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Wendy Anne Cadge

Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanistic Social Sciences
Wendy Anne Cadge
wcadge@brandeis.edu
781-736-2641
Pearlman Hall, 109

Departments/Programs

Sociology
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Degrees

Princeton University, Ph.D.
Princeton University, M.A.
Swarthmore College, B.A.

Expertise

Sociology of Religion, Culture, Health and Medicine, Immigration, Sexuality, Research Methods, Buddhism, Chaplaincy.

Profile

Wendy Cadge is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Social Science Division Head at Brandeis University. She is an expert in contemporary American religion, especially related to chaplaincy, religion in public institutions, religious diversity, religion and immigration, and religious and moral aspects in healthcare.She is the author of two books, Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine and Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America, and a co-editor of Religion on the Edge: De-Centering and Re-Centering the Sociology of Religion. An award-winning teacher, she has published more than seventy-five articles and raised more than $6.5 million in support of her own and colleagues’ research. She recently helped to launch the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab (http://chaplaincyinnovation.org/). For more information, please see: www.wendycadge.com. Webpage

Courses Taught

SOC 1a Order and Change in Society
SOC 129a Sociology of Religion
SOC 165a Living and Dying in America: The Sociology of Birth and Death
SOC 203b Field Methods

Awards and Honors

Grant, The John Templeton Foundation with George Fitchett. Project title, Training Research-Literate Chaplains as Ambassadors for Spirituality and Health: Phases I and II. (2015 - 2019)

Bronfman-Brandeis Israel Collaborative Research Program Grant Award (2013 - 2015)

Distinguished Service Award, Association for Professional Chaplains (2013)

Brandeis University Dean of Arts and Sciences Mentoring Award for Outstanding Teaching of Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2012)

Jack Shand Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2012 - 2014)

Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Grant for an Exploratory Seminar titled: "Sacred Space in a Secular Nation of Believers" (2012)

E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Grant for Project Titled, "Buddhist-Jewish Encounters: A Case Study for Theological Educators" (2011 - 2013)

National Endowment for the Humanities grant to co-teach "Religion in Boston" with Bernadette Brooten at the Mandel Center for the Humanities, Brandeis University (2010 - 2011)

Brandeis University Lifespan Initiative on Health Aging Grant (2009 - 2010)

Michael Walzer '56 Award for Teaching Excellence, Brandeis University (2008)

Radcliffe Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2008 - 2009)

Visiting Scholar, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (declined) (2008 - 2009)

Grant, Association of Muslim Health Professionals and Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (2007)

Individual Research Grant, American Academy of Religion (2007)

Brandeis University, Women's Studies Research Center, Student-Scholar Partnership (2006 - 2008)

Faculty Fellow, Contextual and Textual Methods Project, Princeton Univeristy Center for the Study of Religion (2006 - 2008)

Spiritual Capital Research Program, Metanexus Institute (2006 - 2008)

General Grant, Louisville Institute (2005 - 2007)

Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2004)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research, Harvard University (2004 - 2006)

Summer Stipend, Louisville Institute (2004)

Younger Scholar in American Religion, Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture, Indiana University (2004 - 2005)

Marvin Bressler Graduate Student Teaching Award, Sociology Department, Princeton University (2001)

Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2001 - 2002)

Teaching Enhancement Fund Grant, American Sociological Association (2001 - 2002)

Princeton Society of Fellows of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Graduate Prize Fellowship, Princeton University (2000 - 2002)

Fullbright IIE Fellowship, Sri Lanka (1998 - 1999)

Scholarship

Cadge, Wendy Anne. "Inward: Vipassana Meditation & the Embodiment of the Self." Rev. of Inward: Vipassana Meditation & the Embodiment of the Self, by Michael Pagis. Contemporary Sociology 2020 (forthcoming)

Cadge, Wendy and Michael Skaggs. "Chaplains and Spiritual Caregivers in Healthcare Organizations." Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine and Health. Ed. Pamela Klassen, Philipp Hetzmanczyk, Dorothea Luddeckens and Justin Stein. Routledge Press, 2020 (forthcoming)

Cadge, Wendy, Irene Elizabeth Stroud, Patricia K. Palmer, George Fitchett, Trace Haythorn, Casey Clevenger. "Training Chaplains and Spiritual Caregivers? The Emergence and Growth of Chaplaincy Programs in Theological Education." Pastoral Psychology (2020). (forthcoming)

Casey Clevenger, Wendy Cadge, Irene Elizabeth Stroud, Patricia K. Palmer, Trace Haythorn, George Fitchett. "Education for Professional Chaplaincy in the US: Mapping Current Practice in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)." Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy (2020). (forthcoming)

Rebecca Barton, Elena van Stee, Wendy Cadge. "Caring for the Whole Student: How Do Chaplains Contribute to Campus Life?." Journal of College and Character (2020). (forthcoming)

Cadge, Wendy, George Fitchett, Trace Haythorn, Patricia K. Palmer, Shelly Rambo, Casey Clevenger, Irene Elizabeth Stroud. "Training Healthcare Chaplains: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling 73. 4 (2020): 211-221.

