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EDUCATION
1954 S.T.L., St. Mary of the Lake Seminary
1961 M.A., Sociology, The University of Chicago
1962 Ph.D., Sociology, The University of Chicago
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1991-present Professor of Social Science, The University of Chicago
1985-present Research Associate, Member, Ogburn-Stouffer Center for the Study of Social Organization, NORC, The University of Chicago
1978-present Professor of Sociology, The University of Arizona
1971-1985 Cultural Pluralism Research Center, National Opinion Research Center (NORC), The University of Chicago
1963-1972 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago
1968-1970 Program Director in Higher Education, National Opinion Research
Center, The University of Chicago 1962-1968 Senior Study Director, National Opinion Research Center, The University of Chicago
PUBLICATIONS
Books " Non-fiction
The Church and the Suburbs. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1959.
The Religious Imagination. Sadlier, 1961.
Strangers in the House. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1961.
Religion and Career: A Study of College Graduates. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1963.
And Young Men Shall See Visions. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1964.
Letters to Nancy. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1965.
Priests for Today and Tomorrow. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 1965.
The Education of Catholic Americans, with Peter H. Rossi. (NORC Monographs in Social Research, No. 6.) Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1966.
The Hesitant Pilgrim: American Catholicism After the Council. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1966
The Catholic Experience: A Sociologist's Interpretation of the History of American Catholicism. New York: Doubleday and Co., 1967.
The Changing Catholic College. (NORC Monographs in Social Research, No. 13.) Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1967.
Uncertain Trumpet: The Priest in Modern America. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1968.
The Crucible of Change: The Social Dynamics of Pastoral Practice. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1968.
What Do We Believe? The Stance of Religion in America with Martin E. Marty and Stuart E. Rosenberg. New York: Meredith Press, 1968.
The Student in Higher Education. New Haven, CT: The Hazen Foundation, 1968.
From Backwater to Mainstream: A Profile of Catholic Higher Education. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969.
Religion in the Year 2000. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1969.
A Future to Hope in: Socio-religious Speculations. Garden City: Doubleday, 1969.
Life for a Wanderer. Garden City: Doubleday, 1969.
Recent Alumni and Higher Education: A Survey of College Graduates, with Joe L. Spaeth. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970.
Can Catholic Schools Survive? with William E. Brown. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1970.
The Friendship Game. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970.
The Life of the Spirit. Kansas City, MO: National Catholic Reporter, 1970.
New Horizons for the Priesthood. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1970.
The Jesus Myth. Doubleday Co., Inc., 1971.
American Priests. Chicago: National Opinion Research Center, March, 1971. (Prepared for the U.S. Catholic Conference.)
Why Can't They Be Like Us? New York: E.P. Dutton, 1971.
What A Modern Catholic Believes About God. Thomas Moore Press, 1971.
The Sinai Myth. Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1972.
The Denominational Society. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman & Co., 1972.
Unsecular Man. New York: Schocken Books, Inc., 1972.
Priests in the U.S.: Reflections on a Survey. New York: Doubleday, 1972.
That Most Distressful Nation: The Taming of the American Irish. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, Inc., 1972.
The Catholic Priest in the U.S.: Sociological Investigations. Washington: United States Catholic Conference, 1972.
Sexual Intimacy. London: W. H. Allen, 1973.
Ecstasy: A Way of Knowing. A Spectrum Book, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974.
Good News. Thomas More Association, 1974.
Ethnicity in the U.S.: A Preliminary Reconnaissance. New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1974.
Building Coalitions. New York: New Viewpoints Publishing Co., 1974.
The Sociology of the Paranormal. (Studies in Religion and Ethnicity, Vol. 3) Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1975.
The New Agenda. Image Book by Doubleday, 1975.
Ethnicity, Denomination and Inequality. Sage Papers in the Social Sciences, Vol. 4.) Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1976.
The Mary Myth. The Seabury Press, 1977.
Ethnicity. with Gregory Baum, The Seabury Press, NY, 1977.
The American Catholic: A Social Portrait. New York: Basic Books, 1977.
No Bigger Than Necessary. New York: New American Library, 1977.
Neighborhood. New York: The Seabury Press, 1977.
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Catholic Church. Thomas More Press, 1978.
Crisis in the Church: A Study of Religion in America. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1979.
Ethnic Drinking Subcultures, with William C. McCready and Gary Theisen. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1980.
The Religious Imagination. New York: Sadlier, 1981.
The Young Catholic Family. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1980.
Young Catholics in the United States and Canada, with Joan Fee, William C. McCready, and Teresa Sullivan. New York: William H. Sadlier, Inc., 1981.
