by David Yamane | Aug 13, 2018 | Association for the Sociology of Religion, firearms, gender, guns and race, guns and religion, My Experience
Sociologists are “my people,” but when sociologists talk about guns and gun culture, I often feel a profound disconnect from my own experience with and understanding of the same. At a special session on religion and guns/gun culture today at the annual meeting of the...
by David Yamane | Jul 31, 2018 | Books, My Experience
I am preparing to depart for the Republic of Texas tomorrow to meet with my church security Collaborative Inquiry Team (another sociologist and two pastors) and attend a national conference on church security. Each of us on the team shared something we wrote to help...
by David Yamane | Jul 23, 2018 | church security, Faith, Fear, Louisville Institute, My Experience, NOCSSM
Earlier this year, I put out a call for resources on protecting houses of worship for a possible research project on church/congregational security. I received so many suggestions that I was able to create two lists: Training Organizations, Groups and Individuals...
by David Yamane | Jul 19, 2018 | American Sociological Association, Books, gun carrying, Jennifer Carlson, Law and Policy, My Experience, National Rifle Association
Last year I was invited to serve as one of the “critics” in an “author-meets-critics” session at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Montreal. The author in question is someone whose work I admire, Jennifer Carlson, so I gladly accepted....
by David Yamane | Jul 18, 2018 | Abigail Kohn, Adam Winkler, Books, Craig R. Whitney, David Kennedy, firearms, Jennifer Carlson, Kristin Goss, My Experience, Philip Cook, Steven Pinker
Following my post on organizing my gun culture library, here are my top picks for books on guns in America. Some of these books are at the top of the list because they resonate with my personal and scholarly interests. They are not necessarily of interest to anyone...
by David Yamane | Jul 17, 2018 | Books, firearms, Members, My Experience
I recently posted a picture to social media of the bookshelf in my office that I recently rearranged because it is (nearly) full of books on gun culture and related topics. It received more engagement than an average post of mine, including requests for an inventory...
