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Candy Gunther Brown

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1988
Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsPentecostalism and Christianity StudiesReligion, Society, and DevelopmentReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices

Publications

113

Citations

688

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
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Candy Gunther Brown studies religion and spirituality in the United States, with particular attention to how religious and spiritual practices intersect with medicine, healing, and public institutions. Her work examines topics such as prayer and faith healing, the legal and ethical debates over yoga and mindfulness in public schools, and how practices like meditation and Reiki are marketed as secular services.

Religion and healing/faith healingYoga and mindfulness in public institutionsReligion and lawSpiritual practices and secularizationChristianity and prayer

Publication activity spiked notably in 2019 and has been comparatively lower and steadier since, averaging under two per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 688cohort median 1,128
h-index: 13cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 100% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 18 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 23 publications23192020: 4 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 5 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • University of North Carolina Press eBooks×17
  • Columbia University Press eBooks×3
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×3
  • Mindfulness in behavioral health×2
  • F1000Research×2
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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