Cristián Parker Gumucio

Cristián Parker Gumucio (born 1953) is a Chilean sociologist, a specialist in the sociology of religion in Latin America. He holds a Ph D. in Sociology from the Université catholique de Louvain and a degree in Sociology (Universidad Católica de Chile). He is currently an associate professor at the University of Santiago, Chile, where he is a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies (''Instituto de Estudios Avanzados''), Director of the Master's program in Social Sciences with major in Civil Society Studies, and vice-chancellor of postgraduate studies. One of his major works, ''Popular Religion and Capitalist Modernization in Latin America'' (Orbis), has been published in several editions, including translations into English and Portuguese. Provided by Wikipedia