Author: Richard G. Dumont

Richard G. Dumont is the author of numerous articles and books in the field of sociology. His most recent books are Economic Inequality and What YOU Can Do About It and When Hate Happens, So Does Other Bad Stuff (both from Friesen Press, 2012 and 2013 respectively) He is a frequent contributor to Free Inquiry.
Religion and Suicide
 Free Inquiry Volume 36, No. 6
October / November 2016
 Richard G. Dumont

“The purpose of the current
study is to replicate Durkheim’s analysis, utilizing the fifty U.S.
tates and Washington, D.C., a the units of analysis.”

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Death
 Free Inquiry Volume 36, No. 1
December 2015 / January 2016
 Richard G. Dumont

Looking back at a life that has moved from a dependent Catholicism to an autonomous humanism.

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Imprisonment and Religiosity
 Free Inquiry Volume 35, No. 5
August / September 2015
 Richard G. Dumont

Religiosity seems to correlate with criminal conduct . . . until you examine the data more scrupulously.

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The Learnings of a Secular Humanist
 Free Inquiry Volume 34, No. 6
October / November 2014
 Richard G. Dumont

The Fifteen Commandments according to one secular humanist.

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Cremation and Religiosity
 Free Inquiry Volume 34, No. 1
December 2013 / January 2014
 Richard G. Dumont

I believe that the strongest objective evidence for greater attitudinal acceptance of death may be found in increasing cremation rates.

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