Sociology Program
Mark Shibley, Professor of Sociology
Education:
| Ph.D. | Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara, 1993 |
| MA | Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara, 1989 |
| BS | Sociology, University of Oregon, 1985 (summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa) |
Courses taught at SOU:
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Ongoing Research:
| My research include resurgent evangelical Protestantism, religion and politics, religion and environmentalism, environmental justice, and community-based social researh. Recent projects involving students include surveys of Ashland Forest Resiliencey Project stakeholders, small woodland owners in Oregon, Jackson County residents, and City of Ashland residents. These community-based projects measure perceptions and behavior ranging from public health concerns to the management of natureal resources. |
Publications:
| Books: | 1997 | Building Community: Social Science in Action. Pine Forge Press, Thousand Oaks, CA. Co-editors: Nyden, Philip; Figert, Anne; Burrows, Darryl (1997 Paul Davidoff Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) |
| 1996 | Resurgent Evangelicalism in the United States: Mapping Cultural Change Since 1970. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC. (1997 Distinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientfic Study of Religion) | |
| Articles and book Chapters | 2011 | "Sacred Nature: Earth-based Spirituality as Popular Religion in the Pacific Northwest." Journal for the Study of Nature, Culture and Religion, 5.2: 164-185 |
| 2008 | "The Promise and Limits of Secular Spirituality in Cascadia," in Douglas Todd ed. Cascadia The Elusive Utopia: Exploring the Spirit of the Pacific Northwest. Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, B.C. | |
| 2005 | "Believing in the None Zone." Oregon Humanities, Fall/Winter. | |
| 2004 | "Secular but Spiritual in the Pacific Northwest," in Patricia O'Connell Killen and Mark Silk ed. Religion & Public Life in teh Pacific Northwest: The None Zone. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA. | |
| 2004 | "Surveying the Religious Landscape: Historical Trends and Current Patterns in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska," in Patricia O'Connell Killen and Mark Silk ed. Religion & Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA. Co-author: Killen, Patricia; with assistance from Boyer, Kellee and O'Riley, Kellie. | |
| 1998 | "Silent Epidemic, Environmental Injustice, or Exaggerated Concern?: Competing Frames in the Media Definition of Childhood Lead Poisoning as a Public Health Problem," Organization & Environment, 11:33-58. Co-author: Prosterman, Annette. | |
| 1998 | "Born-again and World-affirming: Evangelical Prosperity in the United States," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July. | |
| 1997 | "The Greening of Mainline American Religion: A Sociological Analysis of the Environmental Ethics of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment," Social Compass: International Review of Sociology of Religion, 44:333-348. Co-author: Wiggins, Jonathan. | |
| 1995 | "The Californication of American Evangelicalism: Deviance and Cultural Accommodation in the Midwest Vineyard Congregation," in Mary Jo Neitz and Marion S. Goldman ed. Sex, Lies, and Sanctity: Deviance and Religion in Contemporary America, JIA Press Inc., Greenwich, CN. | |
| 1994 | "Religion and Family Values in Presidential Voting," Sociology of Religion, 55:277-290. Co-authors: Hammond, Phillip E. and Solow, Peter M. (Reprinted in Steve Bruce, Peter Kivisto, and William H. Swatos, Jr. ed. The Rapture of Politics: The Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000, Transaction, London, 1994) | |
| 1993 | "When the Sacred Returns: An Empirical Test," in Eileen Barker ed. Secularization, Rationalism and Sectarianism, Oxford U. Press, Oxford. Co-author: Hammond, Phillip E. | |
| 1992 | "Religion in Oregon: Demographic Currents in the Mainstream," Pacific Northwest Quarterly,83:82-87 | |
| 1991 | "The Southernization of American Religion: Testing A Hypothesis," Sociological Analysis, 52:159-174 | |
| 1989 | "How New is the New Christian Right? A Study of Three Presidential Elections," in Jeffrey Hadden and Anson Shupe ed. secularization and Fundamentlism Reconsidered, Paragon House, New York. Co-author: Johnson, Benton |
Recent Public Lectures:
| 2010 | "Sustaining Family Forests - A Cultural Persepctive." Keynote Address. Oregon Small Woodland Association. Portland, OR |
| 2010 | Plenary Session, "Spiritual but not Religious." Earl Lectures, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. |
| 2008 | "Making History." Commencement Address, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. |
| 2005 | "Mega-churches and Forest Temples: An Examination of the Contours of Popular Religion in the 'Secular' Northwest." Oregon Chautauqua Lectures, Oregon Council for the Humanities. |
| 2004 | "Religion, Politics and Policy: From the White House to the School House." Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2004 | "Secular but Spiritual in the Pacific Northwest." Southern Oregon University. |
| 2001 | "Understanding Holy War: The Role of Religion in Recent Terrorism and the U.S. Response." Southern Oregon University. |