P Froese
Biographic Data
| ID | 79790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Froese |
| GIVEN NAMES | P |
| FAMILY NAME | Froese |
| SIGNATURE | FROESE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9889-9987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 227 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
For the Power or the Glory? The Religiosity of America’s Religious Nationalists
State-centered Christian statism (CS) and society-centered religious traditionalism (RT) are two conservative religious nationalist ideologies that share Christian symbolisms but contain different attitudes about how the state and religion should interact; specifically, CS reflects the belief that Christianity needs to be the guiding ideology of the federal government, and RT mainly promotes the Christian ethos within civil society. We investigat…
The sacred gun
Gun culture is properly measured by a population's emotional and symbolic attachment to guns and not by rates of gun ownership. Using data from the Baylor Religion Survey (wave 6), we find that nearly all gun owners feel that guns provide them with a physical sense of security (Gun Security), but a distinct and crucial sub-set of owners express an additional and strong attachment to their weapons (Gun Sanctity). Gun Sanctity measures the extent t…
Prayer and Mental Well-Being in the United States
The Politics of Pandemic Emotions
Initial studies of the COVID-19 pandemic’s emotional toll indicated different outcomes based on partisanship and media consumption. This study builds on prior research by utilizing a broad set of measures to test how (1) political party affiliation, (2) trust in President Trump, (3) news media sources, and (4) distrust in the media’s portrayal of the pandemic impacted self-ascribed increases in negative emotions during the later stages of the pan…
The Duality of American Christian Nationalism
While posited as a unified ideology, Christian Nationalism (CN) actually contains two distinct views of what it means to be a 'Christian Nation'-one which envisions a Christian civil society separate from the profanities of politics, what we call 'Religious Traditionalism.' The other envisions a Christian federal government where power is wielded exclusively by ethno-religious insiders, or 'Christian Statism.' Multiple waves of two national surve…
Was the Arab Spring a Post-Islamist Moment
Scholars continue to debate political motives behind the Arab Spring – a debate that centers on the compatibility of democratic and Islamist preferences. Some frame the protests as a boon for democracy and prudential needs of citizens. Others report an Islamist turn against secular autocracies. Here, the authors argue that this framing relies on outdated civilizational narratives and that democratic, Islamist, and prudential concerns present conc…
Prayer in America
Despite prayer's central role in religious life, quantitative research on prayer typically focuses on its frequency without regard to the total amount, to why, to whom, or for what a person might be praying, nor how people feel when they pray. In this paper, we broaden our understanding of the prayer practices of American adults by focusing on their (1) quantity of prayer, (2) style of prayer, (3) purpose of prayer, (4) prayer target, and (5) emo…
Unchurched Christian Nationalism and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Prior research found that Christian nationalism was strongly associated with voting for Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. However, the effects of Christian nationalism may depend on voters’ religiosity. Using national data, we assess whether the association between Christian nationalism and Trump support differed for churchgoers and nonchurchgoers and find that Christian nationalism is not significantly associated with Trump support a…
Faith and Agency
An individual's sense of control varies with religiosity, but the direction of this relationship can change based on one's social status and one's image of God. Using data from the Baylor Religion Survey Wave V, our current study investigates how secure attachment to God, belief in a judgmental God, and belief in divine control are associated with sense of control. Our findings indicate that the type of religious belief explains when religion is …
God, Party, and the Poor
Moral attitudes justifying economic inequality are often embedded within conservative religion and politics in the United States, even as traditional Christian values assert the need for compassion toward the poor. Using the Baylor Religion Survey, we assessed the role of religion in influencing partisan attitudes about poverty, finding that Republicans not only oppose federal policy aimed toward redistribution of wealth but also articulate less …
Political Tolerance and God's Wrath in the United States
Ever since Stouffer (1955) began to measure political tolerance a half century ago, multiple studies have shown that church attendance and denominational affiliation play a significant role in influencing whether individuals want to extend civil liberties to fringe groups. However, there is little theoretical understanding of why religion should affect an individual's unwillingness to grant free expression to minority opinions. Drawing upon the t…
God in America
