ROBERT WUTHNOW

 

Department of Sociology

Wallace Hall

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey  08544

(609) 258-4742 or 258-4531

                       

Education:

 

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, B.S., 1968, Summa Cum Laude

University of California, Berkeley, Department of Sociology, Ph.D., 1975

 

Employment:

 

Andlinger Professor of Sociology

Director, Center for the Study of Religion

Princeton University

 

Publications:

 

Books

 

America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity (Princeton, N.J.:  Princeton University Press, 2005), 367 pp.

 

Saving America?  Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society (Princeton, N.J.:  Princeton University Press, 2004), 352 pp.

 

All In Sync:  How Music and Art Are Revitalizing American Religion (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 2003), 284 pp.

 

Creative Spirituality:  The Way of the Artist (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 2001), 315 pp.

 

Growing Up Religious:  Christians and Jews and Their Journeys of Faith (Boston:  Beacon Press, 1999), 270 pp.  Paperback edition, 2001.

 

Loose Connections:  Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities (Cambridge, Mass.:  Harvard University Press, 1998), 268 pp.  Paperback edition, 2002.

 

After Heaven:  Spirituality in America Since the 1950s (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 1998), 265 pp.  Selected as one of “Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 1998.”  Paperback edition, 2000.

 

The Crisis in the Churches:  Spiritual Malaise, Fiscal Woe  (New York:  Oxford University Press, 1997), 291 pp.

 

Poor Richard's Principle:  Recovering the American Dream through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1996), 426 pp.  Paperback edition, 1998.

 

Christianity and Civil Society:  The Contemporary Debate   (Philadelphia:   Trinity Press International, 1996), 112 pp.  The 1996 Rockwell Lectures.

 

Learning to Care:  Elementary Kindness in an Age of Indifference (New York:  Oxford University Press, 1995), 287 pp.

 

God and Mammon in America (New York:  Free Press, 1994), 364 pp.  Paperback edition, 1996.

 

Producing the Sacred:  An Essay on Public Religion (Urbana:  University of Illinois Press, 1994), 200 pp.  Cloth and paper.

 

Sharing the Journey:  Support Groups and America's New Quest for Community (New York:  Free Press, 1994), 464 pp.  A main selection of the Behavioral Science Book Club.  Paperback edition, 1996.

 

Christianity in the 21st Century:  Reflections on the Challenges Ahead (New York:  Oxford University Press, 1993).  255 pp.  Paperback edition, 1995.

 

Rediscovering the Sacred:  Perspectives on Religion in Contemporary Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  William B. Eerdmans, 1992).  180 pp.  Cloth and paper.  Macedonian translation, 2003.

 

Acts of Compassion:  Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1991).  330 pp.  Religious Book Club Main Selection, 1991.  Second printing, 1992.  Paperback edition, 1993.  Spanish translation (Madrid:  Alianza Editorial, 1996).

 

Communities of Discourse:  Ideology and Social Structure in the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and European Socialism (Cambridge, Mass.:  Harvard University Press, 1989).  732 pp.  Paperback edition, 1993.

 

The Struggle for America's Soul:  Evangelicals, Liberals, and Secularism (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  William B. Eerdmans, 1989).  210 pp.  Cloth and paper.

 

The Restructuring of American Religion:  Society and Faith Since World War II (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1988).  374 pp.  Religious Book Club Main Selection, 1989.  Second printing, 1989.  Paperback edition, 1990.

 

Meaning and Moral Order:  Explorations in Cultural Analysis (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 1987).  435 pp.  Paperback edition, 1989.

 

Cultural Analysis:  The Work of Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas, by Robert Wuthnow, James Davison Hunter, Albert Bergesen, and Edith Kurzweil (London:  Routledge and Kegan Paul), 1984).  273 pp.  Spanish translation (Barcelona:  Ediciones Paidos Iberica, 1988).  Paperback edition, 1985.  Reprinted, 1985, 1987, 1991, and 1993.  Chinese translation (Taiwan:  Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., 1994).

 

Experimentation in American Religion (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 1978).  221 pp.

 

The Consciousness Reformation (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 1976).  309 pp.

 

Adolescent Prejudice, by Charles Y. Glock, Robert Wuthnow, J.A. Piliavin, and Metta Spencer (New York:  Harper and Row, 1975), 229 pp.  Cloth and paper.

 

 

Edited Books

 

The Quiet Hand of God:  Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism, ed. by Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 2002), 430 pp.

 

The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, 2 vols. (Washington, D.C.:  Congressional Quarterly Books, 1998), 875 pp.

 

Rethinking Materialism:  Perspectives on the Spiritual Dimension of Economic Life (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Eerdmans, 1995).  276 pp.

 

"I Come Away Stronger":  How Small Groups Are Shaping American Religion (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Eerdmans, 1994).  400 pp.

 

Vocabularies of Public Life:  Empirical Essays in Symbolic Structure (London:  Routledge, 1992).  270 pp.

 

Between States and Markets:  The Voluntary Sector in Comparative Perspective (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1991).  310 pp.

 

Faith and Philanthropy in America:  Exploring the Role of Religion in America's Voluntary Sector, edited by Robert Wuthnow and Virginia A. Hodgkinson (San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 1990).  335 pp.

 

The New Christian Right:  Mobilization and Legitimation, edited by Robert C. Liebman and Robert Wuthnow (New York:  Aldine, 1983).  256 pp.

 

The Religious Dimension:  New Directions in Quantitative Research (New York:  Academic Press, 1979).  379 pp.

 

 

Articles

 

"Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure," in Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs:  Explorations in Sociology, ed. by Jeffery Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 2004), pp. 145-167.

 

“Faith and Giving:  From Christian Charity to Spiritual Practice,” Center on Philanthropy Research Papers, Indiana University at Indianapolis (2004), 22 pp.

 

“Still Divided, After All,” Symposium on Religion and Culture, The Chronicle of Higher Education (October 22, 2004), B7-B8.

