Rebecca Sager is currently a Visiting Fellow in Christian Identity and Thought at Princeton's Center for the Study of Religion and is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Sager received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and her book Faith, Politics, and Power: The Politics of Faith-Based Initiatives (2010 Oxford) examines state implementation of the faith-based initiatives. Professor Sager’s research has been published in prominent scholarly journals and focuses on the intersection of religion, policy, and social movements and worked as the American Sociological Association’s Congressional Fellow in Washington, D.C. She is currently conducting a National Science Foundation sponsored project on the progressive religious movement and is writing a new book based on this data.

Faith, Politics, & Power Acknowledgements

"Meticulously researched and compellingly written, Faith, Power and Politics is required reading for all who would understand the origins and impact of Faith-Based initiatives.”

—Omar M. McRoberts, Author of Streets of Glory: Church and Community in an Black Urban Neighborhood

“Rebecca Sager's study of President Bush's faith-based initiative cogently illuminates the history, potential and problems associated with this policy development. In this regard, it will be essential reading for understanding the structure and likely success of President Obama's approach to faith-based social services. Balanced and sophisticated, this book is a fine piece of scholarship.”

—John C. Green, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Bliss Institute, University of Akron

"With the Obama administration forging a faith-based initiative, Rebecca Sager's fascinating study holds timely lessons for policymakers and scholars alike. Well-researched and engaging, Faith, Politics, and Power sheds new light on old church-state issues while providing the first systematic account of how Washington's faith-based policies and programs have affected how state governments relate to religion in the public square."

—John J. DiIulio, Jr., Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, and First Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives