Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 2015
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUL 24, 2019

    Duke Global Health

    Clergy Health, Local to Global
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Big churches
  • Mental health clergy
  • Quantitative research
  • Religion and sociology
  • Small churches
  • Social surveys--Methodology
  • Vocation (in religious orders, congregations, etc.)--Psychology
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Canada (Country) 
    • North Carolina (State or Province) 
    • United States of America (Country) 

  • Research

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Clergy Mental Health-Congo 2018 - 2020
  • Caregiving and Flourishing Mental Health awarded by St. Louis University 2016 - 2018
  • The Impact of Financial Shock on Religious and Non-Religious Philanthropy awarded by Indiana University 2015 - 2016
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  Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

  • Statewide Panel Survey of United Methodist Clergy awarded by The Duke Endowment 2018 - 2023
  • The Seminary to Early Ministry Study awarded by The Duke Endowment 2018 - 2023
  • The Selah Stress Intervention Study awarded by The Duke Endowment 2018 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Eagle, D. E., C. F. Hybels, and R. J. Proeschold-Bell. “Perceived social support, received social support, and depression among clergy.” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 36, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 2055–73. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518776134.
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    • Proeschold-Bell, Rae, David Eagle, Warren Kinghorn, Kathryn Whetten, N. J. Molokwu, C. L. M. Keyes, M. M. Sohail, et al. “Caring and thriving: An international qualitative study of caregivers of orphaned and vulnerable children and strategies to sustain positive mental health,” March 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.12.024.
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    • Kinghorn, W. A., C. L. M. Keyes, H. E. Parnell, D. E. Eagle, B. M. Biru, C. Amanya, V. Vann, et al. “Putting virtues in context: engaging the VIA classification of character strengths in caregiving for orphans and vulnerable children across cultures.” Journal of Positive Psychology, January 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2019.1579363.
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    • Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean, Dori M. Steinberg, Jia Yao, David E. Eagle, Timothy W. Smith, Grace Y. Cai, and Elizabeth L. Turner. “Using a holistic health approach to achieve weight-loss maintenance: results from the Spirited Life intervention..” Transl Behav Med, December 13, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/iby117.
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    • Case, Andrew D., David E. Eagle, Jia Yao, and Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell. “Disentangling Race and Socioeconomic Status in HealthDisparities Research: an Examination of Black and White Clergy..” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 5, no. 5 (October 2018): 1014–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-017-0449-7.
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    • Eagle, D., L. A. Keister, and J. G. Read. “Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 47, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 185–205. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764017734650.
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    • Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean, Elizabeth L. Turner, Gary G. Bennett, Jia Yao, Xiang-Fang Li, David E. Eagle, Rachel A. Meyer, et al. “A 2-Year Holistic Health and Stress Intervention: Results of an RCT in Clergy..” Am J Prev Med 53, no. 3 (September 2017): 290–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.04.009.
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    • Smith, Timothy W., David E. Eagle, and Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell. “Prospective Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and the Metabolic Syndrome: the Spirited Life Study of Methodist Pastors in North Carolina..” Annals of Behavioral Medicine : A Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 51, no. 4 (August 2017): 610–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-017-9883-3.
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    • Eagle, D. E., A. A. Miles, and R. J. Proeschold-Bell. “The Honeymoon is Over: Occupational Relocation and Changes in Mental Health Among United Methodist Clergy.” Review of Religious Research 59, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 31–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13644-016-0263-4.
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    • Eagle, David. “The Negative Relationship between Size and the Probability of Weekly Attendance in Churches in the United States.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 2 (August 31, 2016): 237802311561716–237802311561716. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023115617168.
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    • Eagle, A. J., D. E. Eagle, T. E. Stobbe, and G. C. Van Kooten. “Farmland protection and agriculturalland values at the urban-rural Fringe: British Columbia's agricultural land reserve.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 97, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 282–98. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aau098.
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    • Eagle, D. E. “Historicizing the megachurch.” Journal of Social History 48, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 589–604. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsh/shu109.
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    • Eagle, D. E., and R. J. Proeschold-Bell. “Methodological considerations in the use of name generators and interpreters.” Social Networks 40 (January 1, 2015): 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2014.07.005.
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    • Eagle, D. E. “Mega, medium, and mini: Size and the socioeconomic status composition of American protestant churches.” Research in the Sociology of Work 23 (January 1, 2012): 281–307. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0277-2833(2012)0000023015.
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    • Eagle, D. E. “Changing Patterns of Attendance at Religious Services in Canada, 1986-2008.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 187–200. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01559.x.
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    • Read, J. G., and D. E. Eagle. “Intersecting Identities as a Source of Religious Incongruence.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 116–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01555.x.
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    • Eagle, D. “The loosening bond of religion on canadian society: Reply to Bibby.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50, no. 4 (January 1, 2011): 838–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01596_2.x.
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    • Eagle, David. “Pneumatological Ecclesiology and Same-Sex Marriage: A Non-Essentialist Approach using the work of Eugene Rogers and John Zizioulas.” Conrad Grebel Review 28, no. 2 (2010): 43–68.
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    • Eagle, David. “Anthony Bartlett’s Concept of Abyssal Compassion and the Possibility of a Truly Nonviolent Atonement.” Conrad Grebel Review 26, no. 2 (2006): 66–81.
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  • Book Sections

    • Eagle, D. E. “The U.S. mainline protestant context.” In Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook, 3–10, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452276137.n6.
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    • Read, J. G., and D. Eagle. “Intersectionality and identity: An exploration of Arab American women.” In Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion’s Role in Stratification, 75–94, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139226479.006.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • GLHLTH 393: Research Independent Study in Global Health 2019

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