Tricia C. Bruce, PhD

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.

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Happenings

  • Cohabitation, Babies, and Diversity in Families

    Knoxville’s WBIR TV invited me into the station to comment on new data revealing a further decline in “shotgun weddings” and increase in cohabitation. Continue reading

  • Visualizing New Research in Religion

    The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion will soon hold its annual meeting in Boston (Nov 8-10). As the 2013 Program Chair, I know well the variety of innovative research on religion that will make this meeting great. Visualized… Continue reading

  • Pope Francis and “Elite” Interviewing in Social Science

    We received today from the Jesuit Catholic magazine America a gift, in the form of a 12,000 word, candid interview with Pope Francis. Read the full article here. Sociologists employ a variety of methods to better understand the social world;… Continue reading

  • Guest TV Appearance on Immigration Reform

    http://www.wbir.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2325327418001 Knoxville’s WBIR/NBC affiliate invited me to share a social science perspective on newly proposed immigration reforms. The live interview also incorporates comments from a student in my Spring 2013 Immigration/Perspectives on the Social Sciences class, which has been quite… Continue reading

  • Faithful Revolution (Oxford Bestseller)

    My book is featured as a bestseller in the Spring 2013 Religion Catalog from Oxford University Press. Continue reading

  • The Election of a Pope

    Today is a historic day for the global Catholic Church: the start of the conclave to elect a new pope. 115 Cardinals will gather to pray and vote. 58 percent of them were made cardinals by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI,… Continue reading

  • Winter Seminar at the Louisville Institute

    Great conversations about ongoing projects at the Louisville Institute’s Winter Seminar. In the spirit of its mission to support research and leadership education on American religion, the Institute gathered a number of its 2012 grantees to discuss their work. The… Continue reading

  • Roe vs. Wade at Forty

    My interview with Knoxville’s WBIR TV Station about the cultural impacts of Roe vs. Wade, 40 years later. Continue reading

  • “Mobilizing Ideas” Dialogue on Religion & Activism

    Ziad Munson, Rhys Williams, Grace Yukich, and I were invited to participate in this month’s essay dialogue for “Mobilizing Ideas,” a blog hosted by the Center for the Study of Social Movements (University of Notre Dame). The focus? Religion and… Continue reading

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