As citizens of the most technologically advanced and economically developed country in the world, nearly all Americans stalwartly maintain their faith in God, much more so than residents of other postindustrial countries (Norris and Ingelhart 2004). But what is the content and meaning of this belief? Perhaps belief in God has become so pervasive in contemporary American culture that it reflects little about believers' deeper religious thoughts, i…
Bill Sponsorship and Congressional Support for Policy Proposals, from Introduction to Enactment or Disappearance
I Am an Atheist and a Muslim
Journal Article "I Am an Atheist and a Muslim": Islam, Communism, and Ideological Competition Get access Paul Froese Paul Froese assistant professor of sociology Baylor University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 47, Issue 3, Summer 2005, Pages 473–501, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/47.3.473 Published: 01 July 2005
Explaining a Religious Anomaly
The sociology of religion is engrossed in a debate concerning the process of secularization. Some theories of secularization hold that religiosity decreases under the effects of modernization. In opposition, supply-side models of religious change maintain that declines in religiosity can be explained only through changes in the supply of religious goods. To further examine mechanisms of secularization, this article investigates the emergence of t…
The state of freedom in Russia
‘Man is born free, but dies in chains.’ There is nothing more false than this remarkable assertion ... . Rousseau really wanted to say: Man must be free; or: Man is created to be free; and the eterna
Replete and Desolate Markets
In nearly every state around the turn of the twentieth century, suffragists mobilized in grassroots suffrage organizations to secure the vote for women. While movement researchers have theorized that political opportunities are important in explaining why movements emerge, the results from an examination of the emergence of the state suffrage movements show that the mobilization of various resources along with the way in which pro-suffrage argume…
Comparing Opinions of People with Developmental Disabilities and Significant Persons in their Lives Using the Individual Supports Identification System (Isis)
Fifty-two people with developmental disabilities were interviewed using the Individual Supports Identification System (ISIS). This study reports on persons with developmental disabilities, served by the State of Washington Division of Developmental Disabilities, and includes persons whose onset of disability was prior to 18. To be eligible for services, an individual must have a disability that falls within one of the following categories: (1) me…
Cross-cultural development of a quality of life measure for men with erection difficulties
God in America
As citizens of the most technologically advanced and economically developed country in the world, nearly all Americans stalwartly maintain their faith in God, much more so than residents of other postindustrial countries (Norris and Ingelhart 2004). But what is the content and meaning of this belief? Perhaps belief in God has become so pervasive in contemporary American culture that it reflects little about believers' deeper religious thoughts, i…
Political Tolerance and God's Wrath in the United States
Ever since Stouffer (1955) began to measure political tolerance a half century ago, multiple studies have shown that church attendance and denominational affiliation play a significant role in influencing whether individuals want to extend civil liberties to fringe groups. However, there is little theoretical understanding of why religion should affect an individual's unwillingness to grant free expression to minority opinions. Drawing upon the t…
Replete and Desolate Markets
In nearly every state around the turn of the twentieth century, suffragists mobilized in grassroots suffrage organizations to secure the vote for women. While movement researchers have theorized that political opportunities are important in explaining why movements emerge, the results from an examination of the emergence of the state suffrage movements show that the mobilization of various resources along with the way in which pro-suffrage argume…
Explaining a Religious Anomaly
The sociology of religion is engrossed in a debate concerning the process of secularization. Some theories of secularization hold that religiosity decreases under the effects of modernization. In opposition, supply-side models of religious change maintain that declines in religiosity can be explained only through changes in the supply of religious goods. To further examine mechanisms of secularization, this article investigates the emergence of t…
The Duality of American Christian Nationalism
While posited as a unified ideology, Christian Nationalism (CN) actually contains two distinct views of what it means to be a 'Christian Nation'-one which envisions a Christian civil society separate from the profanities of politics, what we call 'Religious Traditionalism.' The other envisions a Christian federal government where power is wielded exclusively by ethno-religious insiders, or 'Christian Statism.' Multiple waves of two national surve…
God, Party, and the Poor