The Irish Americans: The Rise to Money and Power. New York: Harper and Row, 1981.
Catholic High Schools and Minority Students. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1982.
Parish, Priest and People, with Mary Durkin, David Tracy, John Shea, and William C. McCready. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1981.
The Bottom Line Catechism. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1982.
Religion: A Secular Theory. New York: Free Press, 1982.
A Church to Come Home To, with Mary Durkin. Thomas More Press, 1982.
The Catholic Why? Book. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1983.
The Dilemma of American Immigration: Beyond the Golden Door, with Pastora Cafferty, Barry Chiswick, and Teresa Sullivan. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1983.
Angry Catholic Women, with Mary Durkin. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1984.
How to Save the Catholic Church, with Mary Durkin. New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1984.
American Catholics Since the Council. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1985.
Confessions of a Parish Priest. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.
Catholic Contributions: Sociology & Policy, with Bishop William McManus. Chicago: The Thomas More Press, 1987.
An Andrew Greeley Reader: Volume One. Chicago: Thomas More Press, 1987.
When Life Hurts: Healing Themes from the Gospels. Chicago: Thomas More Press, 1988.
God in Popular Culture. Chicago: Thomas More Press, 1988.
Sexual Intimacy: Love and Play. New York: Warner Books, 1988.
Myths of Religion. New York: Warner Books, 1988.
Religious Change in America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989.
Complaints Against God. The Thomas More Press, 1989.
Andrew Greeley's Chicago. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1989. (Photographs)
The Irish. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1990. (Photographs)
The Catholic Myth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/Macmillan, 1990.
The Bible and Us with Jacob Neusner. New York: Warner Books, 1990.
Faithful Attraction: Discovering Intimacy, Love, and Fidelity in American Marriage. New York: Tor Books, 1991.
The Sense of Love. Ashland Poetry Press. 1992.
Sacraments of Love. Crossroads, 1994.
Sex: The Catholic Experience . Chicago: Thomas More Press, 1995.
Religion as Poetry. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishing, 1995.
Love Affair. St. Pauls, Philippines, 1995.
Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995.
Common Ground with Jacob Neusner. Cleveland. Pilgrim Press, 1996.
Forging a Common Future with Chilton, Green, Neusner. Cleveland. Pilgrim Press, 1997.
I Hope You're Listening God. The Crossroads Publishing Co., 1997.
Virtues and Vices. Geneva Press, 1999.
Furthermore! New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, October, 1999.
An Epidemic of Joy with Mary Greeley Durkin, Acta Publishers, 1999.
The Catholic Imagination, University of California Press, 2000.
God in the Movies with Albert Bergesen, Transaction Publishers, September, 2000.
My Love A Prayer Journal, Sheed and Ward Publishers, November 2001.
Letters to a Loving God, Sheed and Ward Publishers, February 2002.
The Book of Love, with Mary G. Durkin, Tor/Forge Publishers, October 2002.
Religion in Europe at the End of the Second Millennium, Transaction Publishers, January 2003.
The Great Mysteries. (Reintroduced) Sheed & Ward, August 2003.
The Catholic Revolution: New Wine, Old Wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council. University of California Press. January 2004.
Priests: A Calling in Crisis. University of Chicago Press, February 2004.
The Making of the Pope. Little, Brown and Company. October 2005.
FICTION
The Magic Cup. New York: Warner Books, 1975.
Death in April. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.
The Cardinal Sins. New York: Warner Books, 1981.
Thy Brother's Wife. New York: Warner Books, 1982.
Ascent Into Hell. New York: Warner Books, 1983.
Lord of the Dance. New York: Warner Books, 1984.
Virgin and Martyr. New York: Warner Books, 1985.
Angels of September. New York: Warner Books, 1985.
Happy are the Meek. New York: Warner Books, 1985.
God Game. New York: Warner Books, 1986.
Happy are the Clean of Heart. New York: Warner Books, 1986.
Patience of a Saint. New York: Warner Books, 1987.
The Final Planet. New York: Warner Books, 1987.
Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice. New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987.
Rite of Spring. New York: Warner Books, 1987.
Angel Fire. New York: Warner Books, 1988.
Love Song. New York: Warner Books, 1989.
St. Valentine's Night. New York: Warner Books, 1989.
All About Women. New York: Tor Books, 1989.
The Cardinal Virtues. New York: Warner Books, 1990.
Sacred Visions. with Michael Cassutt, New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 1991.
The Search for Maggie Ward. New York: Warner Books, 1991.
An Occasion of Sin. New York: G.P. Putnam's Son, 1991 (aka Michigan Ave . Saint)
Happy Are the Merciful. New York: Jove/Berkley Publishing, 1992.
