Bradley Wright's Blog

Suppose that you’re at the local convenience store buying the usual—chips, soda, and, if it’s a good day, some Ben & Jerry’s, and there,...

In March, ABC's newshow , 20/20, ran a story about a Southern California pastor, K.C. Price, and it showed a film clip of Price saying: ...

We spent yesterday at Lake Compounce... a mid-sized amusement/ water park. Both boys brought friends, and we had such a good time that I do...

One of my favorite topics in social psychology is cognitive heuristics/ biases. Here's a list that my brother John linked to on his blog...

In my last post, I argued that comparing the moral behavior of Christians to members of other religions or the non-religiously affiliated is...

I want to develop an issue that came up in yesterday's blog post & comments. In particular, I think I was off the mark with somethin...

I am currently working on a research project regarding deconversion from Christianity. Several colleagues and I are looking at stories/inter...

Here's a very well-done map of the world's religion . In looking it over, do you find anything that you didn't expect? Some of t...

(Reprinted story) Homer Simpson vs. Cerne Abbas Giant: Pagans Pray for Rain Located on a hill near the village of Cerne Abbas, north of Dorc...

Joshua and Cathy went to buy the latest Harry Potter book last night at midnight, read it till 2:30 am., and he's been in bed all mornin...

My brother John, who recently started blogging, posted this gem about a "John Wright" tax . John does a lot of things right in the...

W.W. Norton Publishers have put together a sociology blog at www.everydaysociologyblog.com , and I was asked to be one of the contributors. ...

Somewhere along the line Cathy and I got into the habit of occasionally taking separate vacations. I suppose it was easier than always pack...

I've been reading through the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book these past several months, and I am struck by its general wisdom as well as ...

One of the good things of rural living (though I'm only a block away from UConn) are the animals. Last week, I saw in our yard a fox, 4 ...

An ongoing issue in thinking about and trying to act out Christianity is its relationship with culture. While Christianity claims timeless t...

Here's a map of the percentage of Europeans who believe in a God, and it's becoming unclear why people charactertize Christianity as...

We're thinking of getting a new car (actually a new used car), so one day, on a whim, I went by myself to the Honda dealership. We like...

Norton Publishing has put together a sociology blog for college students, entitled everydaysociologyblog.com , and they kindly asked (and ar...

As I've written about before, I've learned how to play the X-Box game "Halo"--a shoot-em-up set in the future against alie...