Samuel L. Perry is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He is a leading expert on conservative Christianity in American politics, race, sexuality, and families. His work has appeared in numerous journals including Social Forces, Social Problems, and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Dr. Perry has also authored or co-authored four books including Growing God’s Family (NYU, 2017), Addicted to Lust (Oxford, 2019), Taking America Back for God (Oxford, 2020; co-authored with Andrew Whitehead) and the forthcoming Power in the Blood (Oxford, 2022; co-authored with Philip Gorski). He is currently working on a forthcoming book about how culture wars and money shape English bibles.