Wages of Sin. New York: G.P. Putnam's Son, 1992.
Happy Are the Peace Makers. New York: Jove Books, Inc. 1993.
Fall From Grace. New York: G.P. Putnam's Son, 1993.
Irish Gold. New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 1994.
Happy Are the Poor in Spirit. New York: Jove Books, Inc. 1994.
Angel Light. New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 1995.
Happy Are Those Who Mourn. New York: Jove Books, Inc. 1995.
White Smoke. New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 1996.
Happy Are The Oppressed. New York. Jove Books, Inc. 1996.
Irish Lace. New York. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, Nov. 1996
Summer at the Lake. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, May. 1997
Star Bright! New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, October 1997.
The Bishop at Sea. New York. Berkeley, November 1997.
Irish Whiskey. New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, March 1998.
Contract With an Angel. New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, May 1998.
A Midwinter's Tale. New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, October, 1998.
The Bishop and the Three Kings. New York, Penguin Putnam, Inc. October, 1998.
Irish Mist. New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, March, 1999.
Younger Than Springtime. New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, September 1999.
Irish Eyes. New York, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, March 2000.
The Bishop and the Missing L Train, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, June 2000.
A Christmas Wedding, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, October, 2000.
Irish Love, Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, January 2001.
The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, July 2001.
September Song. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, September 2001.
Irish Stew. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, February 2002.
The Bishop in the West Wing. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, June 2002.
Second Spring. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, April 2003.
The Bishop Goes to The University. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, September, 2003.
Emerald Magic. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, February 2004 (Edited by Andrew Greeley)
Priestly Sins. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, April 2004.
The Golden Years. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, December 2004.
Irish Cream. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, February 2005.
Irish Crystal. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, February 2006.
Articles
"Areas of Research on Religion and Social Organization." American Catholic Sociological Review, Vol. 23 (Fall, 1962).
"Anti-intellectualism in Catholic Colleges." American Catholic Sociological Review, Vol. 33 (Winter, 1962).
"Some Aspects of Interaction Between Religious Groups in an Upper Middle Class Roman Catholic Parish." Social Compass , Vol. 9, Nos. 1 & 2 (1962):39-61.
"Catholic College: System in Transition." Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 34 (March 1963).
"The Influence of the `Religious Factor' on the Career Plans and Occupational Values of College Graduates." American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 68 (May 1963).
"The Career Plans of Graduates of Catholic Colleges." American Catholic Sociological Review, Vol. 24 (Winter 1963).
"An Upper Middle Class Deviant Gang," with James Casey. American Catholic Sociological Review , Vol. 24 (Spring 1963).
"A Note on the Origins of Religious Differences." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 3 (Fall 1963).
"Correlates of Parochial School Attendance," with Peter H. Rossi. The School Review, Vol. 72 (Spring 1964).
"The Impact of the Roman Catholic Denominational School," with Peter H. Rossi. The School Review, Vol. 72 (Spring 1964).
"The Protestant Ethic: Time for a Moratorium." Sociological Analysis, Vol. 25 (Spring 1964).
"La sociologia americana e lo studio dei [gruppi ethnici] degli immigrati" [American Sociology and the Study of Group Ethnicity of Immigrants]. Studi Emigrazione,, Anno 1, No. 1 (October 1964).
"Criticism of Undergraduate Faculty by Graduates of Catholic Colleges." Review of Religious Research, Vol. 6 (Winter 1965).
"The Religious Behavior of Graduate Students," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 5 (1965).
"Parochial School Origins and Educational Achievement," with Seymour Warkov. American Sociological Review, Vol. 31 (June 1966).
"After Secularity: The Neo-Gemienschaft Society: A Post-Christian Postscript." Sociological Analysis, Vol. 27 (Fall 1966).
"Quali sono le prospettive della parrocchia nazionale negli Stati Uniti?" (Whither the National Parish of the United States?).Studi Emigrazione, Anno 2, No. 5 (February 1966):99-122.
"Some Results of Catholic Education in the United States." Concilium: An International Review of Theology, Vol. 4 (April 1967).
"Religion and Academic Career Plans: A Note on Progress." American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 72 (May 1967).
Review Symposium on Christian Beliefs and Anti-Semitism , by Charles Y. Glock and Rodney Stark. American Sociological Review, Vol. 32 (December 1967).
"The Use of Self-Administered Questionnaires," with Seymour Sudman and Leonard J. Pinto, in Seymour Sudman, Reducing the Cost of Surveys,. (NORC Monographs on Social Research, No. 10) Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1967.
"The College Blight on Idealism." Educational Record, Vol. 49 (Fall 1968).
