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March 30, 2020
“Responding to COVID-19 would be a lot harder without churches and Christian groups” by Byron R. Johnson, Thomas S. Kidd, Dallas Morning News
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March 30, 2020
“Mental health care in Waco joins shift to online as all adapt to new normal” Waco-Tribune Herald
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March 24, 2020
“Public Health Crises Such as COVID-19 May Lead to Flare-ups of Dangerous Religious Sentiments, including ‘Scapegoating’” A Q&A with Jeff Levin for Baylor Media
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January 22, 2020
“Weathering the Storm: How Faith Affects Well-Being” by Byron R. Johnson and Christos Andreas Makrids, Public Discourse Journal
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December 17, 2019
“When political pollsters talk about ‘evangelicals,’ they aren’t talking about all of us” by Thomas Kidd, The Dallas Morning News
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November 18, 2019
ISR Welcomes Dr. George Yancey as Director of ISR’s Program on Christianity and Community Studies and Professor of Sociology

WACO, Texas (November 11th, 2019) – After nearly two decades at the University of North Texas, George Yancey, Ph.D., has joined the Baylor University faculty this semester. Yancey will have a joint appointment between the Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) at Baylor, and also will be a full professor in Baylor’s Department of Sociology. Yancey’s current research […]

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October 30, 2019
“‘American Demagogue’ Review: Preaching Revolution” by Thomas Kidd, The Wall Street Journal
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