José Casanova (born 1951) is a sociologist of religion whose research focuses on

globalization Globalization is the process of increasing interdependence and integration among the economies, markets, societies, and cultures of different countries worldwide. This is made possible by the reduction of barriers to international trade, th ...

, religions, and

secularization In sociology, secularization () is a multilayered concept that generally denotes "a transition from a religious to a more worldly level." There are many types of secularization and most do not lead to atheism or irreligion, nor are they automatica ...

. He is a professor at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

and senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Casanova holds a

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degree in philosophy from the Seminario Metropolitano, a

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degree from the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (; ) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. It is the largest education facility in the Austrian States of Austria, ...

in theology, and Master of Arts and

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degrees in sociology from the

New School for Social Research The New School for Social Research (NSSR), previously known as The University in Exile and The New School University, is a graduate-level educational division of The New School in New York City, United States. NSSR enrolls more than 1,000 stud ...

. During 2017 he was the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North at the US Library of Congress' John W. Kluge Center. His work ''Public Religions in the Modern World'' (University of Chicago Press, 1994) has been translated into several languages, including Japanese, Arabic, and Turkish. In 2012, Casanova was awarded the Theology Prize from the Salzburger Hochschulwochen in recognition of his life-long achievement in the field of theology.

Publications

*''Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective'', with Jocelyne Cesari (2017) *''The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges'', with Thomas F. Banchoff (2016) *''Geopolítica de la Santa Sede'' (2013) * ''Public Religions in the Modern World'' (1994)

References

1951 births American sociologists Georgetown University faculty Living people The New School alumni Roman Catholic scholars Sociologists of religion Sociology educators Spanish sociologists University of Innsbruck alumni {{US-sociologist-stub