Sociologist. Author. Researcher. Speaker.

Tricia C. Bruce studies the people, institutions, and ideas behind religion in the United States, with a particular expertise in Catholicism.

Happenings


  • An American “Multiverse”?

    I enjoyed the opportunity to sit down with host Brandon Hollingsworth for this month’s “Dialogue” program on Knoxville’s NPR affiliate, WUOT. Alongside fellow panelists Dr. Aaron Astor (Maryville College historian) and Courtney Wright (University of Tennessee communication scholar), we discussed… Continue reading

    An American “Multiverse”?
  • Order Parish and Place Today!

    Oxford University Press, Amazon, and other sellers now have my newest book – Parish and Place – in stock! Time to order, read, react, share, and incorporate it into your classes and applied conversations! Here I am with the book… Continue reading

    Order Parish and Place Today!
  • TV appearance: Fewer Americans Saying “I Do”

    WBIR-Knoxville invited me to the station to comment on data showing that fewer Americans are getting married. View my live interview here. Continue reading

    TV appearance: Fewer Americans Saying “I Do”
  • Changing the parish to help keep unity in a changing Church

    Personal parishes sort and separate like-minded Catholics. There are now (by formal decree) personal parishes whose primary focus is social justice, the Traditional Latin Mass, charismatic Catholicism, Anglican Use, tourism, college ministry, and more. Read more in Part II of my… Continue reading

  • Download Parish & Place as an e-book

    The Kindle version of my new book, Parish and Place: Making Room for Diversity in the American Catholic Church, is now available! Hardback and paperback should be in stock any day now. Continue reading

  • Making Parishes Personal: Crisis Magazine story about my new book

    Read K. E. Colombini’s thoughtful piece in Crisis Magazine engaging ideas from my new book, Parish and Place: Making Parishes Personal I look forward to continuing the conversation as folks read my book in full (out by e-book now; hardback and… Continue reading

  • Crux Story about my new book (out soon!), Parish & Place

    Thanks to Fordham University professor / Crux columnist Charles Camosy for interviewing me about my forthcoming book, Parish and Place: Making Room for Diversity in the American Catholic Church. In this article (part I of II), we discuss how personal… Continue reading

  • Writing, and more writing…

    Summer time means writing time (actually, every season is writing season!). As I work to complete bigger projects this summer, here are links to a few smaller publications I’ve completed recently: My essay contribution to a review symposium of The… Continue reading

  • Academic Year 2016-2017, Wrapped.

    This semester wraps my 10th year teaching at Maryville College. Among this year’s teaching highlights was attending the “New Directions in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies” conference at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville with several of my students from Introductory Sociology and… Continue reading

  • Parish and Place

    The listing for my new book, Parish and Place: Making Room for Diversity in the American Catholic Church is now up on the Oxford University Press website, available for pre-order! Continue reading

    Parish and Place