"Non-Public Schools and Metropolitanism," with Donald A. Erickson, in Metropolitanism: Its Challenge to Education,. NSSE 67th Yearbook, Pt. 1, Chicago: The National Society for the Study of Education (1968).
"A Note on Political and Social Differences Among Ethnic College Graduates." Sociology of Education , Vol. 42 (Winter 1969).
"Moynihan and Drucker -- Demythologizers: A Review-Commentary on Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding, by Daniel P. Moynihan and The Age of Discontinuity,, by Peter F. Drucker." Educational Record, Vol 50 (Summer 1969).
"Continuities in Research on `The Religious Factor'--A Research Note." American Journal of Sociology , Vol. 74 (November 1969).
"Alumni of the Sixties Speak!" Alma Mater, Journal of the American Alumni Council, Vol. 36 (December 1969).
"`We' and `They': The Differences Linger." In Murray Friedman (ed.), Overcoming Middle Class Rage,. Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1971):257-268. From Greeley: "Why Can't They Be Like Us?" New York: Institute of Human Relations Press (1969):45-55.
"Religious Intermarriage in a Denominational Society." American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 75 (May 1970).
"The New Urban Studies--A Word of Caution." Educational Record, Vol. 51 (Summer 1970).
"The Urban Church." In Daniel P. Moynihan (ed.), Toward a National Urban Policy,. New York: Basic Books (1970).
"A Research Note: Political Change Among college Alumni." with Joe L. Spaeth. Sociology of Education , Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 1970).
"Moral Intelligence in a Complicated Society: The Role of the College." University of Chicago Magazine, (July-October 1970).
"Superstition, Ecstasy and Tribal Consciousness." Social Research, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Summer 1970).
"Implications for the Sociology of Religion of Occult Behavior in the Youth Culture." Youth and Society,, (December 1970):131-140. (Revised version of a paper presented at the meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC (August 1970). Appears also in Karen S. Calhoun and others: Innovative Treatment Methods in Psychopathology,. New York: Wiley (1974): 295-302.
"Sociology and Church Structure." Concilium: Theology in the Age of Renewal, Vol. 8, No. 6 (October 1970):26-35.
"Political Change Among College Alumni," with Joe L. Spaeth. Sociology of Education, Vol. 43, No. 1, (Winter 1970): 106-113.
"Attitudes Toward Racial Integration," with Paul B. Sheatsley. Scientific American, Vol. 225 (December 1971).
"Sociology as an Art Form." The American Sociologist, Vol 6. (August 1971).
"Portrait of the Neighborhood, Changing." Critic, Vol. 30 (September-October 1971).
"The Rediscovery of Diversity." Antioch Review, Vol. 31 (Fall 1971).
"The New American Religion." Concilium: Theology in the Age of Renewal, Vol. 9, No. 7 (November 1971):111-123.
"Religious Symbolism, Liturgy and Community." Concilium: Theology in the Age of Renewal, Vol 2, No. 7, (February 1971):59-69.
"A Social Science Model for the Consideration of Religious Apostasy." Concilium: Theology in the Age of Renewal, Vol. 6, No. 7 (1971):125-134.
"The Newman Report: Four Comments," with Alexander W. Astin, Joseph Katz, and David C. Epperson. Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 42, No. 7 (October 1971):610-623.
"The Religious Effects of Parochial Education," with Galen L. Gockel. In Merton P. Strommen (ed.), Research on Religious Development: A Comprehensive Handbook,, Hawthorne, New York (1971):264-301.
"A Most Distressful Nation: A Portrait of the American Irish." Dissent, Vol. 14, No. 5 (October 1971):450-459.
"An Ethnic Group Which Vanished--The Strange Case of the American Irish," with William C. McCready. Social Studies: Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1972).
"Political Attitudes Among American White Ethnics." Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 36, no. 2 (Summer 1972).
"American Catholics--Making It or Losing It?" The Public Interest, No. 28 (Summer 1972):26-37.
"The New Ethnicity and Blue Collars: Cultural Pluralism in the Working Class." , Dissent, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter 1972):270-277.
Appears also as part of Chapter 1, in Greeley: Ethnicity in the U.S.A. Preliminary Reconnaissance,, and in Irving Howe (ed.),The World of the Blue-Collar Worker,. New York: Quadrangle (1972):285-296.
"Occupational Choice Among the American Irish: A Research Note." Eire-Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1972):3-9.
"Rethinking Urban Religious Education." In Herbert J. Walberg and Andrew T. Kopan (eds.), Rethinking Urban Education,. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass (1972):165-172.
"Public and Non-public Schools--Losers Both." School Review, (February 1973).
