Scholarship

Forthcoming Books

· Vegter, Abigail. Faith and Firearms: Religion’s Entanglement with Guns in America. Temple University Press.

· Wald, Kenneth D., Allison Calhoun-Brown, Ryan Burge, and Abigail Vegter. Religion and Politics in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Journal Articles

· Vegter, Abigail, Andrew R. Lewis, and Cammie Bolin. 2023. “Which Civil Religion? Partisanship, Christian Nationalism, and the Dimensions of Civil Religion in the United States.” Politics and Religion 16(2): 286-300. Click to Access.

· Walker, Brooklyn, and Abigail Vegter. 2023. “Christ, Country, and Conspiracies? Christian Nationalism, Biblical Literalism, and Belief in Conspiracy Theories.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 62(2): 278-292. Click to Access.

· Vegter, Abigail and Alexandra Middlewood. 2022. "The ‘Massacre Generation’: Young People and Attitudes About Mass Shooting Prevention.” Social Science Quarterly 103(4): 820-32. Click to Access.

· Vegter, Abigail and Donald Haider-Markel. 2022. "Gun Ownership, Threat, and Gun Attitudes in an Experiment." Sociological Perspectives 65(1): 119-132. Click to Access.

· Vegter, Abigail and Kevin den Dulk. 2021. “Clinging to Guns and Religion? A Research Note Testing the Role of Protestantism in Shaping Gun Identity in the U.S.” Politics and Religion 14(4): 809-824. Click to Access.

· Vegter, Abigail and Margaret Kelley. 2020. “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Gun Ownership.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59(3): 526-540. Click to Access.

· Vegter, Abigail, Jami Taylor, and Donald Haider-Markel. 2020. “Old and New Data Sources and Methods for Interest Group Research.” Interest Groups and Advocacy 9: 436-450. Click to Access.

Forthcoming Journal Articles

· Haider-Markel, Donald, Patrick Gauding, and Abigail Vegter. “An Army for God: Gun Ownership, Christian Nationalism, and Support for Political Violence.” (Revise and Resubmit)

· Middlewood, Alexandra, Rachel Finnell, and Abigail Vegter. “Democracy At Gunpoint: American Gun Owners and Attitudes Towards Democracy.” (Revise and Resubmit)

Book Chapters

· Haider-Markel, Donald, Patrick Gauding, and Abigail Vegter. 2023. “Support for Gun Rights: Group Identities, Perceptions of Safety, and Attitudes about Responses to Mass Shootings.” Politics and Mass Shootings. Ed. Eric Madfis. New York: New York University Press. Print.

· Vegter, Abigail and Donald Haider-Markel. 2023. “They Want ‘Em All: Religion and Guns in a Global Pandemic.” An Epidemic on My People. Ed. Paul Djupe and Amanda Friesen. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Print.

· Vegter, Abigail, Patrick Gauding, and Donald Haider-Markel. 2021. “Groups, Knowledge, and Truth: The Case of Guns and Gun Ownership.” The Politics of Truth in a Polarized America: Concepts, Causes, and Correctives. Ed. David C. Barker and Elizabeth Suhay. New York: Oxford University Press. Print.

· Vegter, Abigail, and Donald Haider-Markel. “Special Role of Religion in LGBT-Related Attitudes. Oxford Encyclopedia of LGBT Politics and Policy. Ed. Donald Haider-Markel. 2020. New York: Oxford University Press. Print. Click to Access.

· Haider-Markel, Donald and Abigail Vegter. “LGBT Issues in Legislative Politics.” Oxford Encyclopedia of LGBT Politics and Policy. Ed. Donald Haider-Markel. 2020. New York: Oxford University Press. Print. Click to Access.

· Vegter, Abigail. “The Moral Arguments of Gambling.” Legislating Morality in America: Debating the Morality of Controversial U.S. Laws and Policies. Ed. Donald Haider-Markel. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2019. Print.

Public Scholarship and Invited Lectures

·  2023. Vegter, Abigail. Invited Guest on podcast American Idols with Dr. Andrew Whitehead. “Episode 2: Christian Nationalism is a Threat to Democracy.” Click to Access.  

·  2023. Vegter, Abigail and Brooklyn Walker. “Christ, Country, and Conspiracies.” The Civilian at Stanford University. Forthcoming.

·  2023. Vegter, Abigail and Brooklyn Walker. “Christ, Country, and Conspiracies? Christian Nationalism, Biblical Literalism, and Belief in Conspiracy Theories.” Religion in Public Blog. Click to Access.

·  2023. Middlewood, Alexandra and Abigail Vegter. “Analyzing the Evidence: The Massacre Generation and Beliefs about Mass Shooting Prevention.” Featured in the textbook American Government: Power and Purpose edited by Steve Ansolabehere, Hahrie Han, Ken Shepsle, and Ben Ginsberg.

·  2022. Vegter, Abigail and Alexandra Middlewood. “The ‘massacre generation’ believes government can prevent mass shootings.” Monkey Cage: The Washington Post. Click to Access.

·  2022. Vegter, Abigail. Invited Panelist. “Addressing Gun Violence in America.” Deseret News. Salt Lake City.

·  2022. Vegter, Abigail. Invited Participant. “Preaching on Pistols: Religious Elites and Their Capability to Move Attitudes on Guns.” The Ethics, Law, and Social Science of Self-Defense and Firearms Workshop. Saint Anslem College: Center for Ethics in Society.

·  2022. Vegter, Abigail. Invited Lecture. “Political Parties in 20th Century: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall.” The Ashbrook Center: Ashland University.

·  2021. Vegter, Abigail and Alexandra Middlewood. Invited Guests. “Public Attitudes about Guns.” Red, White and Confused Podcast, WECH 90.7.

·  2019. Vegter, Abigail J. Guest Speaker. “How Identity Matters.” Lawrence Talks: How Do We Evaluate Candidates?

·  2018: Vegter, Abigail J. and Donald P. Haider-Markel.” Research Presentation: The Mobilization of Gun Owners.” Moms Demand Action.

· 2017. Vegter, Abigail J. (Schutte). “From Benefactors to Bearers: The Church's Role in Orphan Care.” Shared Justice Blog.

· 2017. Vegter, Abigail J. (Schutte). “Challenges of the Next Presidency.” Ongoing blog for the Henry Institute.