Exit From Faith

Mackenzie Edmonds
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This podcast aims to distribute the preliminary research I gained from the research project I did during the Fall 2021 semester. In this podcast I'll talk about surveys, interviews, and a content analysis along with possible next steps that could be taken with this research. Thanks for listening!

Episodes

  1. 02/22/2022

    Interviews

    In this episode I discuss the importance of interviews for social research and talk about the data that they can provide which surveys, which we discussed previously, can't. I also go through the results of my second method of preliminary data collection: interviews.  The interview guide I mentioned in this episode of Exit From Faith can be found in the published google doc here.

  2. 12/26/2021

    Introduction and Surveys

    In this episode I give a brief introduction to my topic and go through the results of my first method of preliminary data collection: surveys. References: Brinkerhoff, Merlin B., and Kathryn L. Burke. 1980. “Disaffiliation: Some Notes on ‘Falling from the Faith.’” Sociological Analysis 41 (1): 41. https://doi.org/10.2307/3709857. Bromley, David G. 1998. “Linking Social Structure and the Exit Process in Religious Organizations: Defectors, Whistle-Blowers, and Apostates.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37 (1): 145. https://doi.org/10.2307/1388034. Guest, Greg, Arwen Bunce, and Laura Johnson. 2006. “How Many Interviews Are Enough?: An Experiment with Data Saturation and Variability.” Field Methods 18 (1): 59–82. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X05279903. Perez, Sergio, and Frédérique Vallières. 2019. “How Do Religious People Become Atheists? Applying a Grounded Theory Approach to Propose a Model of Deconversion.” Secularism and Nonreligion 8 (0): 3. https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.108. Smith, Gregory A. 2021. “About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/12/PF_12.14.21_update_on_religion_trends_report.pdf. Smith, Jesse M. 2011. “Becoming an Atheist in America: Constructing Identity and Meaning from the Rejection of Theism.” Sociology of Religion 72 (2): 215–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srq082. The survey questions I mentioned in the podcast can be found in this published google doc here.

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This podcast aims to distribute the preliminary research I gained from the research project I did during the Fall 2021 semester. In this podcast I'll talk about surveys, interviews, and a content analysis along with possible next steps that could be taken with this research. Thanks for listening!

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  • Creator
    Mackenzie Edmonds
  • Years Active
    2022
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mackenzie Edmonds
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    Exit From Faith