Cadge, Wendy. "Book review of The Urban Church Imagined: Religion, Race and Authenticity in the City." by Jessica M. Barron and Rhys H. Williams. Contemporary Sociology 2020

Kelsey White, Marilyn Barnes, Wendy Cadge and George Fitchett. "Mapping Chaplain Diversity: A Baseline Description." Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy (2020).

Qian Zhang, Jess Shenkel, Sara Paasche-Orlow, Wendy Cadge, Margaret Bryan, John Morris.. "The Effects of Chaplaincy Visits in an Elder Care Setting: An Analysis of Existing Data." Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy 19. (2020): 1-14.

Schleifer, Cyrus, Wendy Cadge. "Clergy Working Outside of Congregations, 1976-2018." Review of Religious Research 61. (2020): 411-429.

Bandini, Julia; Zhang, Qian; Cadge, Wendy; Thiel, Mary Martha; Paasche-Orlow, Sara; Meyer, Elaine. "Interprofessional Spiritual Care Training for Geriatric Care Providers." Journal of Palliative Medicine 22. (2019): 1-7.

Cadge, Wendy; Skaggs, Michael. "Chaplaincy? Spiritual Care? Innovation? Case Statement.” Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, White Paper.

Cadge, Wendy; Skaggs, Michael. "From bicycle to social movements, the changing role of chaplains in the US." The Conversation (2019)

Cadge, Wendy; Skaggs, Michael. "Humanizing Agents of Modern Capitalism? The Daily Work of Port Chaplains." Sociology of Religion 80. 1 (2019): 83-106.

Cadge, Wendy; Wang, Katherine; Rowe, Mary. "Perspectives from the Edge: Chaplains in Greater Boston, 1945-2015." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 58. 1 (2019).

Cadge, Wendy. "As you travel, pause and take a look at airport chapels." The Conversation (2018): <https://theconversation.com/as-you-travel-pause-and-take-a-look-at-airport-chapels-87578>.

Cadge, Wendy. "God on the Fly? The Professional Mandates of Airport Chaplains." Sociology of Religion 78. 4 (2018): 437-455.

Cadge, Wendy. "Healthcare Chaplaincy as a Companion Profession: Historical Developments." Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy August. 13 (2018): 1-16.

Cadge, Wendy. "On land or ship, port chaplains offer comfort to seafarers of the world." The Conversation July 11. (2018): <https://theconversation.com/on-land-or-ship-port-chaplains-offer-comfort-to-seafarers-of-the-world-79974>.

Cadge, Wendy. "Roundtable on Global Reflections on the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Sacred Canopy." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 85. 4 (2018): 30.

Cadge, Wendy. "The Evolution of American Airport Chapels: Local Negotiations in Religiously Pluralistic Contexts." Religion & American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 28. 1 (2018): 135-165.

Cadge, Wendy; Griera, Mar; Michalowski, Ines; Lucken, Kristen. "Religion in Public Institutions: Comparative Perspectives from the U.S., U.K., and Europe." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 56. 2 (2018): 226-233.

Cadge, Wendy; Skaggs, Michael. "Serving Seafarers in the Boston Harbor: Local Adaptation to Global Economic Change, 1820-2015"." International Journal of Maritime History 30. 2 (2018).

Cadge, Wendy; Stroud, Beth. "Spiritual Care in Changing Times: Initial Glimpses from Theological Education." The Huffington Post December 18. (2018): <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/spiritual-care-in-changing-times-initial-glimpses_us_5a3841d7e4b0c12e6337b004>.

Pagis, Michal; Cadge, Wendy; Tal, Orly. "Translating Spirituality: Universalism and Particularism in the Diffusion of Spiritual Care from the United States to Israel." Sociological Forum 33. 3 (2018): 596-618.

Bandini, Julia; Courtwright, Andrew; Zollfrank, Angelika, Robinson, Ellen M.' Cadge, Wendy. "The role of religious beliefs in ethics committees consultations for conflict over life-sustaining treatment." Journal of Medical Ethics 43. 6 (2017): 353-358.

