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Education<\/h4>\n
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  • Ph.D., Religion, Florida State University<\/li>\n
  • M.A., Religion, Florida State University<\/li>\n
  • B.A., Religion, University of North Dakota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”32″][vc_column_text]\n

    Biography<\/h4>\n

    Professor McCrary\u2019s research focuses on American religion, especially topics related to religious freedom, secularism, science, and race. He is particularly interested in how \u201creligion,\u201d as a category, operates in politics and culture\u2014how certain people, ideas, and practices are labeled as \u201creligious\u201d and others are not, how those distinctions are made and by whom, and their ramifications. Professor McCrary is the author of Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers<\/em> (2022), on \u201csincerely held religious belief\u201d and its role in the history of American religious freedom. His work has been published in academic journals including the Journal of the American Academy of Religion<\/em> and Religion & American Culture<\/em>, as well as popular outlets such as Religion & Politics<\/em>, The Revealer<\/em>, and\u00a0The New Republic<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”1582″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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