Robert Wuthnow

Robert Wuthnow

Robert Wuthnow is a sociologist at the Princeton University, where he is the Andlinger Professor of Sociology and Director of Center for the Study of Religion. He is the author of several academic books and articles. He teaches and researches sociology of religion and cultural sociology, employing both quantitative and qualitative (historical and ethnographic) research methods.

He has a PhD from University of California, Berkeley.

His most known books include:
*God and Mammon in America
*Growing Up Religious: Christians and Jews and Their Journeys of Faith
*Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves (Pulitzer Prize nomination).
*Sharing the journey: support groups and America's new quest for community
*Communities of Discourse
*Meaning and Moral Order
*America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity
*The Restructuring of American Religion
*After Heaven

References

* [http://www.princeton.edu/~wuthnow/publications.html CV]

External links

* [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week534/rwuthnow.html Interview with Robert Wuthnow]
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=4398 "The Moral Minority"] , article by Wuthnow
* [http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/lake_lecture2003.html 2003 Lake Lecture:Faith and Giving: From Christian Charity to Spiritual Practice]


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