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

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, religions, and

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. He is a professor at

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and senior fellow at the

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. He holds a

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degree in philosophy from the Seminario Metropolitano, a

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degree from the

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in theology, and Master of Arts and

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degrees in sociology from the New School for Social Research. 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