Jose Casanova

José Casanova (Zaragoza, 1951) is a leading scholar in the sociology of religion. As a professor in the Department of Sociology and Theology at Georgetown University and senior researcher at the Berkley Center, his work focuses on globalisation, religion and secularisation. Aside from his notable contributions to sociological theory, he has published numerous books and academic articles on transnational religions, belief and religious pluralism. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (University of Chicago Press, 1994) has been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Turkish. He is currently the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North at the U.S. Library of Congress' John W. Kluge Center. He has recently co-edited The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges (Georgetown University Press, 2016).