Russell T. McCutcheon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. His major publications include Manufacturing Religion (Oxford University Press, 1997), The Guide to the Study of Religion (Bloomsbury, 2000), Critics not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion (State University of New York Press, 2001) and The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric (Routledge, 2003). His most recent book, co-authored with William Arnal, is The Sacred is the Profane: The Political Nature of 'Religion' (Oxford University Press, 2013).

"As the humanities job market becomes increasingly precarious, books like these are indispensable guides for pragmatic strategies in the changing workplace." --Loch, Adam, Reading Religion, May, 2020

• In Theory 1. Feast and Famine in the Study of Religion 2. Utility and Limits: On the World Religions Paradigm 3. The Sociology of Religion or Social Theory of Religion? 4. Redescribing Spirituality: The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifier In Practice 5. Making Experts Curious About Their Expertise in the Introductory Course 6. A Baker's Dozen of Tough Choices 7. There Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits: On Making a Difference for Non-Tenure Track Colleagues 8. Perhaps (Not) Love 9. So You're Not a Priest? Identifying the Scholar of Religion 10. Why I Blog In Praxis: Responses to "Theses on Professionalization"

Russell T. McCutcheon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. His major publications include Manufacturing Religion (Oxford University Press, 1997), The Guide to the Study of Religion (Bloomsbury, 2000), Critics not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion (State University of New York Press, 2001) and The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric (Routledge, 2003). His most recent book, co-authored with William Arnal, is The Sacred is the Profane: The Political Nature of 'Religion' (Oxford University Press, 2013).

"As the humanities job market becomes increasingly precarious, books like these are indispensable guides for pragmatic strategies in the changing workplace." --Loch, Adam, Reading Religion, May, 2020

• In Theory 1. Feast and Famine in the Study of Religion 2. Utility and Limits: On the World Religions Paradigm 3. The Sociology of Religion or Social Theory of Religion? 4. Redescribing Spirituality: The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifier In Practice 5. Making Experts Curious About Their Expertise in the Introductory Course 6. A Baker's Dozen of Tough Choices 7. There Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits: On Making a Difference for Non-Tenure Track Colleagues 8. Perhaps (Not) Love 9. So You're Not a Priest? Identifying the Scholar of Religion 10. Why I Blog In Praxis: Responses to "Theses on Professionalization"