Christian Smith
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame
Director,
Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Notre Dame
B.A. Gordon College
M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School
M.A. Harvard
University
Ph.D. Harvard University
Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for the Sociology of Religion and Society, and Principal Investigator of the National Study of Youth and Religion. He recently served as Associate Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000-2005). Smith holds an M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) in Sociology from Harvard University and has studied Christian historical theology at Harvard Divinity School and other Boston Theological Institute schools. Before moving to UNC Chapel Hill in 1994, Smith taught for six years at Gordon College. Smith is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, including Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers; Moral, Believing Animals: Human Culture and Personhood; The Secular Revolution: Power, Interests, and Conflict in the Secularization of American Public Life; American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving; and The Emergence of Liberation Theology: Radical Religion and Social Movement Theory. His current research projects in the Center for the Study of Religion include: NSYR Wave 3, The Human Personhood and Social Science Project, and Religious Financial and Charitable Giving Project.