Cadge, Wendy. "Congressional Chaplains: Can They Welcome All Religions and No Religion at All?." Religion & Politics August 31, 2016. (2017)

Pagis, Michal; Tal, Orly; Cadge, Wendy. "Re-enchanting the End of Life: Spiritual care in the Israeli medical system (in Hebrew)." Current Perspectives on Death in Israel. Ed. Hazan, Haim; Lavie, Shai Lavie. Tel Aviv: Hakibutz Hameuad, 2017

Pagis, Michal; Tal, Orly; Cadge, Wendy. "What Does Spiritual Care Contribute to Palliative Care in the Israeli Context? An Examination." Journal of Religion and Heath 56. 2 (2017): 614-622.

Robinson, EM; Cadge, Wendy; Erler, K; Brackett, S; Bandini, J; Cist, A; Cremens, MC; Krakauer, E; Courtwright, A. "Structure, Operation, and Experience of Clinical Ethics Consultation 2007-2013: A Report from the Massachusetts General Hospital Optimum Care Committee." Journal of Clinical Ethics 28. 2 (2017): 137-152.

Robinson, Ellen; Cadge, Wendy; Zollfrank, Angelika; Cremens, M. Cornelia; Courtwright, Andrew M.. "After the DNR: Surrogates who persist in requesting cardiopulmonary resuscitation." Hastings Center Report 47. 1 (2017): 10-19.

Sigalow, Emily; Cadge, Wendy. "Teaching Inter-religious Encounters: Perspectives from a Case Study Initiative." Teaching Inter-Religious Encounters. Ed. Pugliese, Marc; Huang, Alexander. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017

Cadge, Wendy. "A Hospital Remembers the Youngest Patients." Religion & Politics April 26, 2016. (2016)

Cadge, Wendy. "Along the Edges of Faith: The Many Sectors of American Chaplaincy." Religion & Politics January 26 (2016)

Cadge, Wendy; Barton, Rebecca. "Where are you organizationally situated? Views from here." Critical Research on Religion 4. 3 (2016): 279-285.

Bandini, Julia; Cadge, Wendy; Cunningham, David; Shostak, Sara. "Assessing Learning in a Sociology Department: What Do Students Say That They Learn?." Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (2015).

Cadge, Wendy; Bandini, Julia. "The Evolution of Spiritual Assessment Tools in Healthcare." Society 52. 5 (2015): 430-437.

Cadge, Wendy; Fox, Nicky. "’Watch Over Us Sweet Angels:’ How Loved Ones Remember Babies in a Hospital Memory Book." Omega: Journal of Death and Dying (2015).

Cadge, Wendy; Olson, Laura; Clendenen, Margaret. "Idiosyncratic Prophets: Personal Style in the Prayers of Congressional Chaplains, 1990- 2010." Journal of Church and State (2015).

Courtwright, Andrew; Brackett, Sharon; Cadge, Wendy; Krakauer, Erik L.; Robinson, Ellen M.. "Experience with a Hospital Policy on Not Offering Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation When Believed More Harmful than Beneficia." Journal of Critical Care 30. 1 (2015): 173-7.

Zollfrank, Angelika; Trevino, Kelly; Cadge, Wendy; VanderWeele, Tyler; Balboni, Michael; Gallivan, Kathleen; Fitchett, George; Thiel, Mary Martha; Balboni, Tracy. "Teaching Healthcare Providers How to Provide Spiritual Care: A Pilot Study." Journal of Palliative Medicine 18. 5 (2015): 408-14..

Cadge, Wendy. "Négocier les differences religieuses dans les organisations laïques: l’exemple des chapelles d’hôpitaux." Social Compass 61. 2 (2014): 178-194.

Cadge, Wendy. Jewish-Buddhist Encounters Teaching Materials. <www.jewbu.net>.

Cadge, Wendy; Konieczny, Mary Ellen. "Making ‘Invisible Religion’ Visible: The Significance of Religion and Spirituality in Secular Organizations." Sociology of Religion 75. 4 (2014): 551-563.

Clevenger, Casey; Derr, Amelia Seraphia; Cadge, Wendy; Curran, Sara. "How Do Social Service Providers View Recent Immigrants? Perspectives from Portland, Maine and Olympia, Washington." Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 12. (2014): 67-86.

Bender, Courtney; Cadge, Wendy; Levitt, Peggy; Smilde, David, ed. Religion on the Edge: De-Centering and Re-Centering the Sociology of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.

