Jonathan Hill
- Dr. Jonathan Hill
- Department Chair, Associate Professor
- Sociology
- Hiemenga Hall 443 (Map)
- (616) 526-7259
- jonathan.hill@calvin.edu
Education
- BA Grove City College
- MA Univeristy of Notre Dame
- PhD University of Notre Dame
Academic interests
Teaching Interests
Introduction to Sociology, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Religion, Statistics
Research Interests
Religion, Higher Education, Quantitative Methods
Publications
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Emerging Adulthood and Faith in Calvin Shorts
by Jonathan P. Hill
Published: June 1, 2015
ISBN: 978-1-937555-11-5
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Young Catholic America: Emerging Adults In, Out of, and Gone from the Church
by Christian Smith, Kyle Longest, Jonathan Hill, Kari Christoffersen
Published: March 4, 2014
Peer-reviewed Publications
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Hill, Jonathan P. Forthcoming. "Rejecting Evolution: The Role of Religion, Education, and Social Networks." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
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Uecker, Jeremy, and Jonathan P. Hill. Forthcoming. “Religious Schools, Home Schools, and the Timing of Family Formation.” Review of Religious Research.
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Glanzer, Perry, Jonathan P. Hill, and Todd Ream. 2014. “Changing Souls: Higher Education’s Influence upon the Religious Lives of Emerging Adults.” In Emerging Adults’ Religiousness and Spirituality: Meaning-Making in an Age of Transition, edited by Carolyn McNamara Barry and Mona M. Abo-Zena. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Glanzer, Perry L. and Jonathan P. Hill. 2013. “Why Most American Universities Have Given up on Human Purpose and Meaning: A Critical Exploration of the Historical Story.” Journal of Values & Beliefs 34:289-299
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Hill, Jonathan P. and Kevin den Dulk. 2013. "Religion, Volunteering, and Educational Setting: The Role of Youth Schooling Type on Civic Engagement." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 52:179-197.
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Miller, Brian J., Peter Mundey, and Jonathan P. Hill. 2013. "Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use." Sociology of Religion 74:227-253.
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Hill, Peter C., Keith J. Edwards, and Jonathan P. Hill. 2012. “Religious Pluralism and Higher Education Institutional Contexts: Implications for Research.” In Spirituality Enacted in Higher Education: Translating Research into Practice, edited by Alyssa Bryant Rockenbach & Matthew J. Mayhew. New York: Routledge.
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Brandon Vaidyanathan, Jonathan P. Hill, and Christian Smith. 2011. “Religion and Charitable Financial Giving to Religious and Secular Causes: Does Political Ideology Matter?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50:450-69.
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Hill, Jonathan. P. 2011. “Faith and Understanding: Specifying the Impact of Higher Education on Religious Belief.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50: 533-51.
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Hill, Jonathan P., and Brandon Vaidyanathan. Forthcoming. 2011. “Substitution or Symbiosis? Assessing the Relationship Between Religious and Secular Giving.” Social Forces 90:157-80.
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Edwards, Keith J., Todd W. Hall, Will Slater, and Jonathan P. Hill. 2011. “The Multidimensional Structure of the Quest Construct.” Journal of Psychology and Theology 39:87-110.
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Hill, Jonathan P and Daniel V.A. Olson. 2009. “Market Share and Religious Competition: Do Small Market Share Congregations and Their Leaders Try Harder?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48:629-49.
- Hill, Jonathan P. 2009. “Higher Education as Moral Community: Institutional Influences on Religious Participation During College.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48:515-34.
Other Publications
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Hill, Jonathan P. 2014. "Rethinking the Origins Debate" Christianity Today online. February 4.
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Hill, Jonathan P. 2014. “No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education.” (Book review) Journal of Contemporary Religion 29:143-145.
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Hill, Jonathan P. 2013. “A New Science of Religion.” (Book review) Sociology of Religion 74: 552-553.
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Hill, Jonathan P. 2012. “Making Volunteers: Civic Life After Welfare’s End (Book Review).” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 41:912-15.
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Hill, Jonathan P. 2012. “Parsing Santorum’s Statistic on God and College: Looks as if It’s Wrong.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 11.
Smith, Christian, and Jonathan P. Hill. 2009. “Toward the Measurement of Interpersonal Generosity (IG): An IG Scale Conceptualized, Tested, and Validated.” Available here.
Hill, Jonathan P. 2009. “In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief, Practice, and Change (Book review).” Social Forces 84:2216-19.
- Sikkink, David and Jonathan Hill. 2005. "Religion and Education." In Helen Rose Ebaugh (ed.), Handbook on Religion and Social Institutions (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers).
Hill, Jonathan P. Forthcoming. “Making Volunteers: Civic Life After Welfare’s End (Book Review).”Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
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