"Some Notes on the Sociological Study of Mysticism," with William C. McCready. On the Margin of the Invisible:Sociology, the Esoteric and the Occult, Edward A . Tiryakian (ed.). New York: Wiley-Interscience (1974):303-22.
"Attitudes Toward Racial Integration" with Paul B. Sheatsley. In Social Problems and Public Policy: Inequality and Justice, Lee Rainwater (ed.). Chicago: Aldine 1974:241-250.
"The `Religious Factor' and Academic Careers: Another Communication." American Journal of Sociology , Vol. 78, No. 5 (March 1973): 1247-1255.
"Making It in America: Ethnic Groups and Social Status." Social Policy, Vol. 4, no. 2 (September/October 1973):21-99.
"The Irish." In Through Different Eyes,, Peter I. Rose; Stanley Rothman, and William J. Wilson (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press (1973):126-147. Original publication in Dissent, (October 1971).
"The End of Religion?" Religious Education, Vol. 68, No. 2 (March-April 1973):174-182.
"The Sexual Revolution Among Catholic Clergy." Review of Religious Research, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Winter 1973): 91-100.
"Political Participation Among Ethnic Groups in the United States: A Preliminary Reconnaissance." American Journal of Sociology , Vol. 80, no. 1 (July 1974):170-204. (Originally a paper presented at the meetings of the American Sociological Association, New Orleans (August 1972).
"Religion in a Secular Society." Social Research, Vol. 41, no.2 (Summer 1974):226-240.
"Role Commitment Processes and the American Catholic Priesthood," with Richard Schoenherr, American Sociological Review, Vol. 39, no. 3 (June 1974).
"Are We a Nation of Mystics?" with William McCready. New York Times Magazine, January 26, 1975.
"Ethnicity and Racial Attitudes: The Case of the Jews and the Poles." American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 80, No. 4 (January 1975):909-933.
"In the Neighborhood." Human Behavior, Vol. 4, no. 6 (June 1975):40-45.
"A Model for Ethnic Political Socialization." American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 19, no. 2 (May 1975):187-206.
"The Ethnic Miracle." Public Interest, no. 45 (Fall 1976): 20-36.
"Why Study Ethnicity?" In Pastora San Juan Cafferty and Leon Chestang (eds.), The Diverse Society: Implications for Social Policy,. Washington, National Association of Social Workers (1976):3-12.
"Council or Encyclical?" Review of Religious Research, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Fall 1976):3-24.
"Who Controls Catholic Education?" Education and Urban Society, Vol. 9, No. 2 (February 1977):147-166.
"Ethnic Minorities in the United States: Demographic Perspectives." International Journal of Group Tensions, Vol. 7, Nos. 3 & 4 (December 1977):64-97.
"How Conservative Are Catholic Americans?" Political Science Quarterly , Vol. 92, no. 2 (Summer 1977).
"Organized Religion in the United States." A paper commissioned by the U.S. Information Agency (March 1977).
"Ethnicity and Nationality in Alcoholism" in The Pathogenesis of Alcoholism,. Edited by Benjamin Kissin and Henri Begleiter. With William McCready, and Gary Theisen. (Plenum Press, New York, 1978).
"Editorial Research Note: [Occupational Patterns of Major U.S. Ethnic Groups.]" with Christian Wells Jacobsen. Ethnicity , Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 1978):1-13.
"Catholics and Coalition: Where Should They Go?" In Emerging Coalitions in American Politics. Edited by Seymour Martin Lipset. San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies (1978):271-295.
"Attitudes Toward Racial Integration" with D. Garth Taylor and Paul B. Sheatsley, Scientific American Vol. 238, No. 6 (June 1978):42-49.
"Debunking the Role of Social Scientists in Court." Human Rights Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1978):34-36, 49-51.
"Religious Musical Chairs." Transaction/Society Vol. 15, No. 4 (May/June 1978):53-59.
"Catholics and the Upper Middle Class: A Comment on Roof" ["Socioeconomic Differentials Among White Socioreligious Groups in the United States". Social Forces, Vol. 58, No. 1 (September 1979).] Social Forces Vol. 59, No. 3 (March 1981):824-830. (Same issue contains a response by Wade Clark Roof, pp. 831-836.)
"Ethnic Variations in Religious Commitment." In Robert Wuthnow (ed.), The Religious Dimension: New Directions in Quantitative Research. New York, Academic Press (1979):113-134.
"Sociology of American Catholics." Annual Review of Sociology Vol. 5 (1979):91-111.
"Varieties of Apocalypse in Science Fiction." Journal of American Culture Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer 1979).
"Who's a Chauvinist?" [Review symposium of Ethnic Chauvinism: The Reactionary Impulse, by Orlando Peterson, Stein & Day, 1977.] Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (July 1979):517-519.
