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Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Paranormal Beliefs, Vaccine Confidence, and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.” Sociology of Religion.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Echo Chambers in a Closed Community: Vaccine Uptake and Perceived Effectiveness among the Amish and Old Order Mennonites.” The Sociological Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2022.2053315
Colyer, Corey J., Rachel E. Stein, Katie E. Corcoran, and Annette M. Mackay. Forthcoming. “Amish Population Pyramids: Demographic Patterns across Affiliations in the Holmes County Ohio Settlement.” The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Sara K. Guthrie, and Annette M. Mackay. 2022. “Rituals of Contagion in Closed Religious Communities: A Case Study of Amish and Mennonite Communities in the United States During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 61(5): 4260-4281.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2022. “‘God will protect us’: Belief in God/Higher Power’s Ability to Intervene and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.” Review of Religious Research 64: 475-495.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2022. “Individual’s Use of Religion in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 61(2) 293-313.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2022. “Endorsement of Religion-Science Conflict as an Expression of Group Solidarity among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Sociology of Religion, 83(1): 79-101.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2021. “COVID-19 Skepticism in Relation to Other Forms of Science Skepticism.” Socius, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211049841
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2021. “Christian Nationalism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake.” Vaccine 39(45): 6614-6621.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Multiple (Non)Religious Identities Leads to Undercounting Religious Nones and Asian Religious Identities.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(2): 424-441.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Global Contexts: How Countries Shape the COVID-19 Experience of Amish and Mennonite Missionaries Abroad.” Religions 12(1): 1-18.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 60: 3230-3244.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Rachel E. Stein. 2021. “‘When the Waves Roll High’: Religious Coping among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Religions 12(9): 1-17.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Carina Perrone, and Jeralynn S. Cossman. 2021. “The Influence of Reproductive History on Post-Reproductive Mortality: A Case Study of Amish Women.” The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities 2(1): 62-79.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, and Brittany M. Kowalski. 2021. “Familial Ties, Location of Occupation, and Congregational Exit in Geographically-Based Congregations: A Case Study of the Amish.” Review of Religious Research, 63: 245-268.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2020. “More than Nothing: Examining the Worldview Influences of Nonreligious College Students.” Review of Religious Research 62: 249-271.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Brittany M. Kowalski, and Corey J. Colyer. 2020. “Congregational Cohesion, Retention, and the Consequences of Size Reduction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of An Old Order Amish Congregation.” Sociology of Religion 81(2): 206-229.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2020. "Emotion, Religion, and Civic Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis of U.S. Congregations." Sociology of Religion. 81(1): 20-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srz012
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2020. "Region, Routine Activities, and Violent Victimization: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis of 112 Countries." International Review of Victimology 26(2): 234-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758019869108
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher Scheitle, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2020. "Organizational Activities and Property Crime Victimization." The Sociological Quarterly 61(1): 164-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1583047
Corcoran, Katie E. 2019. "Religious Capital Specificity: Predicting Member Retention." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 1.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer. 2019. "Fostering Interaction in a Strict Non-communal Group: A Case Study of Amish Visiting Practices." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 3.
Hudnall, Erin B., Katie E. Corcoran, and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2019. "Is West Virginia A Religious Void? An Empirical Investigation." Review of Religious Research 61(2): 109-118.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2019. "Adopting a Stigmatized Label: Social Determinants of Identifying as an Atheist beyond Disbelief." Social Forces 97(4): 1731-1756.
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2018. "Culture, Region, and Cross-National Violent Crime." Sociological Forum 33(2): 310-333.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Caitlin Halligan. 2018. "The Rise of the Nones and the Changing Relationships between Identity, Belief, and Behavior." Journal of Contemporary Religion 33(3): 567-579.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2018. "Religious Tradition and Workplace Religious Discrimination: The Moderating Effects of Regional Context." Social Currents 5(3): 283-300.
Wurpts, Bernd, Katie E. Corcoran, and Steven Pfaff. 2018. "The Hanseatic League and the Coming of the Reformation: Urban Networks, Social Diffusion and the Adoptions of Protestantism." Social Science History 42(2): 213-244.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2018. "A Double-Edged Sword: The Countervailing Effects of Religion Cross-National Crime." Social Science Quarterly 99(1): 377-389.
Snedker, Karen, Lindsey Beach, and Katie E. Corcoran. 2017. "Beyond the 'Revolving Door'? Reducing Criminal Recidivism in One Mental Health Court." Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal 44(9): 1141-1162.
Corcoran, Katie E. and James K. Wellman, Jr. 2016. "'People Forget He's Human': Charismatic Leadership in Institutionalized Religion." Sociology of Religion 77(4): 309-333.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob TN Young. 2015. "Perceptions of Societal Injustice and Efficacy: Participation in Low/Moderate/High-Cost Collective Action." Sociological Inquiry 85(3): 429-461.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2015. "Thinkers and Feelers: Emotion and Giving." Social Science Research 52: 686-700.
Pfaff, Steven, Michael Hechter, and Katie E. Corcoran. "The Problem of Solidarity in Insurgent Collective Action: The Nore Mutiny of 1797." Social Science History 40(2): 247-270.
Wellman, James K. Jr., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate Stockly-Meyerdirk. 2014. "'God is like a Drug...': Explaining Interaction Rituals in American Megachurches." Sociological Forum 29(3): 650-672.
Wellman, James K. Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2013. "Religion and Regional Culture: Embedding Religious Commitment within Place." Sociology of Religion 74(4): 496-520.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2013. "Divine Exchanges: Applying Social Exchange Theory to Religious Behavior." Rationality and Society 25(3): 335-369.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. "Piety, Power, and the Purse: The Political Religious Economies Theory and Urban Reform in the Holy Roman Empire." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(4): 757-776.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2012. "Religion and the Acceptability of White-Collar Crime: A Cross-National Analysis." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(3): 542-567.
Winner of the 2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E. 2012. "Religious Human Capital Revisited: Testing the Effect of Religious Human Capital on Religious Participation." Rationality and Society 24(3): 343-379.
Winner of the 2011 Rationality and Society Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob T. N. Young. 2011. "The Context of Control: A Cross-National Investigation of the Link between Political Institutions, Efficacy, and Collective Action." British Journal of Social Psychology 50(4): 575-605.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Paranormal Beliefs, Vaccine Confidence, and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.” Sociology of Religion.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Echo Chambers in a Closed Community: Vaccine Uptake and Perceived Effectiveness among the Amish and Old Order Mennonites.” The Sociological Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2022.2053315
Colyer, Corey J., Rachel E. Stein, Katie E. Corcoran, and Annette M. Mackay. Forthcoming. “Amish Population Pyramids: Demographic Patterns across Affiliations in the Holmes County Ohio Settlement.” The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Sara K. Guthrie, and Annette M. Mackay. 2022. “Rituals of Contagion in Closed Religious Communities: A Case Study of Amish and Mennonite Communities in the United States During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 61(5): 4260-4281.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2022. “‘God will protect us’: Belief in God/Higher Power’s Ability to Intervene and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.” Review of Religious Research 64: 475-495.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2022. “Individual’s Use of Religion in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 61(2) 293-313.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2022. “Endorsement of Religion-Science Conflict as an Expression of Group Solidarity among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Sociology of Religion, 83(1): 79-101.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2021. “COVID-19 Skepticism in Relation to Other Forms of Science Skepticism.” Socius, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211049841
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2021. “Christian Nationalism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake.” Vaccine 39(45): 6614-6621.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Multiple (Non)Religious Identities Leads to Undercounting Religious Nones and Asian Religious Identities.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(2): 424-441.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Global Contexts: How Countries Shape the COVID-19 Experience of Amish and Mennonite Missionaries Abroad.” Religions 12(1): 1-18.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 60: 3230-3244.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Rachel E. Stein. 2021. “‘When the Waves Roll High’: Religious Coping among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Religions 12(9): 1-17.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Carina Perrone, and Jeralynn S. Cossman. 2021. “The Influence of Reproductive History on Post-Reproductive Mortality: A Case Study of Amish Women.” The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities 2(1): 62-79.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, and Brittany M. Kowalski. 2021. “Familial Ties, Location of Occupation, and Congregational Exit in Geographically-Based Congregations: A Case Study of the Amish.” Review of Religious Research, 63: 245-268.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2020. “More than Nothing: Examining the Worldview Influences of Nonreligious College Students.” Review of Religious Research 62: 249-271.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Brittany M. Kowalski, and Corey J. Colyer. 2020. “Congregational Cohesion, Retention, and the Consequences of Size Reduction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of An Old Order Amish Congregation.” Sociology of Religion 81(2): 206-229.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2020. "Emotion, Religion, and Civic Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis of U.S. Congregations." Sociology of Religion. 81(1): 20-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srz012
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2020. "Region, Routine Activities, and Violent Victimization: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis of 112 Countries." International Review of Victimology 26(2): 234-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758019869108
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher Scheitle, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2020. "Organizational Activities and Property Crime Victimization." The Sociological Quarterly 61(1): 164-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1583047
Corcoran, Katie E. 2019. "Religious Capital Specificity: Predicting Member Retention." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 1.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer. 2019. "Fostering Interaction in a Strict Non-communal Group: A Case Study of Amish Visiting Practices." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 3.
Hudnall, Erin B., Katie E. Corcoran, and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2019. "Is West Virginia A Religious Void? An Empirical Investigation." Review of Religious Research 61(2): 109-118.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2019. "Adopting a Stigmatized Label: Social Determinants of Identifying as an Atheist beyond Disbelief." Social Forces 97(4): 1731-1756.
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2018. "Culture, Region, and Cross-National Violent Crime." Sociological Forum 33(2): 310-333.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Caitlin Halligan. 2018. "The Rise of the Nones and the Changing Relationships between Identity, Belief, and Behavior." Journal of Contemporary Religion 33(3): 567-579.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2018. "Religious Tradition and Workplace Religious Discrimination: The Moderating Effects of Regional Context." Social Currents 5(3): 283-300.
Wurpts, Bernd, Katie E. Corcoran, and Steven Pfaff. 2018. "The Hanseatic League and the Coming of the Reformation: Urban Networks, Social Diffusion and the Adoptions of Protestantism." Social Science History 42(2): 213-244.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2018. "A Double-Edged Sword: The Countervailing Effects of Religion Cross-National Crime." Social Science Quarterly 99(1): 377-389.
Snedker, Karen, Lindsey Beach, and Katie E. Corcoran. 2017. "Beyond the 'Revolving Door'? Reducing Criminal Recidivism in One Mental Health Court." Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal 44(9): 1141-1162.
Corcoran, Katie E. and James K. Wellman, Jr. 2016. "'People Forget He's Human': Charismatic Leadership in Institutionalized Religion." Sociology of Religion 77(4): 309-333.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob TN Young. 2015. "Perceptions of Societal Injustice and Efficacy: Participation in Low/Moderate/High-Cost Collective Action." Sociological Inquiry 85(3): 429-461.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2015. "Thinkers and Feelers: Emotion and Giving." Social Science Research 52: 686-700.
Pfaff, Steven, Michael Hechter, and Katie E. Corcoran. "The Problem of Solidarity in Insurgent Collective Action: The Nore Mutiny of 1797." Social Science History 40(2): 247-270.
Wellman, James K. Jr., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate Stockly-Meyerdirk. 2014. "'God is like a Drug...': Explaining Interaction Rituals in American Megachurches." Sociological Forum 29(3): 650-672.
Wellman, James K. Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2013. "Religion and Regional Culture: Embedding Religious Commitment within Place." Sociology of Religion 74(4): 496-520.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2013. "Divine Exchanges: Applying Social Exchange Theory to Religious Behavior." Rationality and Society 25(3): 335-369.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. "Piety, Power, and the Purse: The Political Religious Economies Theory and Urban Reform in the Holy Roman Empire." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(4): 757-776.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2012. "Religion and the Acceptability of White-Collar Crime: A Cross-National Analysis." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(3): 542-567.
Winner of the 2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E. 2012. "Religious Human Capital Revisited: Testing the Effect of Religious Human Capital on Religious Participation." Rationality and Society 24(3): 343-379.
Winner of the 2011 Rationality and Society Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob T. N. Young. 2011. "The Context of Control: A Cross-National Investigation of the Link between Political Institutions, Efficacy, and Collective Action." British Journal of Social Psychology 50(4): 575-605.
Book Manuscripts
Wellman, James K. Jr., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate Stockly. 2020. High on God: How Megachurches Won The Heart of America. New York: Oxford University Press.
Stark, Rodney and Katie E. Corcoran. 2014. Religious Hostility: A Global Assessment of Hatred and Terror. Waco: ISR Books.
Stark, Rodney and Katie E. Corcoran. 2014. Religious Hostility: A Global Assessment of Hatred and Terror. Waco: ISR Books.
Other Publications
Corcoran, Katie E. and James A. Kitts. 2012. “Communitarianism: Industrial Experiments.” In Encyclopedia of American Reform Movements, Facts on File.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. “Seattle Protests.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, George Ritzer (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2010. “Book Review: BOUNDLESS FAITH: THE GLOBAL OUTREACH OF AMERICAN CHURCHES. By: Robert Wuthnow.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49(1): 193-4.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. “Seattle Protests.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, George Ritzer (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2010. “Book Review: BOUNDLESS FAITH: THE GLOBAL OUTREACH OF AMERICAN CHURCHES. By: Robert Wuthnow.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49(1): 193-4.
