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Learning to Care
Drawing on the testimony of youths involved in community service, the author shows why certain youths volunteer, what problems and pressures they face, and how parents and teachers …
Religion's Power
What makes religion so powerful? Why does it attract so many followers? Raise so much money? Influence how people vote? The usual answer is that religion is powerful because it …
Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights
Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights in practice? And when, if ever, is it …
Inventing American Religion
A billion-dollar a year polling industry claims to tell us not only which political candidates will win, but also how we are practicing our faith. Polls and surveys on American …
Christianity in the Twenty-First Century
Robert Wuthnow contributes to those reflections on religion that are cropping up at the end of the millennium by offering a sobering, realistic, and hopeful assessment of where the …
Be Very Afraid
Robert Wuthnow has been praised as one of ¨the country's best social scientists¨ by columnist David Brooks, who hails his writing as ¨tremendously valuable.¨ The New York Times …
The Crisis in the Churches
A thought-provoking study of the financial and spiritual crises confronting American churches examines the failure of the clergy to address the link between faith and money, work, …