Stephen R Christ
Biographic Data
| ID | 5931735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen R Christ |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen R |
| FAMILY NAME | Christ |
| SIGNATURE | CHRIST S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Truman State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-3183-3114 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Institutional time inequality
Modern bureaucratic institutions distribute not only resources, rights, sanctions, and recognition, but also time. This article develops a theory of institutional time inequality to explain how disparities in the duration between claim and resolution become a mechanism of stratification. Drawing on sociological theories of time, bureaucracy, waiting, administrative burden, and capital conversion, I argue that institutional delay is not merely an …
Matachines in the Midwest
This article examines how a community of recent Mexican migrants and their families use popular religious practices to sustain a sense of ethnic Mexican identity in a predominantly White rural Catholic Church where their growing presence and influence are changing how Catholicism is practiced. In this rural setting, participation in a Matachines dance tradition functions to bring the Mexican community together, place before them a common traditio…
Jumping the Broom
During the time of slavery in the United States, many enslaved Africans were not able to marry in churches or courthouses. As a result, the custom of “jumping the broom” emerged as a nontraditional wedding ceremony which functioned as well as a wedding license among free individuals in the South. While this wedding ceremony was once forced on couples, the act has experienced a revival in recent years among African Americans wishing to connect wit…
Matachines in the Midwest
This article examines how a community of recent Mexican migrants and their families use popular religious practices to sustain a sense of ethnic Mexican identity in a predominantly White rural Catholic Church where their growing presence and influence are changing how Catholicism is practiced. In this rural setting, participation in a Matachines dance tradition functions to bring the Mexican community together, place before them a common traditio…
Jumping the Broom
During the time of slavery in the United States, many enslaved Africans were not able to marry in churches or courthouses. As a result, the custom of “jumping the broom” emerged as a nontraditional wedding ceremony which functioned as well as a wedding license among free individuals in the South. While this wedding ceremony was once forced on couples, the act has experienced a revival in recent years among African Americans wishing to connect wit…
Matachines in the Midwest
This article examines how a community of recent Mexican migrants and their families use popular religious practices to sustain a sense of ethnic Mexican identity in a predominantly White rural Catholic Church where their growing presence and influence are changing how Catholicism is practiced. In this rural setting, participation in a Matachines dance tradition functions to bring the Mexican community together, place before them a common traditio…
Jumping the Broom
During the time of slavery in the United States, many enslaved Africans were not able to marry in churches or courthouses. As a result, the custom of “jumping the broom” emerged as a nontraditional wedding ceremony which functioned as well as a wedding license among free individuals in the South. While this wedding ceremony was once forced on couples, the act has experienced a revival in recent years among African Americans wishing to connect wit…
Institutional time inequality
Modern bureaucratic institutions distribute not only resources, rights, sanctions, and recognition, but also time. This article develops a theory of institutional time inequality to explain how disparities in the duration between claim and resolution become a mechanism of stratification. Drawing on sociological theories of time, bureaucracy, waiting, administrative burden, and capital conversion, I argue that institutional delay is not merely an …
Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Broom (1 work) · Bureaucracy (1 work) · Capital (architecture) (1 work)