Kraig Beyerlein
Department of Sociology
Associate Professor; Director, Center for the Study of Religion and Society; faculty affiliate in the Center for the Study of Social Movements; faculty fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
- U.S./Mexico border issues
- Collective action
- Civic engagement
- Social movements
- Religion
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MedicalXpress
Only five percent of religious Americans report hearing solely anti-COVID-19 vaccine messaging from faith communities
December 03, 2021
A new study by University of Notre Dame sociologist Kraig Beyerlein found that the relationship between religion and vaccine hesitancy or acceptance is more complicated than it may appear.
Chicago Tribune
Op-ed: Faith communities have the power to get more Americans vaccinated
December 01, 2021
Kraig Beyerlein is an associate sociology professor and director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame. Jason Klocek, an assistant professor at the University of Nottingham, was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and Society. Grace Scartz, a Notre Dame undergraduate student, does research for the center.
Los Angeles Times
Prayer and politicking: Churches become a center of the California recall campaign
September 07, 2021
A majority of congregations in the U.S. engage in at least one politically related activity, including nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts and candidate endorsements, according to research by sociologists Kraig Beyerlein of the University of Notre Dame and Mark Chaves of Duke University citing the National Congregations Study.
The Christian Science Monitor
Biden, Warnock, and the resurgence of the liberal Christian
February 17, 2021
“I think it’s been an important corrective to how in America, at least, when we hear about religion and politics, it’s always about the right,” says Kraig Beyerlein, director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame.
NBC News THINK
Pete Buttigieg's faith was as much a part of his profile as being LGBT. Is it a model for others?
December 17, 2020
By Kraig Beyerlein, director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame and Jason Klocek, postdoctoral research fellow, the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame.