Conservative Protestant child discipline has recently become the subject of considerable social research and public controversy. However, no systematic empirical evidence has been brought to bear on conservative Protestant rates of parental yelling, which we view as a key indicator of an...

This study examines the influence of beliefs about the cause of homo-sexuality on public policy attitudes concerning gay rights. Copyright (c) 2004 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

In the wake of welfare reform, many states-including Mississippi-have considered utilizing religious congregations as a provider of services to the needy. The possibility of utilizing religious congregations to provide social services previously borne by the state stems from the "charitable...