Clay Routledge

From Academia to Hollywood: An Interview with Tony Tost

Right now, I’m maybe most spooked by how a living, breathing cultural memory is seeming to evaporate.

Clay Routledge

13 Jul 2019 · 21 min read

Religious Faith and the Family: An Interview with Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox

In the main, religion is a force for good in the families we examined in this report—from 11 countries ranging from Mexico to Canada, from the United States to Ireland.

Clay Routledge

23 May 2019 · 5 min read

Meaning Matters

Religion isn’t just like any organization or group that affords people the opportunity to socialize.

Clay Routledge

26 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

Turns out, the traditional masculinity that drives many of us men to be confident, assertive, adventurous, stoic, and willing to take risks for our goals, the people we love, and sometimes even complete strangers are bad for us and society.

Clay Routledge

23 Jan 2019 · 6 min read

How the Self-Esteem Myth Has Damaged Society and Us—An Interview with Will Storr

When we tell ourselves we can be anything we want to be, which is the myth that emerges from Human Potential and self-esteem ideas, we’re setting ourselves up for unhappiness, because it’s simply not true.

Clay Routledge

5 Jan 2019 · 7 min read

From Astrology to Cult Politics—the Many Ways We Try (and Fail) to Replace Religion

Implicit in the blank-slate take on religion is the idea that religious faith may be diminished simply by changing the type of cultural inputs people receive.

Clay Routledge

27 Dec 2018 · 7 min read

Social Justice in the Shadows

Some of the greatest lessons I learned in actual social justice came from my parents, even if they didn’t use the term “social justice.”

Clay Routledge

14 Sep 2018 · 7 min read

The Academy Needs to Confront the Danger Within

Many argue that American colleges and universities are the envy of the world. Indeed, people from all over the globe flock here to pursue their educational goals.

Clay Routledge

14 Aug 2017 · 5 min read

Why Social Scientists Should Not Participate in the March for Science

Why? For one, there is very little political and ideological diversity in the social sciences.

Clay Routledge

3 Mar 2017 · 6 min read

From Academia to Hollywood: An Interview with Tony Tost

Religious Faith and the Family: An Interview with Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox

Meaning Matters

Thank You, APA

How the Self-Esteem Myth Has Damaged Society and Us—An Interview with Will Storr

From Astrology to Cult Politics—the Many Ways We Try (and Fail) to Replace Religion

Our Fast Food Social Media Diet

Social Justice in the Shadows

The Academy Needs to Confront the Danger Within

Why Social Scientists Should Not Participate in the March for Science