Publications

Kent, Blake Victor, Laura Upenieks, Daniel Y. Jang, Christopher G. Ellison, and Bradley R.E. Wright. 2024. “See You Sunday?” Effects of Attending a Specific Weekend Religious Service on Emotional Well-Being: A State/Trait Analysis of the SoulPulse Study.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. pdf

Kent, Blake Victor, W. Matthew Henderson, Matt Bradshaw, Christopher G. Ellison, and Bradley R.E. Wright. 2021. "Do Daily Spiritual Experiences Moderate the Effect of Stressors on Psychological Well-being? A Smartphone-based Experience Sampling Study of Depressive Symptoms and Flourishing." The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 1-22. pdf

Wright, Bradley R.E. 2021. “Methodological Innovations in the Study of Religion and Spirituality.” Chapter in Situating Spirituality: Context, Practice, and Power, edited by Brian Steensland and Jaime Kucinskas. Oxford University Press. link
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Brelsford, Gina M., Lynn G. Underwood, and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2019. “Love in the Midst of Stressors: Exploring the Role of Daily Spiritual Experiences.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion 30: 25-43. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2018. “Field Experiments of Religion: A Dream Whose Time has Come.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 57(2): 193-205. pdf

Baumeister, Roy F., Bradley R. E. Wright, and David Carreon. 2018. “Self-Control ‘In the Wild’: Experience Sampling Study of Trait and State Self-Regulation.” Self and Identity 494–528. pdf

Kucinskas, Jaime, Bradley R. E. Wright, and Stuart Riepl. 2018. “The Interplay between Meaning and Sacred Awareness in Everyday Life: Evidence from a Daily Smartphone Study.” The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 28(2):71-88. pdf
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Kucinskas, Jaime, Bradley R. E. Wright, D. Matthew Ray, and John Ortberg. 2017. “States of Spiritual Awareness by Time, Activity, and Social Interaction.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 56(2): 418-37. pdf

Gutierrez, Ian A., Crystal L. Park, and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2017. “When the Divine Defaults: Religious Struggle Mediates the Impact of Financial Stressors on Psychological Distress.” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 9(4): 387-98. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E., Richard Blackmon, David Carreon, and Luke Knepper. 2017. "Lessons Learned from SoulPulse, A Smartphone-Based Experience Sampling Method (S-ESM) Study of Spirituality." Pp. 344-64 in Faithful Measures: New Methods in the Measurement of Religion, edited by Roger Finke and Christopher D. Bader. New York: New York University Press. link

Park, Crystal L., Bradley R. E. Wright, Jeremy Pais, and D. Matthew Ray. 2016. “Daily Stress and Self-Control.” Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 35(9): 738-53. pdf

‍Wright, Bradley R. E., Michael Wallace, Annie Scola Wisnesky, Christopher M. Donnelly, Stacy Missari, and Christine Zozula. 2015. “Religion, Race, and Discrimination: A Field Experiment of How American Churches Welcome Newcomers.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 54(2): 185-204. pdf

Wallace, Michael, Bradley R. E. Wright, and Allen Hyde. 2014. “Religious Affiliation and Hiring Discrimination in the American South: A Field Experiment.” Social Currents 1(2): 189-207. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E., Michael Wallace, John Bailey, and Allen Hyde. 2013. “Religious Affiliation and Hiring Discrimination in New England: A Field Experiment.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 34: 111-26. pdf

Donnelly, Chris and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2013. “Goffman Goes to Church: Face-Saving and the Maintenance of Collective Order in Religious Services.” Sociological Research Online 18(1): 18. pdf
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Wallace, Michael, Bradley R. E. Wright, Christine Zozula, Stacy Missari, Christopher M. Donnelly, Annie Scola Wisnesky. 2012. “A New Approach for Studying Stratification and Religion: Early Results from a National Internet-Based Field Experiment Study of U.S. Churches.” Research in the Sociology of Work 23: 369-97. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E., Christina Zozula, and W. Bradford Wilcox. 2012. “Bad News about the Good News: The Construction of the Christian-Failure Narrative.”  Journal of Religion & Society 14. pdf
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Wright, Bradley R. E., Dina Giovanelli, Emily G. Dolan, and Mark Evan Edwards. 2011. “Explaining Deconversion from Christianity: A Study of On-Line Narratives.” Journal of Religion & Society,13. pdf