"Ethnic Domestic Architecture in Chicago." Ethnicity Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 1979):137-146.
"Mary Survives." America. Feb. 23, 1980, with McGready, Sullivan, Fee.
"School Desegregation and Ethnicity." In Walter G. Stephan and Joe R. Feagin (eds.), School Desegregation. New York: Plenum (1980):13-155.
"Catholic High Schools and Minority Students." In Edward M. Gaffney (ed.) Private Schools and the Public Good: Policy Alternatives for the Eighties. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press (1981):6-16.
"American Catholics: Going Their Own Way." The New York Times Magazine, October 10, 1982, Section 6.
"Selective Catholicism: How They Get Away with It." America Vol. 148, No. 17 (April 30, 1983):333-336.
"Religion and Social Science." National Forum Vol. 63, No. 2 (Spring 1983):21-23.
"American Catholicism: 1909-1984." America Vol. 150, No. 24 (June 30, 1984):487-492.
"Religious Imagery as a Predictor Variable in the General Social Survey." Paper presented at the Plenary Session of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, October 26, 1984.
"The Bishops and the Economy: A `Radical' Dissent" America Vol. 152, No. 1 (January 12, 1985):19-25.
"Cafeteria Catholicism: Do you have to eat everything on your plate?" U.S. Catholic Vol 50, No. 1 (January 1985):18-25.
"Fiction and the Religious Imagination." America Vol. 152, No. 13 (April 6, 1985):274-277.
"Achievement Growth in Public and Catholic Schools." Sociology of Education Vol. 58, No. 2, (April, 1985): 74-97.
"Ellis Peters: Another Umberto Eco?" The Armchair Detective Vol. 18, No.3 (Summer 1985):238-245.
"Films as Sacrament." The Critic Vol. 40, No. 1 (Fall 1985):23-39.
"What is Subsidiarity? A Voice from Sleepy Hollow." America Vol. 153, No. 13 (November 9, 1985):292-295.
"In Defense of Hopeful Endings." Writers Digest (January 1987):28-31.
"Mysticism Goes Mainstream." American Health (January/February 1987):47-49.
"The "Impossible': It's Happening." Noetic Sciences Review #02, Spring, 1987.
"Review Essay: The Cult of the Virgin Mary." Sociology and Social Research Vol. 71, No. 3 (April 1987):172-173.
"The Center Doesn't Hold: Church Attendance in the United States, 1940-1984." With Michael Hout. American Sociological Review Vol. 52, No. 3 (June 1987):325-345.
"Hallucinations among the Widowed." Sociology and Social Research Vol. 71, No. 4 (July 1987):258-265.
"Why Catholics Stay in the Church." America Vol. 157, No. 3 (August 1-8, 1987):54-70.
"The Fall of an Archdiocese." Chicago Vol. 36, No. 9 (September 1987).
"Community as Social Capital: James S. Coleman on Catholic Schools." America (September 5, 1987):110-112.
"Empirical Liturgy: The Search for Grace." America Vol. 157, No. 15 (November 21, 1987):379-383, 390.
"Musical Chairs: Patterns of Denominational Change." With Michael Hout Sociology and Social Research Vol. 72, No.2, (January, 1988): 75-86.
"The Catholic Imagination of Bruce Springsteen." America Vol 158, No. 5 (February 6, 1988).
"Evidence That a Maternal Image of God Correlates with Liberal Politics." Sociology and Social Research Vol. 72, No. 3 (April, 1988): 150-154.
"In Defense of TV Evangelism." TV Guide Vol. 36, No. 26 (July 9-15).
"Defection Among Hispanics." America Vol. 159, No. 3 (July 23-30, 1988): 61-62.
"The Success and Assimilation of Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics in the United States." Sociology and Social Research Vol. 72, No. 4 (July 1988): 229-236.
"Correlates of Belief in Life After Death." Sociology and Social Research Vol. 73, No. 1
(October 1988): 3-8.
"Don't Scold Christmas Catholics." U.S. Catholic Vol. 53, No. 12 (December 1988): 30-31.
"The Declining Morale of Women." Sociology and Social Research Vol 73, No. 2 (January 1989): 53-58.
"Catholic Schools: A Golden Twilight?" America Vol. 160, No. 5 (February 11, 1989):106-108, 116-118.
"Don't Sell Catholic Schools Short." U.S. Catholic Vol. 54, No. 3 (March 1989): 14-15.
"Like a Catholic: Madonna's Challenge to Her Church" America Vol. 160, No. 18, May 13, 1989.
"The Secularisation Myth" with Michael Hout, The Tablet (June 10, 1989):665-667.
