Recent Publications

With Ilia Delio, O.S.F., "Teilhard de Chardin and the New Spirituality." In Ilia Delio, O.S.F., ed. From Teilhard Omega: Co-creating an Unfinished Universe.  MaryKnoll, NY: Orbis Books (2014), 166 - 183.

Unnamed Article an article in Symposium Reviews of Recent Books in American Catholic History in U.S. Catholic Historian 29, 2 (Spring 2011): 79-81.

"Forward" to Mike Hayes, Googling God: The Religious Landscape of People in their 20s and 30s. New York: Paulist Press, 2007, vii-ix.

"Paper City and Southern Parish: American Catholics in Postwar Social Science Research." U.S. Catholic Historian 25, 4 (Fall 2007): 45-62.

"The American Cultural Context for Adolescent Catechesis." Momentum (February/March 2007): 52-55.

"Faith, Hope and (Excessive) Individualism." In Robert P. Umbelli, ed. Handing on the Faith: The Church's Mission and Challenge. New York: The Crossroads Publishing Co., 2006, pp. 30-43.

"On Naming Religious Extremists: The 'Fundamentalist' Factor." In David Odell-Scott, ed. Democracy and Religion: Free Exercise and Diverse Visions. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University, 2004, pp. 243-266.

"The New (Old) Age Movement: Assessing the Vatican Assessment." Journal of Contemporary Religion 19, 3 (2004): 273-288.

"Gibson and Traditionalists." Religion in the News 6, 5 (Fall 2003): 16-17, 22.

"Home Missions-Future Church." America 169, 14 (November 3, 2003): 10-13.

"On Teaching the Introductory Course." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 12, 1 (Winter 2002): 25-31.

"An 'Army of Youth': The Sodality Movement and the Practice of Apostolic Mission." U.S. Catholic Historian 19, 3 (Summer 2001): 35-49.

"Baby Boomers in the Spiritual Marketplace." The Living Light 37, 1 (Fall 2000): 75-80.

"Social and Behavioral Science Perspectives on Conversion/Recruitment to New Religious Movements: Theories and Assessments." In Michael Fuss, ed. Re-Inventing New Religious Movements. Roma, Italia:Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, 1999 [1990], pp. 45-64.

Mary Johnson, Dean Hoge, William Dinges, Juan Gonzales, "Young Adult Catholics: Conservative? Alienated? Suspicious?" America 180, 10 (March 27, 1999): 9-13.