Berkley Center

Robert Wuthnow is director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University, where as Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology he teaches sociology of religion and cultural sociology. Wuthnow’s research concerns social and cultural change in communities, particularly focusing on how religious communities respond to issues related to the arts, social services, religious pluralism, and generational change. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation's Faith (2015), Rough Country: How Texas Became America’s Most Powerful Bible-Belt State (2014), The God Problem: Expressing Faith and Being Reasonable (2012), Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America’s Heartland (2012), and the Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (1998/2006, as editor). Wuthnow holds a B.S. from the University of Kansas and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.