 

“Is There a Place for ‘Scientific’ Studies of Religion?” Religious Studies News 19, 4 (October 2004), 13, 32.

 

“Buddhists and Buddhism in the United States:  The Scope of Influence,” by Robert Wuthnow and Wendy Cadge, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43, 3 (September 2004), 361-378.

 

“Presidential Address 2003:  The Challenge of Diversity,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43, 2 (June 2004), 159-170.

 

“The Religious Factor Revisited,” Sociological Theory 22, 2 (June 2004), 205-218.

 

“The Effectiveness and Trustworthiness of Faith-Based and Other Service Organizations:  A Study of Recipients’ Perceptions,” by Robert Wuthnow, Conrad Hackett, and Becky Yang Hsu, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43, 1 (March 2004), 1-17.

 

“The Social Integration of Practitioners of Non-Western Religions in the United States,” by Robert Wuthnow and Conrad Hackett, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42, 4 (December 2003), 651-667.

 

“Overcoming Status Distinctions?  Religious Involvement, Social Class, Race, and Ethnicity in Friendship Patterns,” Sociology of Religion 64, 4 (December 2003), 423-442.

 

“The Changing Nature of Work in the United States:  Implications for Vocation, Ethics, and Faith,” The Cresset:  A Review of Literature, the Arts, and Public Affairs 67 (September 2003), 5-13.

 

“Studying Religion, Making It Sociological,” in Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, ed. by Michele Dillon (Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 16-30.

 

“The Impact of Religious Involvement on Civic Life,” in United We Serve:  National Service and the Future of Citizenship, ed. by E.J. Dionne Jr., Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, and Robert E. Litan (Washington, D.C.:  Brookings Institution Press, 2003), pp. 222-237.

 

“Can Religion Revitalize Civil Society?  An Institutional Perspective,” in Religion as Social Capital:  Producing the Common Good, ed. by Corwin Smidt (Waco, Texas:  Baylor University Press, 2003), pp. 191-210.

 

“Art for the Soul,” Christian Century 120 (May 3, 2003), 24-29.

 

“Practice and Progress in the Study of Religion,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42 (March 2003), pp. 8-11.

 

“Is There a Place for ‘Scientific’ Studies of Religion?” The Chronicle Review 49 (January 24, 2003), B10.

 

“How Congregations Serve,” Books and Culture (January/February 2003), pp. 24-25.

 

“Religious Involvement and Status-Bridging Social Capital,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 41 (December 2002), pp. 669-684.

 

“Introduction” (with John H. Evans), in The Quiet Hand of God:  Faith-Based Activism and Mainline Protestantism, ed. by Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 2002), pp. 1-25.

 

“Beyond Quiet Influence?  Possibilities for the Protestant Mainline,” in The Quiet Hand of God:  Faith-Based Activism and Mainline Protestantism, ed. by Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 2002), pp. 381-404.

 

“United States:  Bridging the Privileged and the Marginalized?” in Democracies in Flux:  The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society, ed. by Eva Cox and Robert D. Putnam (New York:  Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 59-102, 428-442.

 

"Moral Inquiry in Cultural Sociology," in Culture in Mind:  Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition, ed. by Karen A. Cerulo (New York:  Routledge, 2002), pp. 123-134.

 

"The Religious Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering," in Measuring the Impact of the Nonprofit Sector on Society, ed. by Patrice Flynn and Virginia A. Hodgkinson (New York:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2002), pp. 231-245.

 

"Reassembling the Civic Church," in Meaning and Modernity:  Religion, Polity, and Self, ed. by Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven M. Tipton (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 2001), pp. 163-180.

 

"Der Wandel des Sozialkapitals in den USA," in Gesellschaft und Gemeinsinn:  Sozialkapital im internationalen Vergleich, ed. by Robert D. Putnam (Gutersloh:  Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2001), pp. 655-749.

 

"Arts Leaders and Religious Leaders:  Mutual Perceptions,"  in Crossroads:  Art and Religion in American Life, ed. by Alberta Arthurs and Glenn Wallach (New York:  The New Press, 2001), pp. 31-70.  Reprinted in The Arts, Religion, and Common Ground, ed. by Jennifer Gottlieb (Washington, D.C.:  Americans for the Arts Monographs, 2001), pp. 2-22.

 

"Organized Religion," in Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History, Vol. III, ed. by Mary Kupiec Cayton and Peter W. Williams (New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001), pp. 309-316.

 

"Teaching and Religion in Sociology," in Religion, Scholarship, and Higher Education:  Perspectives, Models, and Future Prospects, ed. by Andrea Sterk (Notre Dame, Ind.:  University of Notre Dame Press, 2001), pp. 184-192.

 

“Growing Up Religious,” in Understanding Society:  An Introductory Reader, ed. by Margaret L. Andersen, Kim A. Logio, and Howard F. Taylor (Belmont, Calif.:  Wadsworth, 2001), pp. 371-377.

 

"Every Family Has a Secret:  The Hidden Side of Spirituality and Ministry," Family Ministry 15 (Fall 2001), pp. 16-27.

 

"The Power of a Few," Spirituality and Health (Summer 2001), pp. 47-49.

 

"Creative Spirituality:  The Way of the Artist," Books and Culture (March/April, 2001), pp. 28-31.

 

"Artists' Spirituality," Chronicle of Higher Education (March 9, 2001), B6.

 

"The Changing Face of Society:  How Congregations Adapt," Congregations (January/February, 2001), pp. 14-15.

 

"Spirituality and Spiritual Practice," in Companion to the Sociology of Religion, ed. by Richard K. Fenn (New York:  Blackwell, 2000), pp. 306-320.

 

"Religious Orientations," in Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed., ed. by Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J.V. Montgomery (New York:  Macmillan Reference, 2000), pp. 2382-2387.

 

“How Religious Groups Promote Forgiving:  A National Study,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 36 (June 2000), pp. 124-137.

