Nancy T. Ammerman is Professor Emerita of Sociology of Religion, having served as Chair of the Department (2007-2013) and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences (2015-2018).<\/p>\n
Her most recent research \u2013 published in her edited 2006 book Everyday Religion: Observing Modern Religious Lives (Oxford University Press) and her 2013 book, Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday Life, (Oxford University Press) — explored the ways religion and spirituality are part of the everyday world of work, home, health, and public life. Following on that research, she has articulated an invitation to \u201cre-think religion\u201d based on sociological theories of practice and a body of research on \u201clived religion\u201d (American Journal of Sociology 126(1), July 2020). Pulling all of this together is her book Studying Lived Religion: Contexts and Practices<\/em>, which was published by NYU Press in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Ammerman\u2019s previous research focused on conservative religious movements and on American religious organizations and their networks of social provision.<\/p>\n Along with Grace Davie, she was Coordinating Lead Author for \u201cReligions and Social Progress: Critical Assessments and Creative Partnerships\u201d in the Report of the International Panel for Social Progress (Cambridge University Press 2018).<\/p>\n