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Darin M Mather

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • Sociology of Development
  • Sociology of Education
  • Sociology of Religion

Educational Background

  • PhD Candidate: Sociology, University of Minnesota.
  • M.Div.: Bethel Seminary, 1994.
  • BLS: University of South Dakota, 1989.

Research Activities

  • "Gender Equality in Religious Education: A Comparative Study of Catholic, Evangelical and Secular Private Schools in Guatemala": Dissertation Research
  • Mather, Darin M. 2011. “Divided by Age? Generational Shifts in White Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Towards Racial Diversity“ Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion 7:1-23.
  • “Profiles of Support: The Composition of Americans’ Emotional Support Networks“ : with Penny Edgell and Eric Tranby
  • "At the Limits of Tolerance: Dimensions of Tolerant Attitudes" with Eric Tranby
  • "Public Religion in America": with Penny Edgell, Shannon Golden and Eric Tranby

Courses Taught

  • Education and Society
  • Understanding Worldviews
  • Religion and International Development
  • The American Mosaic
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