars, I will share some lessons I learned about the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and review how I have handled issues of consent and privacy concerns that have arisen in that process from 1996 through 2012. While no one can offer a how-to guide, I hope to demonstrate that as the National Institutes of Health's …
Decentering Sin
Decentering Sin
The study of children in religion
Children and Religion
This essay demonstrates how the perspectives of children can both inform and expand our understanding of religious traditions. It examines the current scholarship on the topic, which primarily centers on adult efforts to socialize children into a tradition, but is beginning to examine the ability of children to negotiate a religiously diverse world. Children sort through the networks of support and influence in their lives to find meaningful ways…
Doing Ethnography with Child Consultants
Drawing on my work in Catholic parishes and evangelical Christian homes and churches, as well as conversations with other scholars, I will share some lessons I learned about the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and review how I have handled issues of consent and privacy concerns that have arisen in that process from 1996 through 2012. While no one can offer a how-to guide, I hope to demonstrate that as the National Institutes of Health's …
When Pain Becomes Symbolic of Commitment
Building God’s Kingdom
The Generational Ties That Bind American Roman Catholics
Roman Catholic Studies has had little interest in or sources on Catholics marginalized by region or age or both. Challenging this assumed wisdom calls for a new orientation to the study of Catholicism, an orientation found in Anthropology. In this paper, I question why scholars have failed to ask questions about how age—different stations in life and varying generational contexts, across space, time and within one historical moment—shapes Roman C…
Conservative Christianity and the Creation of Alternative News
In this article, I explore how, from 1977 through 2009, the conservative Christian media empire, Focus on the Family, acted as a model for and a creator of alternative news long before the 2016 election. In particular, since 1977, Focus linked proper Christianity with recognition of a world of hazards by defining danger as those people and institutions who refused to submit to God, especially feminists, secular universities, and the welfare state…
Subversive Habits
Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)