Martin Riesebrodt is professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of several books, including Pious Passion: The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran. Steven Rendall has translated numerous books, including On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines by Harald Weinrich, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

"Riesebrodt aims at nothing less than a self-contained theory of religion. This erudite scholar achieves his goal to 'cognitively structure, understand, and explain' the jumble of religious experience with fascinating theoretical aplomb." - Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, author of The Return of the Gods, on the German edition"

Martin Riesebrodt is professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of several books, including Pious Passion: The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran. Steven Rendall has translated numerous books, including On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines by Harald Weinrich, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

"Riesebrodt aims at nothing less than a self-contained theory of religion. This erudite scholar achieves his goal to 'cognitively structure, understand, and explain' the jumble of religious experience with fascinating theoretical aplomb." - Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, author of The Return of the Gods, on the German edition"

Martin Riesebrodt is professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of several books, including Pious Passion: The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran. Steven Rendall has translated numerous books, including On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines by Harald Weinrich, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

"Riesebrodt aims at nothing less than a self-contained theory of religion. This erudite scholar achieves his goal to 'cognitively structure, understand, and explain' the jumble of religious experience with fascinating theoretical aplomb." - Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, author of The Return of the Gods, on the German edition"