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Robert Wuthnow

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Robert Wuthnow is an American sociologist, born in 1946, widely known for his work in the sociology of culture and the sociology of religion. He is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Princeton University, where he formerly chaired the Department of Sociology and founded the Princeton University Center for the Study of Religion.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1946 1
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Kansas 1
Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account
American 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Founding director of the Princeton University Center for the Study of Religion and former chair of the Princeton Department of Sociology, working in the sociology of culture and religion 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
The Consciousness Reformation (1976) 1
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Wuthnow studies of American religious change tracked how religion as a social institution restructured after the 1960s toward looser, more voluntary forms of belonging.

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  • opening paragraph
    Robert Wuthnow (born 1946) is an American sociologist who is widely known for his work in the sociology of culture and sociology of religion.
  • Life and career section, first sentence
    Wuthnow was born in Kansas in 1946.
  • opening paragraph, second sentence
    He is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Princeton University, where he is also a former chair of the Department of Sociology and a founding director of the Princeton University Center for the Study of Religion.
  • Life and career section
    Wuthnow realized that the counter-culture movements were just the most prominent evidence of deeper changes in American culture and used data from the project to argue this in his dissertation, eventually published as The Consciousness Reformation in 1976.
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