jbaggett@scu.edu
(510) 846-8274
Degrees and Certifications
STL, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
PhD, Graduate Theological Union
MTS, Weston School of Theology
AB, Boston College
Research and Training Interests
- Secularity
- Sociology of Religion
- Sociology of Culture
- Religion and Social Theory
- Religion and Civic Engagement
Selected Publications
- The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: Atheism in American Culture, NYU Press, 2019
- Sense of the Faithful: How American Catholics Live Their Faith, Oxford University Press, 2009
- Habitat for Humanity: Building Private Homes, Building Public Religion, Temple University Press, 2000
- “An Atheist Perception of Christianity in the U.S.” in the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, 2017.
- “Another Legacy of Vatican II: Cultural Dilemmas among American Catholics” in Paul Crowley, ed., From Vatican II to Pope Francis: Charting a Catholic Future, 2014.
- “Protagoras’s Assertion Revisited: American Atheism and Its Accompanying Obscurities,” Implicit Religion, 2012
Courses Taught
- Sociology of Religion Culture
- Context and Lived Religion
- Religion and Social Transformation
- Religion and Social Theory
- The "New Atheism" in American Culture