Who is James Davison Hunter?

Wikipedia excerpt:

James Davison Hunter (born 1955) is an American sociologist and originator of the term “culture war” in his 1991 book Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America. Hunter is the LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theory at the University of Virginia and the founder and executive director of the university’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.^[1] He is also a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum.

Hunter is a prominent figure in the sociology of religion and the sociology of culture, as much of his work dedicated to the study of Evangelicalism and cultural change.^[

See full article:  James Davison Hunter – Wikipedia

Personal note:

Some of us with MCN also know of him from his book, To Change the World:  The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (2010).  Part III of the book explores the theology of Faithful Presence, which in turn has been picked up by other Evangelical writers, such as David Fitch, Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission (2016).

This page by: Ron Richmond
First published:  2024/09/05