Drs. Scheitle and Corcoran are leading a project team examining religion, enchanted worldviews, and their relation to science. This research is supported by a grant from the Science and Religion: Identity and Belief Formation grant initiative spearheaded by the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University and the University of California-San Diego and provided by the Templeton Religion Trust via The Issachar Fund.
Publications resulting from this on-going project:
Faculty member
Graduate student member
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. Forthcoming. “COVID-19 Skepticism in Relation to Other Forms of Science Skepticism.” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211049841
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Individual’s Use of Religion in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2021. “Christian Nationalism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake.” Vaccine 39(45): 6614-6621.
Other publications in the Sociology of Religion, Science, and Worldviews:
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2022. “Endorsement of Religion-Science Conflict as an Expression of Group Solidarity among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Sociology of Religion 83(1): 79-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srab003
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2021. “More than Nothing: Examining the Worldview Influences of Nonreligious College Students.” Review of Religious Research 62: 249-271.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Taylor Remsburg, and Lisa F. Platt. “Science Graduate Students’ Reports of Discrimination Due to Gender, Race, and Religion: Identifying Shared and Unique Predictors.” Socius doi:10.1177/23780231211025183
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Religiosity and Identity Interference among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Social Science Research.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Brittany M. Kowalski, Erin B. Hudnall, and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Religion, Family, and Career among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(1): 131-146.
Oberlin, Kathleen C. and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2019. “Biblical Literalism Influences Perceptions of History as a Scientific Discipline.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 5:237802311982642.
Scheitle, Christopher P., David R. Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2018. "Scientists and Religious Leaders Compete for Cultural Authority of Science." Public Understanding of Science 21(1): 59-75.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2017. Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher P. Scheitle, Jared Peifer, and Daniel Bolger. 2017. "Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate Change Skepticism." Environment and Behavior 49(9): 985-1006.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2017. "Recommending a Child Enter a STEM Career: The Role of Religion." Journal of Career Development 44(3): 251-65.
Publications resulting from this on-going project:
Faculty member
Graduate student member
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. Forthcoming. “COVID-19 Skepticism in Relation to Other Forms of Science Skepticism.” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211049841
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Individual’s Use of Religion in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2021. “Christian Nationalism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake.” Vaccine 39(45): 6614-6621.
Other publications in the Sociology of Religion, Science, and Worldviews:
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2022. “Endorsement of Religion-Science Conflict as an Expression of Group Solidarity among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Sociology of Religion 83(1): 79-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srab003
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2021. “More than Nothing: Examining the Worldview Influences of Nonreligious College Students.” Review of Religious Research 62: 249-271.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Taylor Remsburg, and Lisa F. Platt. “Science Graduate Students’ Reports of Discrimination Due to Gender, Race, and Religion: Identifying Shared and Unique Predictors.” Socius doi:10.1177/23780231211025183
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Religiosity and Identity Interference among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Social Science Research.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Brittany M. Kowalski, Erin B. Hudnall, and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Religion, Family, and Career among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(1): 131-146.
Oberlin, Kathleen C. and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2019. “Biblical Literalism Influences Perceptions of History as a Scientific Discipline.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 5:237802311982642.
Scheitle, Christopher P., David R. Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2018. "Scientists and Religious Leaders Compete for Cultural Authority of Science." Public Understanding of Science 21(1): 59-75.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2017. Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher P. Scheitle, Jared Peifer, and Daniel Bolger. 2017. "Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate Change Skepticism." Environment and Behavior 49(9): 985-1006.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2017. "Recommending a Child Enter a STEM Career: The Role of Religion." Journal of Career Development 44(3): 251-65.