Publications

Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, David E. Eagle, Logan Tice, Alyssa Platt, Jia Yao, Jessie Larkins, Eunsoo Timothy Kim, Joshua Rash (2024). The Selah Trial: A Preference-Based Partially Randomized Waitlist Control Study of Three Stress Management Interventions.. Translational Behavioral Medicine.

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David E. Eagle, Anna Holleman, Brianda Barrera Olvera (2024). Prevalence of obesity in religious clergy in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews.

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Joshua Gaghan, David Eagle (2024). RELTRAD2: Refining the State of the Art of Religious Classification by Reconsidering the Categorization of Nondenominational Respondents. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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Jia Yao, Dori Steinberg, Elizabeth L. Turner, Grace Y. Cai, Jacqueline R. Cameron, Celia F. Hybels, David E. Eagle, Glen Milstein, Joshua A. Rash, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2024). When Shepherds Shed: Trajectories of Weight-Related Behaviors in a Holistic Health Intervention Tailored for US Christian Clergy. Journal of Religion and Health.

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Anna Holleman, Laura Upenieks, David Eagle (2023). Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Seminarians: Personal Experiences of Trauma and Implications for Pastoral Well-Being and Ministerial Training. Journal of Psychology and Theology.

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Anna Holleman, David Eagle (2023). Is There a Crisis in Clergy Health?: Reorienting Research Using a National Sample. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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Laura Upenieks, David Eagle (2023). Divine Struggles Among Those Doing God’s Work: A Longitudinal Assessment Predicting Depression and Burnout and the Role of Social Support in United Methodist Clergy. Sociology of Religion.

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Erin F. Johnston, David E. Eagle (2023). Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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David E. Eagle, Joshua Gaghan (2023). Introducing the Seminary to Early Ministry Study. Religious Education.

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Hana Zwick, Marc Salama Asobee, Isabeaux Kennedy Mitton, Jennifer Headley, David E. Eagle (2023). Burial workers’ perceptions of community resistance and support systems during an Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study. Conflict and Health.

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Joshua Gaghan, David Eagle (2023). Are Women Elders Paid Less than Men? A brief report from the North Carolina Statewide Longitudinal Survey of United Methodist Clergy. Review of Religious Research.

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Blen Biru, Jia Yao, James Plunket, Celia F. Hybels, Eunsoo Timothy Kim, David E. Eagle, Jessica Y. Choi, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2023). The Gap in Mental Health Service Utilization Among United Methodist Clergy with Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Religion and Health.

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Erin F. Johnston, Jennifer Headley, David E. Eagle (2023). Pastoring in a Pandemic: Sources and Types of Social Support Used by United Methodist Clergy in the Early Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Psychology and Theology.

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Erin Johnston, David Eagle (2023). Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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Laura Upenieks, David E Eagle (2023). Divine Struggles Among Those Doing God’s Work: A Longitudinal Assessment Predicting Depression and Burnout and the Role of Social Support in United Methodist Clergy. In: Sociology of Religion, pp. srad014, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srad014, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srad014.

David E. Eagle, Collin W. Mueller (2022). Reproducing inequality in a formally anti-racist organization: the case of racialized career pathways in the United Methodist Church. American Journal of Sociology.

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Erin F. Johnston, David E. Eagle, Amy L. Corneli, Brian Perry, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2022). Seminary students and physical health: beliefs, behaviors, and barriers. Journal of Religion and Health.

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Celia F. Hybels, Dan G. Blazer, David E. Eagle, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2022). Age differences in trajectories of depressive, anxiety, and burnout symptoms in a population with a high likelihood of persistent occupational distress. International Psychogeriatrics.

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Logan C. Tice, David E. Eagle, Joshua A. Rash, Jessie S. Larkins, Sofia M. Labrecque, Alyssa Platt, Jia Yao, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2021). The Selah study protocol of three interventions to manage stress among clergy: a preference-based randomized waitlist-control trial. Trials.

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David Eagle, Erin Johnston, Jennifer Headley, Anna Holleman (2021). The financial impacts of COVID-19 on United Methodist Churches in North Carolina: a qualitative study of pastors’ perspectives and strategies.. Review of Religious Research.

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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Elizabeth Stringfield, Jia Yao, Jessica Choi, David Eagle, Celia Hybels, Heather Parnell, Kelly Keefe, Sara Shilling (2021). Changes in Sabbath-keeping and mental health over time: evaluation findings from the Sabbath Living study. Journal of Psychology and Theology.

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Erin F. Johnston, David E. Eagle, Jennifer Headley, Anna Holleman (2021). Pastoral ministry in unsettled times: A qualitative study of the experiences of clergy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Review of Religious Research.

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David E. Eagle, Joshua A. Rash, Logan Tice, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2021). Evaluation of a remote, internet-delivered version of the trier social stress test. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

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Allison K. Hamm, David E. Eagle (2021). Clergy who leave congregational ministry: a review of the literature. Journal of Psychology and Theology.

