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		<title>Bill Nye, the “not-so-science” Guy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Yancey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Bill Nye became the co-chair of the March for Science it brought on controversy due to his being a white male. That is really a shame. The real controversy should have been over the fact that Nye is not a scientist. He’s an entertainer with one earned degree, a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What I like About the Benedict Option</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Yancey]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[The long awaited book “The Benedict Option” book is finally out and I am looking forward to reading it. When I do, I plan to perform a solid review of it. Although, I have not read the book, I have read some of the commentaries on it and Dreher’s discussion of the Benedict Option. Therefore, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why I am Supporting the American Solidarity Party this Year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Yancey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To say that this has been a difficult political year for most people is an understatement. I honestly think that both Democrats and Republicans elected the worst person they possibly could to run for president. But here we have it: Clinton versus Trump. In some ways this odd election has forced me to consider my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Using Critical Realism to Teach the Fundamentals of Sociological Research for Practitioners</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margarita A. Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth blog in a series of posts about Critical Realism and research methods. Please register for my upcoming webinar on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 12 noon EDT. You can access the first, second, &#38; third blogs here. As part of my interest in using critical realism to teach sociological research methods, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Eric Walsh Test</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Yancey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I have stated in an earlier post, I will from time to time put on of my Stream op-eds here. I do not answer comments at the Stream but do sometimes answer my comments here. However all comments need to conform to my policy. Hope you enjoy the post. I bow to nobody as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Incorporating Critical Realism into Research Methods Classes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margarita A. Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the third of three blogs in which I list 23 readings we could use to teach about the methodological implications of CR. Don’t forget to register for my webinar in CR &#38; Research Methods on May 3, 2016, at 12 noon EDT (you can see the recording even if you can’t be there live). And click here [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>5 Great Articles Using Critical Realism in Social Science Research</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margarita A. Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In preparation for my upcoming webinar on CR &#38; Research Methods on May 3, 2016, at 12 noon EDT, I wrote a recent blog post about my five favorite books on showing why critical realism matters for social science research. This post is about my five favorite articles that explicitly use critical realism as a meta-theoretical framework. The third [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Books on Critical Realism and Sociological Research Methods</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margarita A. Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As part of an upcoming webinar on Critical Realism and Sociological Research Methods that I’m leading on May 3, 2016 at 12 noon, this is the first of 3 blogs with some resources on how critical realism can influence social science research methods (click here for blog #2 on CR &#38; Methods, click here for blog #3 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Critical Realism and Sociological Research Methods Webinar April 28th</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margarita A. Mooney]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[On April 28, 2016, at 12 Noon EDT, I’ll be giving a free webinar on Critical Realism and Sociological Research Methods. Every good researcher is to some extent a good theoretician. Yet, typical approaches to teaching and writing about sociological research methods emphasize data collection techniques, often to the detriment of exploring the ontological assumptions [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Sacred?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margarita A. Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2016 12:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How do people seek the sacred? For a recent project, I interviewed 26 young adults in 10 different states about hardships they had faced. I asked how those hardships influenced their close relationships and their beliefs in God. I was surprised by how many spiritual experiences I heard about that were outside of traditional religious practices. Even [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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