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. Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus in and around suburban Princeton, New Jersey. ... The sociology of religion is – among other elements – the study of the practices, social structures, historical backgrounds, development, universal themes, and roles of religion in society. ... Quantitative research is based on the numerical representation of observations for the purpose of describing and explaining the phenomena. ... The term qualitative research has different meanings in different fields, with the social science usage the most well-known. ... Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphe = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on months or years of fieldwork. ... Research is an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry in order to discover, interpret or revise facts, events, behaviours, or theories, or to make practical applications with the help of such facts, laws, or theories. ...

He has a PhD from University of California, Berkeley. PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as the University of California at Berkeley or UC Berkeley) is the oldest campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ...

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

The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ...

References

• CV

External links

• Interview with Robert Wuthnow
• "The Moral Minority", article by Wuthnow
• 2003 Lake Lecture:Faith and Giving: From Christian Charity to Spiritual Practice