D. Michael Lindsay, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology
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Curriculum Vitae: PDF
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Courses:
Fall 2007: SOCI 475 Religion and Public Life
Spring 2008: SOCI 250 Social Theory, SOCI 375 The Social Dynamics of Leadership
Areas of Interest
- Elites, Social Class, and Society
- Religion
- Culture
Biography
D. Michael Lindsay is a sociologist who specializes in issues surrounding leadership, religion, and culture. The author of several books, scholarly articles, and research reports, Lindsay has recently completed the nation’s largest and most comprehensive study of public leaders who are people of faith. In 2006 he joined the faculty of Rice University, where is also assistant director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life. Previously, he was the Harold W. Dodds Fellow and a National Science Foundation Gradate Fellow in the department of sociology at Princeton University. He also served as the consultant for religion and culture at The George H. Gallup International Institute. Lindsay’s work has garnered multiple awards, including top honors from two international scholarly societies.
Recent Publications
Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007)
Ties that Bind and Divisions that Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political Spectrum.” American Quarterly, 2007. Volume 59.
“Is the National Prayer Breakfast Surrounded by a ‘Christian Mafia’? Religious Publicity and Secrecy Within the Corridors of Power.” Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Religion, 2006. Volume 74: 390-419.
“Elite Power: Social Networks Within American Evangelicalism.” Sociology of Religion, 2006. Volume 67: 207-227.
“Politics as the Construction of Relations: Conservative Christian Religious Identity and Political Expression” in Conservative Christianity and American Democracy edited by Steven Brint and Jean Reith Schroedel. Forthcoming.
“The Roles of Foundations in American Religion” in The Roles and Contributions of Foundations to Society edited by Helmut Anheier and David C. Hammack (with Robert Wuthnow). Forthcoming.
Surveying the Religious Landscape: Trends in U.S. Beliefs, with George Gallup, Jr. (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse, 1999).