Jonathan Hill, Assistant Professor, Sociology
616-526-7259
jph27@calvin.edu
Office: Spoelhof Center 217
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Educational Background
- BA Grove City College
- MA Univeristy of Notre Dame
- PhD University of Notre Dame
Teaching Interests
Introduction to Sociology, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Religion, Statistics
Research Interests
Religion, Higher Education, Quantitative Methods
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed Publications
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.
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.
Hill, Jonathan P., and Brandon Vaidyanathan. Forthcoming. 2011. “Substitution or Symbiosis? Assessing the Relationship Between Religious and Secular Giving.” Social Forces 90:157-80.
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.
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
Smith, Christian, and Jonathan P. Hill. 2009. “Toward the Measurement of Interpersonal Generosity (IG): An IG Scale Conceptualized, Tested, and Validated.” Available at http://generosityresearch.nd.edu/assets/13798/ig_paper_smith_hill_rev.pdf.
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.
