Andrew L. Whitehead

Andrew Whitehead is a Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Indianapolis. He has been interviewed on NBC News, NPR, and the BBC. He has also written for the Washington Post, Time, NBC News, and the Religion News Service, where he examines Christian nationalism, religion and American culture, and childhood disability and religion.

His work has won several awards including the 2023 Gold Medal Book Award for Religion from Foreword Reviews for his book American Idolatry and the 2021 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for his book Taking America Back for God. He has also won distinguished article awards from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Association for the Sociology of Religion. In 2023 he was awarded the Indiana University Indianapolis Research Trailblazer Award and the Outstanding Tenure Track Faculty Award from the Indiana University Indianapolis School of Liberal Arts.

Andrew Whitehead is also a Project Director at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUPUI, and a co-Director of the Association of Religion Data Archives, the world's largest online religion data archive.