Ammerman, Nancy T(atom)

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AMMERMAN, Nancy T(atom)

AMMERMAN, Nancy T(atom). American, b. 1950. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, teacher of university courses in religion, 1984-95, assistant professor at Candler School of Theology, 1984-90, associate professor of sociology of religion, 1990-95, director of Center for Religious Research, 1985-95, director of Baptist Studies program, 1991-95; Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT, professor of sociology of religion, Center for Social and Religious Research, 1995-. Georgia State University, fellow in gerontology and theological education, 1986-87; Princeton University, visiting scholar at Center for the Study of American Religion, 1993-94. Lecturer and visiting faculty member at colleges and universities. Publications: Bible Believers: Fundamentalists in the Modern World, 1987; Baptist Battles: Social Change and Religious Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention, 1990; (ed. and contrib.) Southern Baptists Observed: Multiple Perspectives on a Changing Denomination, 1993; (ed. with W.C. Roof) Work, Family, and Religion in Contemporary Society, 1995; Congregation and Community, 1997; (ed. with J. Carroll, C.S. Dudley, and W. McKinney) Studying Congregations, 1998. Address: Center for Social and Religious Research, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman St., Hartford, CT 06105, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]