Moral attitudes justifying economic inequality are often embedded within conservative religion and politics in the United States, even as traditional Christian values assert the need for compassion toward the poor. Using the Baylor Religion Survey, we assessed the role of religion in influencing partisan attitudes about poverty, finding that Republicans not only oppose federal policy aimed toward redistribution of wealth but also articulate less …
Prayer in America
Despite prayer's central role in religious life, quantitative research on prayer typically focuses on its frequency without regard to the total amount, to why, to whom, or for what a person might be praying, nor how people feel when they pray. In this paper, we broaden our understanding of the prayer practices of American adults by focusing on their (1) quantity of prayer, (2) style of prayer, (3) purpose of prayer, (4) prayer target, and (5) emo…
Unchurched Christian Nationalism and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Prior research found that Christian nationalism was strongly associated with voting for Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. However, the effects of Christian nationalism may depend on voters’ religiosity. Using national data, we assess whether the association between Christian nationalism and Trump support differed for churchgoers and nonchurchgoers and find that Christian nationalism is not significantly associated with Trump support a…
Faith and Agency
An individual's sense of control varies with religiosity, but the direction of this relationship can change based on one's social status and one's image of God. Using data from the Baylor Religion Survey Wave V, our current study investigates how secure attachment to God, belief in a judgmental God, and belief in divine control are associated with sense of control. Our findings indicate that the type of religious belief explains when religion is …
The state of freedom in Russia
‘Man is born free, but dies in chains.’ There is nothing more false than this remarkable assertion ... . Rousseau really wanted to say: Man must be free; or: Man is created to be free; and the eterna
I Am an Atheist and a Muslim
Journal Article "I Am an Atheist and a Muslim": Islam, Communism, and Ideological Competition Get access Paul Froese Paul Froese assistant professor of sociology Baylor University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 47, Issue 3, Summer 2005, Pages 473–501, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/47.3.473 Published: 01 July 2005
The sacred gun
Gun culture is properly measured by a population's emotional and symbolic attachment to guns and not by rates of gun ownership. Using data from the Baylor Religion Survey (wave 6), we find that nearly all gun owners feel that guns provide them with a physical sense of security (Gun Security), but a distinct and crucial sub-set of owners express an additional and strong attachment to their weapons (Gun Sanctity). Gun Sanctity measures the extent t…
Cross-cultural development of a quality of life measure for men with erection difficulties
Comparing Opinions of People with Developmental Disabilities and Significant Persons in their Lives Using the Individual Supports Identification System (Isis)
Fifty-two people with developmental disabilities were interviewed using the Individual Supports Identification System (ISIS). This study reports on persons with developmental disabilities, served by the State of Washington Division of Developmental Disabilities, and includes persons whose onset of disability was prior to 18. To be eligible for services, an individual must have a disability that falls within one of the following categories: (1) me…
Replete and Desolate Markets
In nearly every state around the turn of the twentieth century, suffragists mobilized in grassroots suffrage organizations to secure the vote for women. While movement researchers have theorized that political opportunities are important in explaining why movements emerge, the results from an examination of the emergence of the state suffrage movements show that the mobilization of various resources along with the way in which pro-suffrage argume…
The state of freedom in Russia
‘Man is born free, but dies in chains.’ There is nothing more false than this remarkable assertion ... . Rousseau really wanted to say: Man must be free; or: Man is created to be free; and the eterna
Bill Sponsorship and Congressional Support for Policy Proposals, from Introduction to Enactment or Disappearance
I Am an Atheist and a Muslim
Journal Article "I Am an Atheist and a Muslim": Islam, Communism, and Ideological Competition Get access Paul Froese Paul Froese assistant professor of sociology Baylor University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 47, Issue 3, Summer 2005, Pages 473–501, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/47.3.473 Published: 01 July 2005
Explaining a Religious Anomaly
The sociology of religion is engrossed in a debate concerning the process of secularization. Some theories of secularization hold that religiosity decreases under the effects of modernization. In opposition, supply-side models of religious change maintain that declines in religiosity can be explained only through changes in the supply of religious goods. To further examine mechanisms of secularization, this article investigates the emergence of t…
God in America