 

“Moral Minority:  Liberal Protestant Denominations Are Still a Force for Social Justice,” The American Prospect 11 (May 22, 2000), pp. 31-33.

 

“Social Science and Public Theology,” in Theology in the Service of the Church:  Essays in Honor of Thomas W. Gillespie, ed. by Wallace M. Alston Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Eerdmans, 2000), pp. 266-279.

 

“The Fragmenting of America,” in K-12 Education:  Culture and Community, ed. by Gordon J. Van Wylen (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Van Andel Education Institute, 2000), pp. 57-75.

 

“Teaching Forgiveness,” in K-12 Education:  Culture and Community, ed. by Gordon J. Van Wylen (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Van Andel Education Institute, 2000), pp. 76-96.

 

“Linkages between Religious Congregations and Nonprofit Service Organizations,” Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Working Papers (Washington, D.C.:  Aspen Institute, 2000), 61 pp.

 

"A Lonely Day in the Neighborhood," Christianity Today (June 12, 2000), pp. 91-92.

 

"Clash of Values:  The State, Religion, and the Arts," in Nonprofits and Government: Confrontation and Conflict, ed. by Elizabeth T. Boris and C. Eugene Steuerle (Washington, D.C.:  The Urban Institute, 1999), pp. 267-290.

 

“Mobilizing Civic Engagement:  The Changing Impact of Religious Involvement,” in Civic Engagement in American Democracy, ed. by Theda Skocpol and Morris Fiorina (Washington, D.C.:  Brookings Institution Press, 1999), pp. 331-363.

 

“The Role of Trust in Civic Renewal,” in Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal, ed. by Robert K. Fullinwider (New York:  Rowman & Littlefield, 1999), pp. 209-230.

 

"The Culture of Discontent:  Democratic Liberalism and the Challenge of Diversity in Late Twentieth-Century America," in Diversity and Its Discontents:  Cultural Conflict and Common Ground in Contemporary American Society, ed. by Jeffrey Alexander and Neil J. Smelser (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1999), pp. 19-36.

 

"The Crisis in the Churches," in Financing American Religion, ed. by Mark Chaves and Sharon Miller (San Francisco:  AltaMira Press, 1999), pp. 87-96.

 

“Returning to Practice,” Noetic Sciences Review 49 (August-November 1999), pp. 32-38.

 

“Spirituality in America Since the 1950s,” Theology News and Notes (March 1999), pp. 4-6.

 

“Roots and Wings,” Common Boundary 17 (January/February, 1999), pp. 24-31, 52.

 

“To Dwell or To Seek,” In Trust (January 1999), pp. 14-17.

 

"Spiritual Practice:  Piety in America," Christian Century 115 (September 23-30, 1998), pp. 854-855.

 

"Introduction," in The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, ed. by Robert Wuthnow (Washington, D.C.:  Congressional Quarterly Books, 1998), pp. xxv-xxxvi.

 

"Civil Religion," in The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, ed. by Robert Wuthnow (Washington, D.C.:  Congressional Quarterly Books, 1998), pp. 153-157.

 

"Fundamentalism and Liberalism in Public Religious Discourse," in The New American Cultural Sociology, ed. by Philip Smith (Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 60-72.

 

"The Foundations of Trust," Report from the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy 18 (Summer 1998), pp. 3-8.

 

"Wise Beyond His Years," in Stone Soup for the World, ed. by Marianne Larned (Berkeley, Calif.:  Conari Press, 1998), pp. 312-314.

 

"Morality, Spirituality, and Democracy," Society 35 (March/April 1998), pp. 37-43.

 

"Protestants and Economic Behavior," by Robert Wuthnow and Tracy L. Scott, in Harry S. Stout and D.G. Hart (eds.), New Directions in American Religious History (New York:  Oxford University Press, 1997), pp. 260-295.

 

"The Cultural Turn:  Stories, Logics, and the Quest for Identity in American Religion," in Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland (eds.), Contemporary American Religion:  An Ethnographic Reader (San Francisco:  AltaMira Press, 1997), pp. 245-266.

 

"The Sacred and the Material," In Trust 9 (Autumn 1997), pp. 12-15.

 

"Churches' Financial Woes:  A Crisis of the Spirit," Chronicle of Philanthropy (October 2, 1997), 4-5.

 

"Repentance in Criminal Procedure:  The Ritual Affirmation of Community," in Amitai Etzioni and David E. Carney (eds.), Repentance:  A Comparative Perspective (New York:  Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), pp. 171-186.

 

"The Changing Character of American Spirituality," in Stephen L. Longenecker (ed.), The Dilemma of Anabaptist Piety:  Strengthening or Straining the Bonds of Community?  (Bridgewater, Va.:  Forum for Religious Studies, Bridgewater College, 1997), pp. 109-122.

 

"Economic Disparities:  Telling Stories," Congregations (March-April 1997), 18-19.

 

"`We Prayed They Would Win':  How Christians Become Political Activists," in William Scott Green and Jacob Neusner, The Religion Factor:  An Introduction to How Religion Matters (Louisville:  Westminster/John Knox, 1996), pp. 117-129.

 

"Restructuring of American Religion:  Further Evidence," Sociological Inquiry 66 (August 1996), 303-329.

 

"Stewardship:  The Cultural Context," New Theology Review 9 (November 1996), pp. 71-84.

 

"Youth and Culture in American Society," in The 1996 Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture, ed. by Kenda Creasy Dean (Princeton:  Princeton Theological Seminary, 1996), pp. 67-101.

 

"How We Can Teach Young People to Care," Chronicle of Philanthropy 8 (April 4, 1996), pp. 42-43.

 

"Rediscovering Community," Virginia Social Science Journal 31 (1996), pp. 1-10.

 

"From Religion to Spirituality:  A New Basis for the Unum?" in Robert Royal (ed.), Reinventing the American People:  E Pluribus in the Nineties (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Eerdmans, 1995).

 

"Can Christians Be Trusted?  A Review Essay on Public Religions in the Modern World," Books and Culture (November/December 1995), pp. 15-16.

 

"Modernity and the Struggle for the Church," Pastoraltheologische Informationen 1 (June 1995), pp. 13-29.

 

"Volunteering Helps the Helper," Leadership (October 1994), pp. 19-21.

 

"What Religious People Think about the Poor," Christian Century 111 (September 7-14, 1994), pp. 812-816.

 

"Sources of Christian Fundamentalism in the United States," by Robert Wuthnow and Matthew P. Lawson, in Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby (eds.), Accounting for Fundamentalisms:  The Dynamic Character of Movements (Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 1994), pp. 18-56.

 

"Small Groups and Spirituality:  Exploring the Connections," in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), "I Come Away Stronger":  How Small Groups Are Shaping American Religion (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Eerdmans, 1994), pp. 1-7.

 

"The Small Group Movement in the Context of American Religion," in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), "I Come Away Stronger":  How Small Groups Are Shaping American Religion (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Eerdmans, 1994), pp. 344-366.

 

"Small Groups--A National Profile," in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), "I Come Away Stronger":  How Small Groups Are Shaping American Religion (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Eerdmans, 1994), pp. 367-388.

 

"Between the State and Market:  Voluntarism and the Difference It Makes," in Amitai Etzioni (ed.), Rights and the Common Good (New York:  St. Martin's Press, 1994), pp. 213-225.

 

"Religion and Economic Life," in Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg (eds.), Handbook of Economic Sociology (Princeton:  Princeton University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation, 1994), pp. 620-646.

 

"How Small Groups are Transforming Our Lives," Christianity Today 38 (February 7, 1994), 20-24.

 

"The Small-Group Revolution:  New Notions of Community and the Sacred," Christian Century (December 8, 1993), pp. 1236-1240.

 

"Altruism and Sociological Theory," Social Service Review 67 (September, 1993), pp. 344-357.

 

"Church Realities and Christian Identity in the 21st Century," Christian Century 110 (May 12, 1993), pp. 520-523.

 

"Pious Materialism:  How Americans View Faith and Money," Christian Century 110 (March 3, 1993), pp. 238-242.

 

"Giving and Caring in the 1990s," Second Opinion 18 (January 1993), 69-80.

 

"The Future of the Religious Right," in Michael Cromartie (ed.), No Longer Exiles:  The Religious Right in American Politics (Washington, D.C.:  Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1993), pp. 27-46.

 

"Infrastructure and Superstructure:  Revisions in Marxist Sociology of Culture," in Richard Münch and Neil J. Smelser (eds.), Theory of Culture (Berkeley:  University of California Press, 1992), pp. 145-170.

 

"Rationality and the Limits of Rational Theory:  A Sociological Critique," in Don S. Browning and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza (eds.), Habermas, Modernity and Public Theology (New York:  Crossroad/Continuum, 1992), pp. 206-224.

 

"Maladies of the Middle Class," Princeton Seminary Bulletin 13 (Number 3, 1992), pp. 287-298.

 

"Rediscovering Community:  The Cultural Potential of Caring Behavior and Voluntary Service," Essays on Philanthropy (Indianapolis:  Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, 1992), No. 7.

 

"Stories to Live By," Theology Today 49 (October 1992), 296-310.

 

"Religious Orientations," in Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L. Borgatta (eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology, vol. 3 (New York:  Macmillan, 1992), pp. 1651-1656.

 

"The World of Fundamentalism," Christian Century 109 (April 22, 1992), 426-429.

 

"Fundamentalism in the World," Christian Century 109 (April 29, 1992), 456-458.

 

"Introduction:  New Directions in the Empirical Study of Cultural Codes," in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), Vocabularies of Public Life:  Empirical Essays in Symbolic Structure (London:  Routledge, 1992), pp. 1-16.

 

"Sources of Personal Identity:  Religion, Ethnicity, and the American Cultural Situation," Religion and American Culture 2 (Winter 1992), 2-8.

 

"Cultural Change and Sociological Theory," in Hans Haferkamp and Neil J. Smelser (eds.), Social Change and Modernity (Berkeley:  University of California Press, 1992), pp. 256-276.

 

"The Religious Right and Symbolic Politics," in James E. Wood, Jr. and Derek Davis (eds.), The Role of Religion in the Making of Public Policy (Waco, Texas:  J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, 1991), pp. 81-99.

 

"Understanding Religion and Politics," Daedalus 120 (Summer 1991), 1-20.

 

"International Realities:  Bringing the Global Picture into Focus," in Wade Clark Roof (ed.), Religion and World Order (Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1991), 19-37.

 

"Evangelicals, Liberals, and the Perils of Individualism," Perspectives 6 (May 1991), 10-13.

 

"Religion as Culture," in David G. Bromley (ed.), Religion and Social Order:  New Developments in Theory and Research, vol. 1 (Greenwich, Conn.:  JAI Press, 1991), pp. 267-283.

 

"The Voluntary Sector:  Legacy of the Past, Hope for the Future?" in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), Between States and Markets:  The Voluntary Sector in Comparative Perspective (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1991), pp. 3-29.

 

"Tocqueville's Question Reconsidered:  Voluntarism and Public Discourse in Advanced Industrial Societies," in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), Between States and Markets:  The Voluntary Sector in Comparative Perspective (Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1991), pp. 288-308.

 

"Religious Research in the 1990s," Emerging Trends 13 (January, 1991), 1-2; and (February 1991), 2-3.

 

"Betwixt and Between:  Recent Cultural Sociology in Europe and the United States," by Michèle Lamont and Robert Wuthnow, in George Ritzer (ed.), Frontiers of Social Theory:  The New Syntheses (New York:  Columbia University Press, 1990), pp. 287-315.

 

"The Social Significance of Religious Television," in Robert Abelman and Stewart M. Hoover (eds.), Religious Television:  Controversies and Conclusions (Norwood, N.J.:  Ablex, 1990), pp. 87-98.

 

"Religion and the Voluntary Spirit in the United States:  Mapping the Terrain," in Robert Wuthnow and Virginia A. Hodgkinson (eds.), Faith and Philanthropy in America (San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 1990), pp. 3-21.  Reprinted in A Reader on Religion and Philanthropy in a Civil Society, ed. by Azim Nanji, JoAnne Kagiwada, and Philip Hallen (New York:  Council on Foundations, 1994), pp. 8-17.

 

"Improving Our Understanding of Religion and Giving:  Key Issues for Research," in Robert Wuthnow and Virginia A. Hodgkinson (eds.), Faith and Philanthropy in America (San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 1990), pp. 271-83.

 

"Religion:  Inhibitor or Facilitator of Political Involvement among Women," by Robert Wuthnow and William Lehrman, in Pat Gurin and Louise A. Tilly (eds.), Women in Twentieth-Century Politics (New York:  Russell Sage Foundation, 1990). 

 

"The Restructuring of American Presbyterianism," in John Mulder, Louis Weeks, and Joe Coalter (eds.), The Presbyterian Predicament:  Six Perspectives (Louisville:  Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990), pp. 27-48.

 

"Religion and Television:  The Public and the Private," in Quentin J. Schultze (ed.), American Evangelicals and the Mass Media:  Perspectives on the Relationship Between American Evangelicals and the Mass Media (Grand Rapids, Mich.:  Academie, 1990), pp. 199-214.

 

"Quid Obscurum:  The Changing Terrain of Church-State Relations," in Mark Noll (ed.), Religion and American Politics (Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 1989), pp. 337-354.

 

"Mapping the Presbyterians," The Reformed Journal 39 (August 1989), pp. 14-21.

 

"Towns, Regimes, and Religious Movements in the Reformation," in Eugene D. Genovese and Leonard Hochberg (eds.), Geographic Perspectives in History (Oxford:  Basil Blackwell, 1989), pp. 28-55.

 

"State Structures and Class Conflict in the Reformation:  A Reply to Moaddel," American Sociological Review 54 (June 1989), pp. 474-476.

 

"Pledging Allegiance to One Nation, Divided by Two Religious Factions," Los Angeles Times (Sunday, March 5, 1989), pp. 1-2 (Op. Ed.)

 

"Sociology of Religion," in Neil J. Smelser (ed.), Handbook of Sociology (Beverly Hills:  Sage, 1988), pp. 473-509.

 

"Exploring the Social Sources of Denominationalism:  Schisms in American Protestant Denominations, 1890-1980," by Robert C. Liebman, John Sutton, and Robert Wuthnow, American Sociological Review 53 (June 1988), pp. 343-352.

 

"New Directions in the Study of Culture," by Robert Wuthnow and Marsha Witten, Annual Reviews of Sociology 14 (1988), pp. 49-67.

 

"Religious Discourse as Public Rhetoric,"  Communication Research 15 (June 1988), pp. 318-338.

 

"Government Activity and Civil Privatism:  Evidence from Voluntary Church Membership," by Robert Wuthnow and Clifford Nass, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 27 (June 1988), pp. 157-174.

 

"Divided We Fall:  America's Two Civil Religions," Christian Century 105 (April 20, 1988), pp. 395-399.

 

"On the Theory of Culture," ASA Footnotes 16 (February 1988), p. 6.

 

"Reputational Status of Organizations in Technical Systems," by Wesley Shrum and Robert Wuthnow, American Journal of Sociology 94 (January 1988), pp. 882-912.

 

"Rethinking the Weberian View of Ideology," Theory and Society 16 (1987), pp. 123-137.

 

"American Democracy and the Democratization of American Religion," Politics and Society 15 (1987), pp. 223-234.

 

"Anti-Semitism and Stereotyping," in Helen Fein (ed.), The Persisting Question:  Sociological Perspectives and Social Contexts of Modern Antisemitism (Berlin:  Walter de Gruyter, 1987), pp. 128-163.

 

"Indices of Religious Resurgence in the United States," in Richard T. Antoun and Mary Elaine Hegland (eds.), Religious Resurgence:  Contemporary Cases in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism (Syracuse:  Syracuse University Press, 1987), pp. 15-34.

 

"America's Legitimating Myths:  Continuity and Crisis," in Terry Boswell and Albert Bergesen (eds.), America's Changing Role in the World-System (New York:  Praeger, 1987), pp. 235-255.

 

"The Social Significance of Religious Television," Review of Religious Research 29 (December 1987), pp. 125-134.

 

"Religion and the Social Fabric," in James F. Short, Jr. (ed.), The Social Fabric:  Dimensions and Issues (Beverly Hills:  Sage, 1986), pp. 282-304.

 

"Religious Movements and Counter-Mouvements in North America," in James A. Beckford (ed.), Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change (Paris:  UNESCO, 1986).

 

"Processes of Early State Development:  A Review Article," Comparative Studies in Society and History 28 (January 1986), pp. 107-113.

 

"Religion as Sacred Canopy," in James Davison Hunter and Stephen C. Ainlay (eds.), Making Sense of Modern Times:  Peter L. Berger and the Vision of Interpretive Sociology (London:  Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986), pp. 121-142.

 

"What is the Nature of Prejudice between Religious 'Left,' 'Right'?"  Emerging Trends 8 (June 1986), pp. 1-6.

 

"Sociology and the Pursuit of Rationality," Contemporary Sociology 15 (March 1986), pp. 194-197.

 

"State Structures and Ideological Outcomes," American Sociological Review 50 (December 1985), pp. 799-821.

 

"Modernity and Religious Evolution:  Bringing Social Structure Back In," Actes du Conference Internationale de Sociologie des Religions 18 (1985), pp. 121-133.

 

"The Growth of Religious Reform Movements," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 480 (July 1985), pp. 106-116.

 

"Surveying Religious Commitment:  The Sociology of Charles Y. Glock," Religious Studies Review 11 (January 1985), pp. 23-26.

 

"The Organization of Technology in Advanced Industrial Society:  A Hypothesis on Technical Systems," by Wesley Shrum, Robert Wuthnow, and James R. Beniger, Social Forces 64 (September 1985), pp. 46-63.

 

"The Cultural Context of Contemporary Religious Movements," in Thomas Robbins, William C. Shepherd, and James McBride (eds.), Cults, Culture, and the Law (San Francisco:  Scholars Press, 1985), pp. 43-56.

 

"Science and the Sacred," in Phillip E. Hammond (ed.), The Sacred in a Secular Age (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 1985), pp. 187-203.

 

"Durkheim via Swanson," Religious Studies Review 9 (October 1983), pp. 352-256.

 

"Knowledge Workers as a 'New Class':  Structural and Ideological Convergence among Professional-Technical Workers and Managers," by Robert Wuthnow and Wesley Shrum, Work and Occupations 10 (November 1983), pp. 471-487.

 

"The Political Rebirth of American Evangelicals," in Robert C. Liebman and Robert Wuthnow (eds.), The New Christian Right:  Mobilization and Legitimation (New York:  Aldine, 1983), pp. 167-185.

 

"Sources of Doctrinal Unity and Diversity," in Roger A. Johnson (ed.), Views from the Pews:  Christian Beliefs and Attitudes (Philadelphia:  Fortress Press, 1983), pp. 33-56.

 

"Religious Beliefs and Experiences:  Basic Patterns," in Roger A. Johnson (ed.), View from the Pews:  Christian Beliefs and Attitudes (Philadelphia:  Fortress Press, 1983), pp. 10-32, 182-245.

 

"Cultural Crises," in Albert Bergesen (ed.), Crises in the World-Economy (Beverly Hills:  Sage, 1983), pp. 57-72.

 

"A Sociological Perspective on Faith Development," in Kenneth E. Stokes (ed.), Faith Development in the Adult Life Cycle (New York:  William H. Sadlier, 1983), pp. 208-223.

 

"Anti-Semitism and Stereotyping," in Arthur G. Miller (ed.), In the Eye of the Beholder:  Prejudice and Stereotyping (New York:  Praeger, 1982), pp. 137-187.

 

"The Moral Crisis in American Capitalism," Harvard Business Review 60 (March-April 1982), pp. 76-84.

 

"Comment on 'The Shifting Meaning of a Wall of Separation:  Some Notes on Church, State, and Conscience,'" Sociological Analysis 42 (Fall 1981), pp. 246-248.

 

"Political Aspects of the Quietistic Revival," in Thomas Robbins and Dick Anthony (eds.), In Gods We Trust:  New Patterns of Religious Pluralism (New Brunswick, N.J.:  Transaction Books, 1981), pp. 229-243.

 

"Two Traditions in the Study of Religion," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 20 (March 1981), pp. 16-32.

 

"Comparative Ideology," International Journal of Comparative Sociology 22 (September-December 1981), pp. 121-140.  Reprinted in J. Michael Armer and Robert M. Marsh (eds.), Comparative Sociological Research in the 1960s and 1970s (Leiden:  E.J. Brill Publishers, 1981).

 

"The World-Economy and the Institutionalization of Science in Seventeenth-Century Europe," in Albert Bergesen (ed.), Studies of the Modern World-System (New York:  Academic Press, 1980), pp. 25-55.

 

"World Order and Religious Movements," in Albert Bergesen (ed.), Studies of the Modern World-System (New York:  Academic Press, 1980), pp. 57-75.  Reprinted in Eileen Barker (ed.), The New Religious Movements:  An Approach to Understanding Society (new York:  Edwin Mellin Press, 1982), pp. 47-68.

 

"Religion and Bereavement:  A Conceptual Framework," by Robert Wuthnow, Kevin Christiano, and John Kuzloski, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 19 (December 1980), pp. 408-430.  Reprinted in Robert Fulton and Robert Bendiksen (eds.), Death and Identity, 3d ed. (Philadelphia:  Charles Press, 1994), ch. 9.

 

"The Emergence of Modern Science and World System Theory," Theory and Society 8 (September 1979), pp. 215-243.

 

"Departures from Conventional Religion:  The Nominally Religious, the Non-Religious, and the Alternatively Religious," by Charles Y. Glock and Robert Wuthnow, in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), The Religious Dimension:  New Directions in Quantitative Research (New York:  Academic Press, 1979), pp. 47-68.

 

"The Effect of Residential Migration on Church Attendance in the United States," by Robert Wuthnow and Kevin Christiano, in Robert Wuthnow (ed.), The Religious Dimension:  New Directions in Quantitative Research (New York:  Academic Press, 1979), pp. 257-276.

 

"Legitimating the Capitalist World Order:  A Review Essay," American Journal of Sociology 85 (September 1979), pp. 424-430.

 

"The Current Moral Climate:  What Pastors Think," Theology Today 36 (July 1979), pp. 239-250.

 

"On Suffering, Rebellion, and the Moral Order," Contemporary Sociology 8 (March 1979), pp. 212-215.

 

"Religious Movements and the Transition in World Order," in Jacob Needleman and George Baker (eds.), Understanding the New Religions (New York:  Seabury, 1978), pp. 63-79.

 

"Peak Experiences:  Some Empirical Tests," Journal of Humanistic Psychology 18 (Summer 1978), pp. 59-75.  Reprinted in Martin Bloom (ed.), Life Span Development (New York:  Macmillan, 1979).

 

"Religious Loyalty, Defection, and Experimentation:  A Longitudinal Analysis of University Men," by Robert Wuthnow and Glen Mellinger, Review of Religious Research 19 (Spring 1978), pp. 234-245.

 

"Logit Regression Techniques in the Study of Religion," by Robert Wuthnow and Larry Blackwood, Review of Religious Research 19 (Fall 1977), pp. 83-90.

 

"A Longitudinal, Cross-National Indicator of Cultural Religious Commitment," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 16 (March 1977), pp. 87-99.

 

"A Religious Marketplace," Journal of Current Social Issues 15 (Spring 1977), pp. 38-42.

 

"Is There an Academic Melting Pot?"  Sociology of Education 50 (January 1977), pp. 7-15; "Reply to Greeley," Sociology of Education 50 (July 1977), p. 219; "Reply to Steinberg," Sociology of Education 51 (January 1978), pp. 72-73.

 

"La dimensione religiosa in una comunita cosmopolita americana," by Charles Y. Glock and Robert Wuthnow.  In Rocco Caporale (ed.), Vecchi e Nuovi dei (Torino, Italy:  Editoriale Valentino, 1976).

 

"The New Religions in Social Context," in Charles Y. Glock and Robert N. Bellah (eds.), The New Religious Consciousness (Berkeley and Los Angeles:  University of California Press, 1976), pp. 267-293.

 

"Astrology and Marginality," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 14 (June 1976), pp. 157-168.  Reprinted in John Stimson and Ardyth Stimson (eds.), Sociology:  Contemporary Introductory Readings (Itasca, Ill.:  F.D. Peacock, 1983).

 

"Recent Patterns of Secularization:  A Problem of Generations?"  American Sociological Review 41 (October 1976), pp. 850-867.  Partially reprinted in Lewis Coser, et al., Sociology (New York:  Harcourt Brave Jovanovich, 1983).

 

"The Shifting Focus of Faith:  A Survey Report," by Robert Wuthnow and Charles Y. Glock, Psychology Today 8 (November 1974), pp. 131-136.

 

"New Forms of Religion in the Seminary," in Charles Y. Glock (ed.), Religion in Sociological Perspective (Belmont, Calif.:  Wadsworth, 1973), pp. 187-203.  Reprinted and revised from Review of Religious Research 12 (Winter 1971), pp. 80-87.

 

"Religious Commitment and Conservatism:  In Quest of an Elusive Relationship," in Charles Y. Glock (ed.), Religion in Sociological Perspective (Belmont, Calif.:  Wadsworth, 1973), pp. 117-132.

 

"Religious Loyalty, Defection, and Experimentation among College Youth," by Robert Wuthnow and Charles Y. Glock, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (June 1973), pp. 157-180.

 

Honors, Awards, and Grants

 

Co-Winner, with Conrad Hackett and Becky Yang Hsu, Distinguished Article Award, Sociology of Religion Section, American Sociological Association, 2004

Winner of the Martin E. Marty Award for Public Understanding of Religion, American Academy of Religion, 2003

Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation, 2003-04

Principal Investigator, The Role of Trust in Social Service Delivery, Russell Sage Foundation, 2001-04

Principal Investigator, Moral Meanings of Altruism and Compassion among Recipients of Caregiving, Fetzer Foundation, 2001-02

Principal Investigator (with Marie Griffith), Women and Religion in the African Diaspora, Ford Foundation, 2001-04

Principal Investigator, Center for the Study of Religion, Carpenter Foundation, 2000-04

Principal Investigator, Center for the Study of Religion, Ford Foundation, 2000-02

Principal Investigator, Center for the Study of Religion, Lilly Endowment, 2000-04

Principal Investigator, Center for the Study of Religion, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 1999-2003

Principal Investigator, The Public Role of Mainline Protestantism, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 1998-2002

Principal Investigator, Religious Formation and the Arts, Lilly Endowment, 1998-2002

Principal Investigator, Forgiveness in Faith-Based Groups, Templeton Foundation, 1998-2001

Principal Investigator, Mentoring Younger Scholars, Lilly Endowment, 1998-2001

Principal Investigator, Linkages Between Faith-Based Nonprofits and Churches, Aspen Institute, 1998-99

Principal Investigator, Arts and Religious Organizations in Five Cities, Henry Luce Foundation, 1998-99

Principal Investigator, New Forms of Civic Involvement, Pew Charitable Trusts, 1996-97

Principal Investigator, Religion and Civic Involvement, Lilly Endowment, 1996-97

Principal Investigator, Research on Devotional Practices, Lilly Endowment, 1995-98

Associate, Project on Social Capital, Political Culture, and Democracy, Berteslmann Wissenschaftsstiftung, 1995-97

Co-winner of the 2001 Award for Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action for Loose Connections:  Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities

Book Award from Christianity Today for After Heaven:  Spirituality in America Since the 1950s, 1999.

Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Sterling College, 1998

Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Holy Family College, 1998

Winner of the 1994 Award for Best Feature Article in a General-Interest Magazine for "Pious Materialism" (Christian Century) from the Associated Church Press.

Winner of the 1994 Critics Choice Book Award in Contemporary Issues from Christianity Today for Christianity in the 21st Century (Oxford).

Principal Investigator, Project on Cultural Understandings of Caring, Kellogg Foundation Grant to

            Independent Sector, Inc., 1993-94

Principal Investigator, Center for the Study of American Religion, Pew Charitable Trusts,

            Lilly Endowment, 1991-94, 1994-95, 1995-98

Fellow and Principal Investigator, The George H. Gallup International Institute, Project on Small

            Groups and Spiritual Formation, 1991-94

Principal Investigator, Research on Religion and Economic Life, Lilly Endowment, 1991-94

Pulitzer Prize Nomination for Acts of Compassion, Princeton University Press, 1991

National Book Award Nomination for Acts of Compassion, Princeton University Press, 1991

Distinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Communities of Discourse, 1990

Distinguished Book Award Finalist, American Sociological Association, Communities of Discourse, 1990

Member, Sociological Research Society, elected 1989

Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1989-90

            (declined)

Principal Investigator, Research on Religion and the Voluntary Sector, Lilly Endowment,

            1988-1991

Principal Investigator, Planning Grants on Religion and the Voluntary Sector, Lilly Endowment,

            1986-87, 1987-88

Faculty Research Associate, Project on Church and State (John F. Wilson, Principal Investigator),

            Lilly Endowment, 1984-87

Mellon Foundation/Princeton University, Graduate Colloquium Grant on Religion, Culture, and

            Society (with John F. Wilson), 1984-90

Princeton University, Faculty Development Grant, 1984-85

Princeton University, Committee on Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty

            Research Grants, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988-89

American Sociological Association, Problems of the Discipline Grant on Cultural Sociology,

            1980-82

Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Networks of Scientific and Technical

            Information Exchange, 1979-82

William Paterson Bicentennial Preceptorship, Princeton University, 1976-79

 

 

Professional Activities

 

Editorial

 

Editorial Board, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION, 2005-

Contributing Editor, CONTEXTS:  A JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 2000-03

Editor in Chief, Congressional Quarterly Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, 1995-98

Editor-at-Large, CHRISTIAN CENTURY, 1993-

Editorial Board, RELIGION AND AMERICAN CULTURE, 1993-99

Editorial Board, SOCIOLOGIA INTERNATIONALIS, 1991-

Editorial Board, SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY, 1991-94

Editorial Board, Board of Trustees, Princeton University Press, 1985-89 (Chair, 1988-89)

Advisory Board, VOLUNTAS, 1989-92

Corresponding Editor, THEORY AND SOCIETY, 1985-90

Advisory Board, SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, 1985-90

Editorial Board, SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM, 1987-91

Editorial Board, SOCIAL FORCES, 1987-90

Consulting Editor, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, 1984-86

Book Review Editor, JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION, 1982-88

Editorial Board, SSSR Monograph Series, 1982-84, 1986

Associate Editor, REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH, 1977-84

           

Committees

 

President, Eastern Sociological Society, 2004-05

President-Elect, Eastern Sociological Society, 2003-04

President, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2001-03

President-Elect, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1999-2001

Council, Member-at-Large, American Sociological Association, 1997-2000

Member, Board of Directors, General Social Survey, 1996-1999

Member, Penn National Commission on Society, Culture, and Community, 1996-97

Member, National Commission on Civic Renewal Study Group, University of Maryland, 1996-97

Member, National Advisory Committee, Measures Project, Independent Sector, 1996-98

Member, Lilly Seminar on Religion and Higher Education, 1996-99

Chair, Section on Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association, 1995-96

Chair, Section on Sociology of Culture, American Sociological Association, 1996-97

Director, Center for the Study of American Religion, Princeton University, 1991-99

Council, Theory Section, American Sociological Association, 1994-99

Executive Committee, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, 1990-94, 95-97

Research Steering Committee, Independent Sector, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1991-97

Board of Directors, Religion in American Life, New York, 1991-94

Advisory Committee, Pew Evangelical Scholars Program, 1991-94

Visiting Committee, Chair, Department of Sociology, Yale University, 1990

Review Panel Member, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1989

Trustee, The George H. Gallup International Institute, 1989-93

Faculty Committee, Stewart Lectures Program, Princeton University, 1988-98

Interdepartmental Committee, European Cultural Studies Program, Princeton University, 1988-93

Visiting Committee, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, 1988-94

Advisory Council, Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals, Wheaton College, 1988-

Advisory Committee, Program on American Mainstream Protestantism, The Lilly Endowment, 1990

Executive Council, Association for the Sociology of Religion, 1987-90

External Review Panel, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1987-88

National Research Council, Working Group on Religion and Politics, 1985

Board of Advisors, Alister Hardy Research Centre, Oxford University, 1985-

Subcommittee on Special Sessions, American Sociological Association, 1984-85

Faculty Fellowship Program/Mid-Career Fellows Program Committee, Princeton University, 1984-89

Fellowship and Associateship Program Panel, National Research Council, Office of Scientific and             Engineering Personnel, 1983-84

Selection Committee, Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowships, Woodrow Wilson National          Fellowship Foundation, 1982-83

Board of Advisors, Princeton Religion Research Center, 1980-94

Executive Council, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1978-81

Director, Program in Science in Human Affairs, Princeton University, 1976-80

 

Selected Presentations

 

Keynote Speaker, McGuire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, SMU

Keynote Speaker, National Association of Social Workers, Baltimore

Rockwell Lectures on Christianity and Civil Society, Rice University

Norton Lectures on Religion and Science, Southern Baptist Seminary

L.P. Stone Lectures on Religion and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary

Ring Lecture in Social Ethics, University of Florida

Keynote speaker, January Series, Calvin College

Charles Scott Lecture on American Religions, Middlebury College

Keynote Lecture, U.S. Meeting of Denominational Leaders, Dallas

Briefing on Religion in the United States, Ford Foundation

Keynote Speaker, Urban-Suburban Clergy Conference, the National Cathedral

Keynote Speaker, CDSP Large Episcopal Church Conference, Berkeley

Briefing on Religion and American Culture, Senior Fellows Seminar, The Aspen Institute

Jones Lecture, Duke University

Keynote Lecture, Council of Michigan Foundations

Plenary Lecture, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Briefing on Social Trust, National Commission on Civic Renewal

Keynote Lecture, Virginia Social Science Association

Keynote Lecture, Trinity Institute, New York

Keynote Lecture, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

The David O. Moberg Lectures, Bethel College

John Carroll Lecture, St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore

Willis Tate-Wilson Lectures, Southern Methodist University

Schmiechen Lectures, Eden Theological Seminary

Gray Lectures, Duke University Divinity School

Orr Lecture, Dartmouth College

Chafin Lecture, Baylor University

Thulin Lecture, University of Illinois

Morikawa Lectures, University of Michigan