ASA member Landon Schnabel Landon Schnabel Cornell University has new research published in the ASA journal Socius on how young people are disengaging from religious institutions while reimagining spirituality on their own terms. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

I’m excited to share our new publication where Landon Schnabel, ilana horwitz, phd, Cyrus Schleifer, and I use a mixed-method approach to study young Americans’ trend of leaving organized religions for individualized spiritualities journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

Here's a piece I wrote for RNS about my research on the changing religious landscape and how people are moving from religious institutions to spiritual individualization: religionnews.com/2025/04/14/ame…

Excited that a paper I've worked on since 2020 about why Americans are leaving *organized* religion is now out with Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World Society for the Scientific Study of Religion-SSSR Religious Research Association CNN Religion Tulane School of Liberal Arts ASA Sociology ASA Sociology of Religion Section Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience

Wow, this title for coverage on our recent publication about religious change is pretty humorous: "Holy shift: More Americans finding faith outside church" eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

✨ Less pew, more “you.” New #Socius study by Drs. Landon Schnabel, ilana horwitz, phd, Dr. Peyman Hekmatpour & Schleifer finds young Americans are leaving institutional religion—but remaking #Spirituality around #Authenticity and #Inclusion. 📖 doi.org/10.1177/237802…

From Herbert Gans’ sociological legacy, to Laurie Essig on masculinity and authoritarianism, Stephanie Canizales on undocumented youth, and Dr. Craig Considine & Landon Schnabel on Pope Francis' impact. Read TSP's Clippings of Soc in the news here: 🔗 bit.ly/3EPBq2b 🔗

This week CCF blog hosted by The Society Pages Landon Schnabel tells us how young Americans are reimagining religion and family values. thesocietypages.org/ccf/

On Francis' papacy, Landon Schnabel says: "His calculated reforms — allowing priests to bless same-sex couples while maintaining traditional marriage doctrine — create breathing room within doctrinal boundaries rather than dismantling them." #PopeFrancis as.cornell.edu/news/death-pop…

Here's an interesting story about religious change in the United States that cites my research with ilana horwitz, phd, Dr. Peyman Hekmatpour, and Cyrus Schleifer: newrepublic.com/article/194513…

Many Americans support same-sex marriage and still say there are only two genders. About 2 in 3 agree with both. New PRRI Spotlight: prri.org/spotlight/many…

I used to be a minister and was curious why clergy feel dissatisfied with their jobs and consider leaving ministry. I identified three key predictors: feeling uncared for by one’s congregation, poor mental health, and religious doubts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Interesting news story about the rapture predictions that includes some quotes from me: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/r…

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Now available online: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…