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2026

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World Ranking
77
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41

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Overview

Christopher G. Ellison is affiliated with The University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within social sciences and psychology, including health and sociology, with a particular focus on the intersections of religion, spirituality, and psychological well-being.

The scholar has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Religion and Society Interactions
  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions

Ellison's work has been published in frequently appearing venues such as:

  • Review of Religious Research
  • Journal of Religion and Health
  • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
  • UNC Libraries
  • Mental Health Religion & Culture

Recent published papers include:

  • Religious attendance, depressive symptoms, and sleep disturbance in older Mexican Americans, 2020, Mental Health Religion & Culture
  • Who Might Buy a Gun? Results from the Guns in American Life Survey, 2021, Sociological Inquiry
  • Do Daily Spiritual Experiences Moderate the Effect of Stressors on Psychological Well-being? A Smartphone-based Experience Sampling Study of Depressive Symptoms and Flourishing, 2020, International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
  • Modeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race, 2021, Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Changes in Religiosity and Reliance on God during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Protective Role under Conditions of Financial Strain?, 2022, Review of Religious Research

In addition to articles, Ellison has authored a book titled Religion, Families, and Health, published by Rutgers University Press in 2020.

Their research is often collaborative, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Terrence D. Hill
  • Laura Upenieks
  • Amy M. Burdette
  • Robert A. Hummer
  • John P. Bartkowski

Ellison's academic work primarily lies in the fields of social sciences (63 publications) and psychology (27 publications). Within these, the largest focus areas are health-related topics (35 publications), sociology and political science (22 publications), clinical psychology (16 publications), social psychology (9 publications), and general health professions (8 publications).

Best Publications

  • Religious involvement and subjective well-being.

    Christopher G. Ellison

  • The Religion-Health Connection: Evidence, Theory, and Future Directions

    Christopher G. Ellison;Jeffrey S. Levin

  • Explaining the relationships between religious involvement and health.

    Linda K. George;Christopher G. Ellison;David B. Larson

  • Religious involvement, social ties, and social support in a southeastern community

    Christopher G. Ellison;Linda K. George

  • Religious involvement and U.S. adult mortality

    Robert A. Hummer;Richard G. Rogers;Charles B. Nam;Christopher G. Ellison

  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

    Darren E. Sherkat;Christopher G. Ellison

  • Measuring multiple dimensions of religion and spirituality for health research: Conceptual background and findings from the 1998 General Social Survey

    Ellen L. Idler;Marc A. Musick;Christopher G. Ellison;Linda K. George

  • Neighborhood disadvantage, stress, and drug use among adults.

    Jason D. Boardman;Brian Karl Finch;Brian Karl Finch;Christopher G. Ellison;David R. Williams

  • Religious Involvement, Stress, and Mental Health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study

    Christopher G. Ellison;Jason D. Boardman;David R. Williams;James S. Jackson

  • Religious Involvement and Self-Perception among Black Americans

    Christopher G. Ellison

  • Mental Health Services in Faith Communities: The Role of Clergy in Black Churches

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Christopher G. Ellison;Linda M. Chatters;Jeffrey S. Levin

  • The contact hypothesis and racial attitudes among Black Americans.

    Christopher G. Ellison;Daniel A. Powers

  • Religious Coping Among the Religious: The Relationships Between Religious Coping and Well-Being in a National Sample of Presbyterian Clergy, Elders, and Members

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Nalini Tarakeshwar;Christopher G. Ellison;Keith M. Wulff

  • Turning to prayer: Social and situational antecedents of religious coping among African Americans

    Christopher G. Ellison;Robert Joseph Taylor

  • Does Religious Commitment Contribute to Individual Life Satisfaction

    Christopher G. Ellison;Thomas A. Glass

  • Examining the links between spiritual struggles and symptoms of psychopathology in a national sample.

    Kelly M. McConnell;Kenneth I. Pargament;Christopher G. Ellison;Kevin J. Flannelly

  • Forgiveness by God, Forgiveness of Others, and Psychological Well-Being in Late Life.

    Neal Krause;Christopher G. Ellison

  • Church-Based Social Support and Religious Coping

    Neal Krause;Christopher G. Ellison;Benjamin A. Shaw;John P. Marcum

  • Interracial Contact and Black Racial Attitudes: The Contact Hypothesis and Selectivity Bias

    Daniel A. Powers;Christopher G. Ellison

  • Religion, the Life Stress Paradigm, and the Study of Depression

    Christopher Ellison

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Flannelly
Kevin J. Flannelly The University of Texas at Austin
Terrence D. Hill
Terrence D. Hill The University of Texas at San Antonio
Neal Krause
Neal Krause University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Darren E. Sherkat
Darren E. Sherkat Southern Illinois University Carbondale
John P. Bartkowski
John P. Bartkowski The University of Texas at San Antonio
Robert A. Hummer
Robert A. Hummer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marc A. Musick
Marc A. Musick The University of Texas at Austin
Norval D. Glenn
Norval D. Glenn The University of Texas at Austin
Scott Schieman
Scott Schieman University of Toronto
Jason D. Boardman
Jason D. Boardman University of Colorado Boulder

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