"Protestant and Catholic: Is the Analogical Imagination Extinct?" American Sociological Review, Vol. 54, No. 4 (August 1989):485-502.
"Against R.C.I.A." America, Vol. 161, No. 10 (October 14, 1989):231-234.
"Celibacy as Witness" The Tablet, Vol. 234, No. 7780 (August 26, 1989):968-970.
"Sociology and the Catholic Church: Four Decades of Bitter Memories" Sociological Analysis, 1989, 50:4: 393-397.
"My Research on Catholic Schools" Chicago Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3 (November, 1989): 245-263.
"Americans and Their Sexual Partners" with Robert T. Michael and Tom W. Smith Society, Vol. 27 (July-August 1990):36-42.
"The Catholic Novels of Jon Hassler" America,, Vol. 163, No. 15 (November 17, 1990):366-367.
"Development and Tolerance: The Case of Ireland" Eire-Ireland,, Vol. XXV, No. 4 (Winter, 1990):7-17.
"Theology and Sociology: On Validating David Tracy" Journal of the American Academy of Religion,, Volume LIX, No. 4 (Winter 1991):643-652.
"The Catholic Imagination and the Catholic University" America,, Vol. 164, No. 10 (March 16, 1991):285-288.
"Religion and Attitudes Towards AIDS Policy" Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 75, No. 3 (April 1991):126-132.
"A Model of Religious Choice Under Uncertainty: On Responding Rationally to the Nonrational" with John T. Durkin, Rationality and Society, Vol. 3 No. 2 (April 1991):178-196.
"The Demography of American Catholics: 1965-1990" Religion and the Social Order, Volume 2 (1991 JAI Press Inc.)37-56.
"The Talk Goes On: Irish Catholic Culture in Europe and America." A talk given at the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 26, 1991.
"Who Are the Catholic Conservatives?" America, Vol. 165, No. 7 (September 21, 1991):158-162.
"The Paranormal is Normal: A Sociologist Looks at Parapsychology" Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 85 (October 1991):367-374.
"American Exceptionalism: The Religious Phenomenon." In Byron E. Shafer (ed.) Is American Different? A New Look at American Exceptionalism. Oxford:Clarendon Press (1991):94-115.
"Bricolage Among the Trash Cans: The Creative Imagination at Work and Play and Love (Levi-Strauss, Leonardo, and Lieberson)". A talk given at the 50th Anniversity Celebration of the National Opinion Research Center, March 12, 1992, and at the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 21, 1992.
"Habits of the Head" Society, Vol. 29, No. 4 (May/June 1992):74-81.
"Sex and the Married Catholic: The Shadow of St. Augustine." America, Vol. 167, No. 13 (October 31, 1992):318-323.
"Sex and the Single Catholic: The Decline of an Ethic" America, Vol. 167, No. 14 (November 7, 1992):342-359.
"But Father, They're Priests: Clerical Culture and Pedophilia" The Critic, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Winter 1992):43-51.
"Religion in Britain, Ireland and the USA" in British Social Attitudes: The 9th Report, ed. Roger Jowell, Lindsay Brook, Gillian Prior and Bridget Taylor of Social and Community Planning Research, 1992. Great Britain:Dartmouth Publishing Company Limited.
"Bricolage Among the Trash Cans" Society, Vol. 30, No. 2 (January/February 1993):70-75.
"Religion and Attitudes Toward the Environment" Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 32, No. 1 (March 1993):19-28.
"How Serious is the Problem of Sexual Abuse by Clergy?" America, Vol. 168, No. 10, March 20-27, 1993):6-10. "Religion Around the World" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Social Survey Program, May 17, 1993, Chicago, IL.
"Religion Not Dying Out Around the World" Origins, Vol. 23, No. 4 (June 10, 1993):49-58.
"The Paranormal is Normal" The Christian Parasychologist, Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 1993):49-55.
"The Faith We Have Lost" America, Vol. 169, No. 9 (October 2, 1993):14-27.
"Magic in the Age of Faith" America, Vol. 169, No. 10 (October 9, 1993):8-14.
"Marital Infidelity" Society, Vol. 31, No. 4 (May/June 1994):9-13.
"Why Do Catholics Stay in the Church" The New York Times Magazine (July 10, 1994):38-41.
"A Sea of Paradoxes: Two Surveys of Priests" America. Vol. 171, No. 2 (July 16, 1994):6-10.
"The Talk Goes On: Irish Culture in Europe and America" in Survival or Salvation? A Second Mayo Book of Theology edited by Enda McDonagh. Dublin: The Columba Press (1994):194-214.
"In Defense of Celibacy?" America Vol. 171, No. 6 (September 10, 1994): 10-15.
