Richard Madsen is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of five books, including "China's Catholics" (California, 1999). William M. Sullivan is Professor of Philosophy at La Salle University and Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is the author of "Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America" (1995). Ann Swidler is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her most recent book is "Talk of Love: How Culture Matters "(2001). Steven M. Tipton is Director of the Graduate Division of Religion and Professor of Sociology at Emory University and its Candler School of Theology. He is at work on "Public Pulpits, " a study of religious advocacy in Washington. All four editors are the coauthors, with Robert N. Bellah, of "Habits of the Heart" and "The Good Society.