Sabrina Marie Danielsen, MA, PhD

Director, Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society

Associate Professor

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Contact

SabrinaDanielsen@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Cultural & Social Studies
Sociology
CRHL - Creighton Hall/Administration Building

Sabrina Marie Danielsen, MA, PhD

Director, Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society

Associate Professor

Dr. Sabrina Danielsen serves as the Director of the Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Creighton University and as the General Editor of the Journal of Religion & Society. As a sociologist of religion, Dr. Danielsen primarily examines the relationship between religion and society in the United States, particularly in understanding the factors that influence discussion of social issues within religious organizations. Her research has been published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Environmental Sociology, Environemtnal Research Letters, Social Science Research, and American Journal of Sociology, and has been discussed in mainstream news venues. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Swarthmore College. 


Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Interests

  • Sociology of Religion

Research Focus

Religion, Environmental Issues, Politics, Gender

Department

Cultural and Social Studies

Position

Associate Professor

Articles

  • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
    Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons 'Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism.' 2026
  • Journal of Religion & Society Supplement Series
    Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons 'Facing and Framing Decline: U.S. Catholic Sisters, Organizational Change, and Advocacy.'
    26, p. 172-191 2025
  • Environmental Research Letters
    Sabrina Danielsen, Daniel R. DiLeo, and Emily Burke. 'U.S. Catholic Bishops Silence and Denialism on Climate Change. Environmental Research Letters.' 2021
  • Journal of Religion and Society
    Sabrina Danielsen, Emily Burke, Daniel R. DiLeo 'U.S. Catholic Bishops Discussion of President Obama vs. President Trump, 2014-2019' 2021
  • Journal of Church & State
    Sabrina Danielsen, 'Mobilizing on Abortion: Social Networks, Civil Disobedience, and the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, 1967-1973.'
    63(3), p. 461-484 2021
  • Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion
    Sabrina Danielsen, 'Consensus and Conflict: Abortion, Mainline Protestants, and Religious Restructuring Since 1960.' 2019
  • Social Science Research
    Andrew Fenelon, Sabrina Danielsen 'Leaving My Religion: Understanding the Relationship between Religious Disaffiliation, Health, and Well-Being.' 2016
  • Journal of Religion & Society
    Sabrina Danielsen, 'Shifting Concerns About Social Problems: Religious and Political Identity Among Evangelical and Mainline Protestants, 1960-2013.' 2015
  • American Journal of Sociology
    Melissa J. Wilde, Sabrina Danielsen 'Fewer and Better Children: Race, Class, Religion, and Birth Control Reform in America.' Winner, Charles Tilly Best Award (2015) from the American Sociological Association's Comparative and Historical Section. Winner, Distinguished Article Award (2015) from the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Section. Winner, Distinguished Article Award (2015) from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. 2014
  • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
    Sabrina Danielsen, 'Fracturing Over Creation Care? Shifting Environmental Beliefs Among Evangelicals, 1984-2010.' 2013

Publications

  • Religion News Service
    Daniel R. DiLeo, Sabrina Danielsen, Emily Burke 'Study: Most US Catholic bishops kept silent on Francis climate change push.' Reprinted in The Washington Post and National Catholic Reporter 2021
  • National Catholic Reporter
    Daniel R. DiLeo, Sabrina Danielsen, and Emily Burke 'Predicting how US bishops conference will treat Biden, based on their criticism of Obama and Trump.' 2021