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Xiaoqian Liu, Kathryn Whetten, Neil S. Prose, David E. Eagle, Heather E. Parnell, Cyrilla Amanya, Vanroth Vann, Misganaw Eticha Dubie, Venkata Gopala Krishna Kaza, Senti Tzudir, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2020). Enjoyment and meaning in daily activities among caregivers of orphaned and separated children in four countries. Children and Youth Services Review.

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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Dori M Steinberg, Jia Yao, David E Eagle, Timothy W Smith, Grace Y Cai, Elizabeth L Turner (2020). Using a holistic health approach to achieve weight-loss maintenance: results from the spirited life intervention. Translational Behavioral Medicine.

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David E. Eagle, Warren A. Kinghorn, Heather Parnell, Cyrilla Amanya, Vanroth Vann, Senti Tzudir, Venkata Gopala Krishna Kaza, Chimdi Temesgen Safu, Kathryn Whetten, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2019). Religion and caregiving for orphans and vulnerable children: a qualitative study of caregivers across four religious traditions and five global contexts. Journal of Religion and Health.

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Warren A. Kinghorn, Corey L. M. Keyes, Heather E. Parnell, David E. Eagle, Blen M. Biru, Cyrilla Amanya, Vanroth Vann, Venkata Gopala Krishna Kaza, Senti Tzudir, Yohannes Benyam Saddo, Kathryn Whetten, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2019). Putting virtues in context: engaging the VIA classification of character strengths in caregiving for orphans and vulnerable children across cultures. The Journal of Positive Psychology.

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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Nneka Jebose Molokwu, Corey L. M. Keyes, Malik Muhammad Sohail, David E. Eagle, Heather E. Parnell, Warren A. Kinghorn, Cyrilla Amanya, Vanroth Vann, Ira Madan, Blen M. Biru, Dean Lewis, Misganaw Eticha Dubie, Kathryn Whetten (2019). Caring and thriving: an international qualitative study of caregivers of orphaned and vulnerable children and strategies to sustain positive mental health. Children and Youth Services Review.

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Jennifer Lutz, David E. Eagle (2019). Social networks, support, and depressive symptoms: gender differences among clergy. Socius.

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Andrew D. Case, David E. Eagle, Jia Yao, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2018). Disentangling race and socioeconomic status in health disparities research: an examination of Black and White clergy. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

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David E. Eagle, Celia F. Hybels, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2018). Perceived social support, received social support, and depression among clergy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

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David E. Eagle, Lisa A. Keister, Jen’nan G. Read (2018). Household charitable giving at the intersection of gender, marital status, and religion. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Elizabeth L. Turner, Gary G. Bennett, Jia Yao, Xiang-Fang Li, David E. Eagle, Rachel A. Meyer, Redford B. Williams, Robin Y. Swift, H. Edgar Moore, Melanie A. Kolkin, Carl C. Weisner, Katherine M. Rugani, Holly J. Hough, Virginia P. Williams, David C. Toole (2017). A 2-year holistic health and stress intervention: results of an RCT in clergy. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

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Timothy W. Smith, David E. Eagle, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2017). Prospective associations between depressive symptoms and the metabolic syndrome: the spirited life study of Methodist pastors in North Carolina. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

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David E. Eagle, Andrew A. Miles, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2017). The honeymoon is over: occupational relocation and changes in mental health among United Methodist clergy. Review of Religious Research.

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David E. Eagle (2016). The negative relationship between size and the probability of weekly attendance in churches in the United States. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.

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David E. Eagle (2015). Historicizing the megachurch. Journal of Social History.

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David E. Eagle, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (2015). Methodological considerations in the use of name generators and interpreters. Social Networks.

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Alison J. Eagle, David E. Eagle, Tracy E. Stobbe, G. Cornelis van Kooten (2015). Farmland protection and agricultural land values at the urban-rural fringe: British Columbia’s agricultural land reserve. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

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Jen'nan Read, David Eagle (2014). Intersectionality and identity: an exploration of Arab-American women. Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion’s Role in Stratification.

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David E. Eagle (2012). Mega, medium, and mini: size and the socioeconomic status composition of American Protestant churches. Research in the Sociology of Work.

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David Eagle (2011). The loosening bond of religion on Canadian society: reply to bibby. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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David E. Eagle (2011). Changing patterns of attendance at religious services in Canada, 1986-2008. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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Jen’nan G. Read, David E. Eagle (2011). Intersecting identities as a source of religious incongruence. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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David E. Eagle (2010). Pneumatological ecclesiology and same-sex marriage: A non-essentialist approach using the work of Eugene Rogers and John Zizioulas. Conrad Grebel Review.

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David E. Eagle (2006). Anthony Bartlett’s concept of abyssal compassion and the possibility of a truly nonviolent atonement. Conrad Grebel Review.

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