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Congregational Snapshots: Understanding and Engaging Congregations through Cell Phone Photographs

Roman R. Williams Originally published on November 25, 2014 in Studying Congregations. Images are everywhere and everyone—from my school-aged children to professionals schooled in digital media production—is making them. Digital cameras are commonplace, standard equipment in cell phones. These devices record countless photographs and videos,…
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June 3, 2019
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The Sociology of Worship

Roman R. Williams & Mark T. Mulder Originally published on October 17, 2016, in the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Overview Worship stands as the central act of congregational life. Some have described congregations as organizations whose primary product is the worship service. While churches…
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October 17, 2016
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Ethical Considerations in Visual Research

Roman R. Williams Originally published on April 15, 2015 in Studying Congregations. Last year the school my children attend was in the midst of a capital campaign, which included high quality brochures and a promotional video. The school brought families and donors together for an…
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Engaging Congregations with Photovoice
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Congregational Snapshots: Understanding and Engaging Congregations through Cell Phone Photographs
Public Sociology
Interfaith Insight: Different faiths coming together around common interests
Articles & Essays

Religion, Migration, and Change in a European City

Roman R. Williams Religion in Europe changed dramatically over the last century. In the early 1900s, Christianity held a monopoly in Europe and churches enjoyed high rates of religious affiliation and participation. Everyone seemed to adhere to some brand of Christianity. A hundred years later,…
Articles & Essays
Visual Tools for Visual Times: Innovation and Opportunity in the Visual Sociology of Religion
Articles & Essays
Photo Elicitation and the Visual Sociology of Religion
Articles & Essays
Constructing a Calling: The Case of Evangelical Christian International Students in the United States
Book Reviews

Faith on the Avenue: Religion on a City Street, by Katie Day

Roman R. Williams Originally published on April 6, 2015 in Sociology of Religion. I have anticipated Katie Day’s book from the moment in 2010 that I viewed the narrated slideshow that showcases her research of religion in an urban context. The culmination of eight years…
Book Reviews
Angel Patriots: The Crash of United Flight 93 and the Myth of America, by Alexander Riley
Book Reviews
Visual Sociology, by Douglas Harper; Doing Visual Research, by Claudia Mitchell, and Advances in Visual Methodology, by Sarah Pink
Book Reviews
Places of Faith: A Road Trip Across America’s Religious Landscape, by Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke