ROBERT WUTHNOW Department of Sociology Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 t: (609) 258-4742 or (609) 258-4531 wuthnow@princeton.edu |
HOW DOES RELIGION MATTER?
The social and cultural aspects of grassroots religious beliefs and practices are central to my research. Tensions between religious liberals and conservatives, how religious values influence decisions about work and money, the changing character of popular spirituality, what it is like to grow up religious, the role of spirituality in artistic creativity, and the challenges posed by increasing religious diversity – these are just a few of the questions I have explored in my books and articles. Questions of civil society, especially its porous nature and the unexamined narratives that tell us things are going well when they often are not, intrigue me. An enduring thread in my research is my concern with the cultural work we do to negotiate seemingly intractable and incompatible commitments, such as being both individualistic and altruistic, public and private, religious and secular, generous and materialistic. CURRICULUM VITA (pdf) SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 
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