McFarland, Michael J., Bradley R. E. Wright, and David L. Weakliem. 2011. “Educational Attainment and Religiosity: Exploring Variations by Religious Tradition.” Sociology of Religion 72(2): 166-88. pdf
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Wright, Bradley R. E. 2011. “Protestantism.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology. Ed. Jeff Manza. New York: Oxford University Press. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2011. “Response to Hearing the Cries: Faith and Criminal Justice.” Journal of Lutheran Ethics 11(3). link

Baier, Colin and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2001. “'If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments': A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Religion on Crime.” Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency 38(1): 3-21. pdf

Vuolo, Mike, Bradley R. E. Wright, and Sadé Lindsay. 2019. “Inmate Responses to Experiences with Court System Procedural and Distributive Justice.” The Prison Journal 99(6): 725-47. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2010. “Life-Course Interdependence.” Invited entry in Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory, edited by Francis Cullen and Pamela Wilcox.  Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. and C. Wesley Younts. 2009. “Reconsidering the Relationship between Race and Crime: Positive and Negative Predictors of Crime among African-American Youth.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 46(3): 27-352. link

Piquero, Alex R., Terrie E. Moffitt, and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2007. “Self-Control and Criminal Career Dimensions.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 23: 72-89. pdf

Ostertag, Steven, Bradley R. E. Wright, Robert S. Broadhead, and Frederick L. Altice.2006. "Trust and Other Characteristics Associated with Health CareUtilization by Injection Drug Users." Journal of Drug Issues 36(4): 953-74. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E., Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Ray Paternoster. 2004. "Does the Perceived Risk of Punishment Deter Criminally-Prone Individuals? Rational Choice, Self-Control, and Crime." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 41(2): 180-213. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E., Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Phil Silva. 2001. “The Effects of Social Ties on Crime Vary by Criminal Propensity: A Life-Course Model of Interdependence.” Criminology 39(2): 321-48. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2000. “Aggression and Unemployment, Mediation and Moderation.” Prevention and Treatment 3(34). link

Wright, Bradley R. E., Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Phil Silva. 1999. “Low Self-Control, Social Bonds, and Crime: Social Causation, Social Selection, or Both?” Criminology 37(3): 479-514. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E., Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Richard Miech, and Phil Silva. 1999. “Reconsidering the Relationship between SES and Delinquency: Causation but Not Correlation.” Criminology 37(1): 175-94. pdf

Miech, Richard, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Bradley R. E. Wright, and Phil Silva. 1999. “Low Socioeconomic Status and Mental Disorders: A Longitudinal Study of Selection and Causation during Young Adulthood.” American Journal of Sociology 104(4): 1096-131. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E. 1998. “Behavioral Intentions and Opportunities among Homeless Individuals: An Extension of the Theory of Reasoned Action.” Social Psychological Quarterly 61(4): 271-86. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E., Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Phil A. Silva. 1998. “Factors Associated with Doubled-Up Housing—A Common Precursor to Homelessness.” Social Service Review 72(1): 92-111. pdf

Caspi, Avshalom, Bradley R. E. Wright, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Phil A. Silva. 1998. “Early Failure in the Labor Market: Childhood and Adolescent Predictors of Unemployment in the Transition to Adulthood.” American Sociological Review 63(3): 424-51. link

Wong, Irene, Irving Piliavin, and Bradley R. E. Wright. 1998. “Residential Transitions among Homeless Families and Homeless Single Individuals: A Comparison Study.” Journal of Social Service Research. 24(2): 1-27. link

