Robert Wuthnow

How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural Americans

What is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And, beyond economic and demographic decline, is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Robert Wuthnow brings us into America's small

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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013" Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His books include Rough Country: How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State, Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America's Heartland and Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s (all Princeton). A revealing examination of small-town life More than thirty million...

Robert Wuthnow is professor of sociology emeritus and former director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. His many books include What Happens When We Practice Religion? and The Left Behind (both Princeton). He lives in Aldie, Virginia. Twitter @RobertWuthnow How the actions and advocacy of diverse religious communities in the United States have supported democracy's development during the past century Does religion...

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His many books include Small-Town America and Remaking the Heartland (both Princeton). How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural Americans What is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban...

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous articles and books on American religion and culture, including Acts of Compassion (Princeton) and Learning to Care: Elementary Kindness in an Age of Indifference. The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow--not because of economic conditions,...

"Winner of the 2015 Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize, Texas State Historical Association" Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. How the history of Texas illuminates America's post–Civil War past Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed...

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. He is the author of many works about American culture and society, including Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America's Heartland and Rough Country: How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State (both Princeton). How American respectability has been built by maligning those who don't make the grade How did Americans come to...

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including Rough Country, Small-Town America, Red State Religion, and Remaking the Heartland (all Princeton). A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families Farming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact...

"Finalist for the 2013 Christianity Today Awards in Christianity and Culture" Robert Wuthnow, a native of Kansas, teaches sociology and directs the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books about American religion and culture, including Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s and Small-Town America: Finding Community, Shaping the Future (both Princeton). What Kansas really tells us about...