Bender, Courtney; Cadge, Wendy; Levitt, Peggy; Smilde, David. "Religion on the Edge: An Introduction." Religion on the Edge: De-Centering and Re-centering the Sociology of Religion. Ed. Bender, Courtney; Cadge, Wendy; Levitt, Peggy; Smilde, David. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013

Cadge, Wendy. "Negotiating Religious Differences in Secular Organizations: The Case of Hospital Chapels." Religion on the Edge: De-Centering and Re-centering the Sociology of Religion. Ed. Bender, Courtney; Cadge, Wendy; Levitt, Peggy; Smilde, David. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013

Cadge, Wendy; Levitt, Peggy; Jaworsky, B. Nadya; Clevenger, Casey. "Religious Dimensions of Contexts of Reception: Comparing Two New England Cities." International Migration 51. 3 (2013): 84-98.

Cadge, Wendy; Sigalow, Emily. "Negotiating Religious Differences: The Strategies of Interfaith Chaplains in Healthcare." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 52. 1 (2013): 146-158.

Hammonds, Clare; Cadge, Wendy. "Strategies of Emotion Management: Not Just On, But Off the Job." Nursing Inquiry May 27. (2013).

Cadge, Wendy. "Possibilities and Limits of Medical Science: Debates over Double Blind Clinical Trials of Intercessory Prayer." Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 47. 1 (2012): 43-64.

Cadge, Wendy. Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Cadge, Wendy; Curran, Sara; Jaworsky, B. Nadya; Levitt, Peggy. "New Perspectives on Immigrant Contexts of Reception: The Cultural Armature of Cities." Nordic Journal of Migration Research 2. 1 (2012): 78-88.

Cadge, Wendy; Girouard, Jennifer; Olson. Laura; Lyleroehr, Madison. "Uncertainty in Clergy’s Perspectives on Homosexuality: A Research Note." Review of Religious Research 54. 3 (2012): 371-387.

Cadge, Wendy; Hammonds, Clare. "Reconsidering Detached Concern: The Case of Intensive Care Nurses." Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 55. 2 (2012): 266-282.

Cadge, Wendy; Lyleroehr, Madison; Olson, Laura. "Clergy and Controversial Family Issues: Divorce and Homosexuality as Case Studies." International Journal of Sociology of the Family 38. (2012): 85-104.

Lyndes, Kathryn; Fitchett, George; Berlinger, Nancy; Cadge, Wendy; Misai, Jennifer; Flanagen, Erin. "A Survey of Chaplains’ Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Integral Members of the Team." Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy 18. 1-2 (2012): 74-93.

Cadge, Wendy; Calle, Katherine; Dillinger, Jennifer. "What Do Chaplains Contribute to Large Academic Hospitals? The Perspectives of Pediatric Physicians and Chaplains." Journal of Religion and Health 50. 2 (2011): 300-.

Cadge, Wendy; Levitt, Peggy; Smilde, David. "De-Centering and Re-Centering: Rethinking Concepts and Methods in the Sociological Study of Religion." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50. 3 (2011): 437-449.

Djupe, Paul; Olson, Laura R.; Cadge, Wendy. "American Mainline Protestantism and Deliberation about Homosexuality." Faith, Politics and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the the United States. Ed. David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2011

Fitchett, George; Lyndes, Kathryn; Cadge, Wendy; Berlinger, Nancy; Flanagan, Erin; Misasi, Jennifer. "The Role of Professional Chaplains on Pediatric Palliative Care Teams: Perspectives from Physicians and Chaplains." Journal of Palliative Medicine 14. 6 (2011): 704-707.

Cadge, Wendy. "A personal day of prayer." Pittsburgh Post Gazette May 3, 2010: Op-Ed Pag

Cadge, Wendy. "Bow Out politics, prayer is personal." Atlanta Journal Constitution May 6, 2010: Op-Ed Pag

Cadge, Wendy. "Different health care reform: doctors trained to deal with patients about faith." Christian Science Monitor January 5, 2010: Op-Ed Page.

Cadge, Wendy; Fair, Brian. "Religion, Spirituality, Health and Medicine: Sociological Intersections." Handbook of Medical Sociology. Ed. Byrd, Chloe; Freemont, Allan; Timmermans, Stefan; Conrad, Peter. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2010. 341-362.

Clevenger, Casey; Cadge, Wendy. Engaging Emerging Adults. Washington DC: Changing Spirituality of Emerging Adults Project. 2010.

