Robert Wuthnow is the living scholar best able to show us the big picture of religion in American society. In Religions Power he does it again! Wuthnow shows us that sacralized power is relevant for religions continuing place in society and how we might understand in a nuanced way both the positive and negative of that influence. This is a book that should be read widely by scholars of religion, journalists, and really anyone who cares about the future of
religion.
Robert Wuthnow is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Philosophical Society, a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the recipient of numerous awards for his scholarly work.