Courtney, Mark E., Irving Piliavin, and Bradley R. E. Wright. 1997. “Transitions From and Returns to Out‑of‑Home Care.” Social Service Review 71(4): 652-67. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 1997. “Pathways Off the Streets: Homeless People and Their Use of Resources.” Focus 19(1). link

Piliavin, Irving, Bradley R. E. Wright, Robert D. Mare, and Alex H. Westerfelt. 1996. “Exits from and Returns to Homelessness.” Social Service Review 70(1): 33-57. link

Bailey, John, Michael Wallace, and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2013. “Are Gay Men andLesbians Discriminated against When Applying for Jobs?  A Four-City, Internet-Based FieldExperiment.” Journal of Homosexuality 60(6): 873-94. pdf

Weakliem, David L., Gordon Gauchat, and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2012. “Sociological Stratification: Change and Continuity in the Distribution of Departmental Prestige, 1965-2007.” American Sociologist 43(3): 310-27. pdf

Weakliem, David L. and Bradley R. E. Wright. 2009. “Robustness of Group-Based Models for Longitudinal Count Data.” Sociological Methods & Research 38(1): 147-70. pdf

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2002. “Intelligence and Crime.” Invited entry in Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Revised Edition, edited by Joshua Dressler. Macmillan: New York.

Wright, Bradley R.E. and Andy Best. 2023. The Purpose Journal: Discover Your Destiny and Leave a Legacy. Research and stories about life purpose coupled with reflective questions. Presented as a 21-week daily journal. Developed also to be used as experimental treatment in my research. KDP Publishing. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. and Cathryn Entner Wright. 2023. LifeCrafting: How to Change (Just About Any) Behavior to Create an Extraordinary Life. Synthesis of research on behavioral change and Christian spirituality. Includes findings from the SoulPulse study. Resource Publications (Wipf & Stock). link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2011. Upside: Surprising Good News about the State of Our World. Bethany House Publishers (Baker Books): Social and economic trends in the United States and World.  Data from US Census, United Nations, and numerous other sources. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2010. Christians are Hate-Filled Hypocrites… and Other Lies You’ve Been Told: A Sociologist Shatters Myths from the Secular and Christian Media. Bethany House Publishers (Baker Books): Minneapolis. Analysis of religious trends in America using data from the GSS, Add Health, Roper, Pew, Gallup, and other sources. Winner of Book of the Year Award in “Christianity and Culture,” Christianity Today. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2019. “Is American Christianity on Its Last Legs? The Data Say Otherwise.” Christianity Today, September. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2017. “The Science of Sinning Less: What New Research Reveals about Self-Control and Willpower.” Christianity Today, May (cover story). link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2015. “Dear Pastor, Can I Come to Your Church? Inside a New Experiment that Tests our Hidden Racial Biases.” Christianity Today, July/August (cover story). link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2014. “Your Faith Might Cost You Your Next Job.” Christianity Today, June. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. and various contributors. 2012-2017. Black, White, and Gray Blog, published on Patheos.com. A team of scholars posting about religion and society. Organizer. link 

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2012. “The ‘War’ on Religion: A Closer Look at What America Really Thinks about Christians.” Relevant Magazine, May/June: 70-2. link 

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2011. “Americans Like Evangelicals After All: What They Really Think about Evangelicals, and Why We Worry about It.” Christianity Today, August 5 (cover story). link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2010. “The Lies We Buy About Youth Ministry.” Group Magazine, September/October. link

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2009. "Can We Follow Willow Creek's Follow Me? An Examination of the Latest Reveal Study." Journal of Youth Ministry 7(2): 93-104.

Wright, Bradley R. E. 2008. “What We Can and Can’t Learn from Willow Creek’s REVEAL Study.” Journal of Youth Ministry 7(1): 101-14.
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