"A Religion Revival in Russia" Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 33, No. 3 (September 1994):253-272.
"Why do Catholics Stay in the Church?" U.S. Catholic, March 1995.
"Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis" American Journal of Sociology 102/2 (1996) with P. Jenkins.
"Erotic Art: A Catholic Perspective." Christianity and the Arts, Vol 4, Feb/Apr 1997.
"The Catholic Imagination and Ireland" Doctrine and Life,Volume 46, April 1996.
"The People Cry Reform" The Tablet, The International Catholic Weekly published in
London, England; 22 March 1997, with Michael Hout.
"Polarizing Catholics" America, March 18, 1997.
"The Other Civic America" The American Prospect, May-June-1997
"Coleman Revisited" American Behavioral Scientist, Volume 40/No. 5 March/April 1997.
"Defection Among Hispanics" America, Vol. 177, No. 8, September 27, 1997.
"Prospects for Evangelization" America, Vol. 178, No. 2, January 17-24, 1998.
"Sacraments Shoudn't Be the Outward Signs of a Power Trip" U.S. Catholic, July, 1998. pp 24-26.
"The Revolutionary Event of Vatican II" Commonweal, Sept. 11, 1998. pp 14-20.
"A Catholic Revival" America, March, 1999.
"The Tilted Playing Field: Accounting for Religious Tastes" Journal of Contemporary Religion. May, 1999.
"The Crisis Suvey" America, Vol. 181, No. 13. October 30, 1999.
"Varieties of Religious Experience" America. Vol.181, No. 14. November 6, 1999.
"Authority As Charm" America. Vol. 181, No. 16. November 20, 1999.
"Young Catholics" Commonweal. Vol. CXXVI, No. 22. December 17, 1999.
"Just the Facts, Man" CommonwealVol. CXXVI, No.22, December 17, 1999.
"Americans' Increasing Belief in Life after Death: Religious Competition and Acculturation?" American Sociological Review Vol. 64, No. 6. December, 1999.
"The Apologetics of Beauty." America Vol. 183, No. 7. September 16, 2000.
"It's Fun to be Catholic." U.S. Catholic Vol. 65, No. 11, November, 2000.
"How Secularized Is the Ireland We Live in?" with Conor Ward, Doctrine & Life, December, 2000.
"Liturgists and the Laity." Antiphon, Volume 6, 2001.
"Getting to the Truths that Matter" with Michael Hout. American Sociological Review Vol. 66, No. 1, February 2001
"The Future of Religion in America." Society Vol. 38, No. 3, March/April 2001.
"Religion in the Emerald Tiger." America Vol. 184, No. 8, March 12, 2001.
"Rating Clergy Performances by the Laity." America Vol. 184, No. 15, May 7, 2001.
"Let's Stop Harassing Couples Who Finally Commit." U.S. Catholic June 2001.
"The Demographic Imperative in Religious Change in the United States." With Michael Hout and Melissa Wilde American Journal of Sociology, 107:2, September, 2001.
"A Cloak of Many Colors." Commonweal November 9, 2001.
"Religious Revivals in Eastern Europe." Society Jan/Feb 2002.
"Demographic Imperative in Religious Change." American Journal of Sociology September 2001.
"Why?" (addressing the sexual abuse scandals) America, May 27, 2002.
"The Great Story and Its Discontents." Society, November/December 2002.
""The Times' and Sexual Abuse by Priests." America, February 10, 2003.
"Social Constructionism with a Vengeance," Society. March/April 2003.
"They Leap From Your Brain Then Take Over Your Heart," Writers on Writing Vol 2: More Collected Essays from The New York Times. May, 2003.
"Catholics and Protestants in Brazil," with Celi Scalon, America, April, 2003.
"An Ugly Little Secret Revisited," U.S. Catholic Historian. Volume 21, No. 4, Fall 2003.
"Young Fogeys," The Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2004.
"Religious Decline in Europe?" America. March 1, 2004.
"For Priests, Celibacy Is Not the Problem." The New York Times Op-Ed. March 3, 2004.
"Information Deficit, Reorganizing the Church." Commonweal. March 12, 2004.
"A Bad Day for the Bishops." America. March 22, 2004.
"Why Aren't Our Churches Full?" America. June 7-14, 2004.
"A Priest Forever?" Commonweal. July 16, 2004.
"An Honest Writer," Book review in Commonweal, November 16, 2004.
"A Catholic Vote?" America. Dec. 6, 2004.
"How I Have Changed My Mind," Religion and American Culture, Winter 2004, Vol. 14, No. 1.
"Is God One of Us?" America, April 4-11, 2005.
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