Laird, Lance; Cadge, Wendy. "Negotiating Ambivalence: The Social Power of Muslim Community Based Health Organizations in America." Political and Legal Anthropology Review 33. 2 (2010): 225-244.

Shostak, Sara; Girouard, Jennifer; Cunninghman, David; Cadge, Wendy. "Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate Research Methods: A Multi-Pronged Departmental Initiative." Teaching Sociology 38. 2 (2010): 93-105.

Cadge, Wendy. "A Profession in Process." Chaplaincy Today 2009: 26-7.

Cadge, Wendy. "Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine." Religious Studies News 2009: 24 24.

Cadge, Wendy. "Religion, Spirituality and Health: An Institutional Approach." Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion. Ed. Clarke, Peter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 836-856.

Cadge, Wendy. "Saying Your Prayers, Constructing Your Religions: Medical Studies of Intercessory Prayer." Journal of Religion 89. (2009): 299-327.

Cadge, Wendy. "Saying Your Prayers, Constructing Your Religions: Medical Studies of Intercessory Prayer." Religious Studies News 2009: 24 35-36.

Cadge, Wendy; Ecklund, Elaine Howard. "Prayers in the Clinic: How Pediatricians and Pediatric Oncologists Respond." Southern Medical Journal 102. 12 (2009): 1218-1221.

Cadge, Wendy; Ecklund, Elaine Howard; Short, Nicholas. "Religion and Spirituality: A Barrier and a Bridge in the Everyday Professional Work of Pediatric Physicians." Social Problems 56. 4 (2009): 702-721.

Cadge, Wendy; Hinton, Heather. "Where medical, spiritual worlds meet at life’s end." Baltimore Sun October 4, 2009: Op-Ed Page Op-Ed Page.

Cadge, Wendy; Olson, Laura R.. "Protestant churches shift slowly toward gay equality." Boston Globe September 1, 2009: Op-Ed Page.

Fitchett, George; Rasinski, Kenneth; Cadge, Wendy; Curlin, Farr. "Physicians’ Experiences and Satisfaction With Chaplains: A National Survey." Archives of Internal Medicine 169. 19 (2009): 1808-1810.

Laird, Lance; Cadge, Wendy. "Constructing American Muslim Identity: Tales of Two Clinics in Southern California." Muslim World 99. (2009): 270-293.

Cadge, Wendy. "De Facto Congregationalism and the Religious Organizations of Post-1965 Immigrants to the United States." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 76. 2 (2008): 344-374.

Cadge, Wendy. "What We Pray." Baltimore Sun December 14, 2008: Op-Ed Pag

Cadge, Wendy; Daglian, M.. "Blessings, Strength, and Guidance: Prayer Frames in a Hospital Prayer Book." Poetics 36. (2008): 358-373.

Cadge, Wendy; Freese, Jeremy; Christakis, Nicholas. "Hospital Chaplaincy in the United States: A National Overview." Southern Medical Journal 101. 6 (2008): 626-630.

Cadge, Wendy; Olson, Laura; Wildeman, Christopher. "How Denominational Resources Influence Debates about Homosexuality in Mainline Protestant Congregations." Sociology of Religion 69. 2 (2008): 187-207.

Cadge, Wendy; Wildeman, Christopher. "Facilitators and Advocates: How Mainline Protestant Clergy Respond to Homosexuality." Sociological Perspectives 51. 3 (2008): 587-603.

Catlin, Elizabeth; Cadge, Wendy; Ecklund, Elaine Howard; Gage, Elizabeth; Zolfrank, Angelika Annette. "The Spiritual and Religious Identities, Beliefs, and Practices of Academic Pediatricians in the United States." Academic Medicine 83. 12 (2008): 1146-1152.

DeVries, Raymond; Berlinger, Nancy; Cadge, Wendy. "Lost in Translation? Sociological Observations and Reflections on the Practice of Hospital Chaplaincy." The Hastings Center Report 38. 6 (2008): 9-13.

Cadge Wendy and Ecklund, Elaine Howard. "Immigration and Religion." Annual Review of Sociology 33. (2007): 17.1-17.21.

Cadge Wendy, Day Heather, Wildeman Christopher. "Bridging the Denomination-Congregation Divide: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Congregations Respond to Homosexuality." Review of Religious Research 48. 3 (2007): 245-259.

Cadge, Wendy. "Reflections on Habits of the Heart, Buddhism in America, and Religious Individualism." Sociology of Religion 68. 2 (2007): 201-205.

