Richard L. Wood is associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico and founding director of the Southwest Institute on Religion, Culture, and Society. Brad Fulton is a PhD candidate in sociology at Duke University and was the lead researcher for Interfaith Funders’ 2011 State of Organizing study. Christine Doby is a program officer at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and serves on the board of Interfaith Funders.
This article was funded by a gift from Michael Vertin and the late Margaret O’Gara in honor of Jim O’Gara, former editor of Commonweal.
