James Davison Hunter

Dr. James Davison Hunter is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1983 and currently serves as the Department Chair and the Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the Center on Religion and Democracy.

Widely published and nationally recognized, Dr. Hunter has received numerous literary awards for his work regarding the problem of meaning and moral order in a time of political and cultural change in American life. He has written a wide range of essays, articles, reviews, and eight books, including Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation, Articles of Faith; Articles of Peace, and Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America. His most recent book is The Death of Character, a historical and cultural analysis of moral education in American society.

Over the years, his research findings have been presented to audiences on National Public Radio and C-Span, at the National Endowment for the Arts, and at dozens of colleges and universities around the country including Columbia, Harvard, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, and Holy Cross College. He also has been a consultant to the White House, the Bicentennial Commission for the U.S. Constitution, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the National Commission on Civic Renewal.