Cadge, Wendy; Olson, Laura. Religious Leaders Opinions about Social Issues: A Pilot Study. Gill Foundation. Denver, Colorado: 2007.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard; Cadge, Wendy; Gage, Elizabeth A.; Catlin, Elizabeth A.. "The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices of Academic Pediatric Oncologists in the United States." Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 29. 11 (2007): 736-742.

Laird, Lance; Cadge, Wendy. Muslim Community-Based Health Organizations. Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the Association of Muslim Health Professionals.. Clinton, Michigan: 2007.

Ammerman Nancy, Cadge Wendy, Milagros Pena, Woodberry Robert, McRoberts Omar. "Presidential Address: On Being a Community of Scholars - Practicing the Study of Religion." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 45. 2 (2006): 137-148.

Bender, Courtney & Cadge, Wendy. "Constructing Buddhism(s): Interreligious Dialogue and Religious Hybridity" with Courtney Bender." Sociology of Religion 67. 3 (2006): 229-247.

Cadge,Wendy & Catlin, Elizabeth. "Making Sense of Suffering and Death: How Health Care Providers' Construct Meanings in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Journal of Religion and Health 45 (2006): 2.

Cadge,Wendy & Davidman, Lynn. "Ascription, Choice, and the Construction of Religious Identities in the Contemporary United States." Journal of Scientific Study of Religion 45. 1 (2006): 23-38.

Cadge,Wendy & Ecklund, Elaine Howard. "Religious Service Attendance Among Immigrants: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey Pilot." American Behavioral Scientist 49. 11 (2006): 1574-1595.

Cadge,Wendy & Wuthnow, Robert. "Religion and the NonProfit Sector." Handbook of NonProfits. Ed. Powell, Walter & Steinberg, Richard. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. 485-505.

Olson, Laura, Cadge, Wendy & Harrison, James. "Religion and Public Opinion about Same-Sex Marriage." Social Science Quarterly 87. 2 (2006): 340-360.

Cadge,Wendy & Sangdhanoo, Sidhorn. "Thai Buddhism in America: A Historical and Contemporary Overview." Contemporary Buddhism 6 (2005): 1.

Cadge,Wendy. "Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Buddhist Practitioners." Gay Religion. Ed. Gray, Edward & Thumma, Scott. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press, 2005

Cadge,Wendy. "Reconciling Congregations Bridging Gay and Straight Communities." Gay Religion. Ed. Gray, Edward R. & Thumma, Scott. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press, 2005

Cadge,Wendy. "Religions of Immigrants in the Mid-Atlantic States." Religion in the Middle Atlantic States: Fount of Diversity. Ed. Balmer, Randall & Silk, Mark. AltaMira Press, 2005

Cadge,Wendy. Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Cadge,Wendy & Bender, Courtney, Bender, Courtney. "Yoga and Rebirth in America: Asian Religions are Here to Stay." Contexts: Understanding People in Their Social Worlds 3. 1 (2004): 45-51.

Cadge,Wendy. "Gendered Religious Organizations: The Case of Theravada Buddhism in America." Gender and Society 18. 6 (2004): 777-793.

Curran, Sara, Chung, Chang, Cadge, Wendy & Varangrat, Anchalee. "Boys and Girls' Educational Opportunities in Thailand: The Effects of Siblings, Migration, and Accesibility of Schools." Research in Sociology of Education 14 (2004): 59-102.

Wuthnow, Robert & Cadge, Wendy. "Buddhists and Buddhism in the United States: The Scope of Influence." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43. 3 (2004): 361-378.

Cadge,Wendy. "Vital Conflicts: The Mainline Protestant Denominations Debate Homosexuality." The Hand of God: Faith Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism. Ed. Wuthnow, Robert & Evans, John. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002

Carter, Marion, Rivero, Estella, Cadge, Wendy & Curran, Sara. "Conceptualizing Your Community-Based Learning Project: Decision Points for the Initial Stages of Project Design." Teaching Sociology 30 (2002): 158-173.

Olson, Laura & Cadge, Wendy. "Talking about Homosexuality: The Views of Mainline Protestant Clergy." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 41. 1 (2002): 153-167.

DiMaggio, Paul, Cadge, Wendy, Robinson, Lynn & Steensland, Brian. "The Role of Religion in Public Conflicts Over the Arts in the Philadelphia Area, 1965-1997." Crossroads: Art and Religion in American Life. Ed. Arthurs, Alberta & Wallach, Glenn. New York: The New Press, 2001



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