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Pope Leo XIV bridges Catholicism's geographic divide

May 9, 2025

Landon Schnabel, an associate professor of sociology at Cornell University who studies religion and social change, suggests that the historic selection reflects Catholicism's evolving global identity.


Catholic charter school matter ‘raises profound questions about equal access’

April 30, 2025

Landon Schnabel, a professor of sociology, studies religion and social change. He notes that the Supreme Court's decision will represent a critical test of the separation between church and state in public education.

education
Law, Government & Public Policy

If parents can opt out of LGBTQ themes, can others opt out of traditional ones?

April 22, 2025

While U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to favor the idea that religious parents can remove their children from public school lessons that include LGBTQ themes, this situation prompts reflection on the boundaries of religious liberty in a pluralistic society says Cornell University professor Landon Schnabel. 

Law and Policy

Cornell experts available on legacy of Pope Francis

April 21, 2025

Pope Francis — the first pope from Latin America, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first non-European to lead the Church since the 8th century — died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy. 


Bible-based curriculums send wrong message in public schools

November 22, 2024

Landon Schnabel, a Cornell University sociologist who studies religion, says that while proponents of the proposed Texas state curriculum frame it as culturally enriching, the move raises questions about the politicization of religious education.

education

Florida ruling ‘deviates from the more moderate views’ held by most Americans

April 2, 2024

Florida’s Supreme Court ruling on Monday allowed the state to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, a ruling that deviates from the more moderate views held by most Americans says Cornel University professor Landon Schnabel.

Law and Policy

France’s abortion rights vote sets potential ‘worldwide precedent’

March 4, 2024

Landon Schnabel is an assistant professor of sociology at Cornell University. He focuses on gender inequality alongside other dimensions of social inequality, including sexual orientation and race. He argues that the success of the French abortion rights vote underscores the role of culture, religion and secular governance in the preservation and progress of individual freedoms.

International

Cornell expert on same-sex marriage in Greece vote

February 14, 2024

Landon Schnabel is an assistant professor of sociology who studies social inequality with a focus on religion. He says that legalizing same-sex marriage in Greece would show other Eastern Orthodox Christians that providing rights does not undermine culture and values.

International

LGBTQ Catholics in a state of ‘conditional belonging’

December 19, 2023

Landon Schnabel is an assistant professor of sociology who studies social inequality with a focus on factors like religion that compensate for inequality – by providing social, psychological and material benefits to a subordinated group – but can paradoxically end up legitimating and reinforcing it. He says the blessing of same-sex couples is an important and complex step for the Catholic Church.

Arts and Sciences

Christian doctrine barely veiled in leaked SCOTUS opinion

May 3, 2022

Landon Schnabel, assistant professor of sociology at Cornell University, comments on the role of religion in the leaked Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade.

Law and Policy

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