As citizens of the most technologically advanced and economically developed country in the world, nearly all Americans stalwartly maintain their faith in God, much more so than residents of other postindustrial countries (Norris and Ingelhart 2004). But what is the content and meaning of this belief? Perhaps belief in God has become so pervasive in contemporary American culture that it reflects little about believers' deeper religious thoughts, i…
Political Tolerance and God's Wrath in the United States
Ever since Stouffer (1955) began to measure political tolerance a half century ago, multiple studies have shown that church attendance and denominational affiliation play a significant role in influencing whether individuals want to extend civil liberties to fringe groups. However, there is little theoretical understanding of why religion should affect an individual's unwillingness to grant free expression to minority opinions. Drawing upon the t…
God, Party, and the Poor
Moral attitudes justifying economic inequality are often embedded within conservative religion and politics in the United States, even as traditional Christian values assert the need for compassion toward the poor. Using the Baylor Religion Survey, we assessed the role of religion in influencing partisan attitudes about poverty, finding that Republicans not only oppose federal policy aimed toward redistribution of wealth but also articulate less …
Faith and Agency
An individual's sense of control varies with religiosity, but the direction of this relationship can change based on one's social status and one's image of God. Using data from the Baylor Religion Survey Wave V, our current study investigates how secure attachment to God, belief in a judgmental God, and belief in divine control are associated with sense of control. Our findings indicate that the type of religious belief explains when religion is …
Unchurched Christian Nationalism and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Prior research found that Christian nationalism was strongly associated with voting for Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. However, the effects of Christian nationalism may depend on voters’ religiosity. Using national data, we assess whether the association between Christian nationalism and Trump support differed for churchgoers and nonchurchgoers and find that Christian nationalism is not significantly associated with Trump support a…
Was the Arab Spring a Post-Islamist Moment
Scholars continue to debate political motives behind the Arab Spring – a debate that centers on the compatibility of democratic and Islamist preferences. Some frame the protests as a boon for democracy and prudential needs of citizens. Others report an Islamist turn against secular autocracies. Here, the authors argue that this framing relies on outdated civilizational narratives and that democratic, Islamist, and prudential concerns present conc…
Prayer in America
Despite prayer's central role in religious life, quantitative research on prayer typically focuses on its frequency without regard to the total amount, to why, to whom, or for what a person might be praying, nor how people feel when they pray. In this paper, we broaden our understanding of the prayer practices of American adults by focusing on their (1) quantity of prayer, (2) style of prayer, (3) purpose of prayer, (4) prayer target, and (5) emo…
The Duality of American Christian Nationalism
While posited as a unified ideology, Christian Nationalism (CN) actually contains two distinct views of what it means to be a 'Christian Nation'-one which envisions a Christian civil society separate from the profanities of politics, what we call 'Religious Traditionalism.' The other envisions a Christian federal government where power is wielded exclusively by ethno-religious insiders, or 'Christian Statism.' Multiple waves of two national surve…
Prayer and Mental Well-Being in the United States
The Politics of Pandemic Emotions
Initial studies of the COVID-19 pandemic’s emotional toll indicated different outcomes based on partisanship and media consumption. This study builds on prior research by utilizing a broad set of measures to test how (1) political party affiliation, (2) trust in President Trump, (3) news media sources, and (4) distrust in the media’s portrayal of the pandemic impacted self-ascribed increases in negative emotions during the later stages of the pan…
For the Power or the Glory? The Religiosity of America’s Religious Nationalists
State-centered Christian statism (CS) and society-centered religious traditionalism (RT) are two conservative religious nationalist ideologies that share Christian symbolisms but contain different attitudes about how the state and religion should interact; specifically, CS reflects the belief that Christianity needs to be the guiding ideology of the federal government, and RT mainly promotes the Christian ethos within civil society. We investigat…
The sacred gun
Gun culture is properly measured by a population's emotional and symbolic attachment to guns and not by rates of gun ownership. Using data from the Baylor Religion Survey (wave 6), we find that nearly all gun owners feel that guns provide them with a physical sense of security (Gun Security), but a distinct and crucial sub-set of owners express an additional and strong attachment to their weapons (Gun Sanctity). Gun Sanctity measures the extent t…
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