Robert Wuthnow is chair
of the Sociology Department at Princeton
University, where he teaches sociology of
religion and cultural sociology. He is the
author of numerous books, including "America
and the Challenges of Religious Diversity"
and "After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty-
and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future
of American Religion." He also has
edited a new edition of the "Encyclopedia
of Politics and Religion." Wuthnow
is directing a Lilly-funded project on the
global reach of Christian organizations
in the United States.
The lecture is based on
work done by Wuthnow and his research team
showing that the global reach of American
Christianity has been expanding in recent
years. The lecture discusses this expansion,
examines its sources, and considers the
challenges it poses for the nation and the
Christian community. It explores globalization's
flow of information, goods, people and other
resources across national boundaries; American
churches' influence in other countries;
and how churches may shape American attitudes
toward hunger, poverty, foreign aid and
military involvement.
The lecture is part of
a lecture series organized by the MU Department
of Religious Studies.
Sponsored
by the University of Missouri-Columbia Department
of Religious Studies and the Center on Religion
& the Professions
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Lecture
by Robert Wuthnow, Ph.D.
Sponsored
by the University of Missouri-Columbia Department
of Religious Studies and the Center on Religion
& the Professions
