J. Christopher Soper

Distinguished Professor of Political Science

Social Science Division, Seaver College

APC 247

Education

2018. Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective (with Joel S. Fetzer). Cambridge University Press.
2017. The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Six Western Democracies, third edition, (with Kevin den Dulk and Stephen V. Monsma). Rowman and Littlefield Press.
2013. Confucianism and Democracy in Taiwan, co-authored with Joel Fetzer. Lexington Books.
2011. "The Determinants of Public Attitudes toward the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan," (with Joel S. Fetzer) Taiwan Journal of Democracy 7 (1): 95 - 114.
2010. "Rock and Roll Will Never Die: Using Music to Engage Students in the Study of Political Science." PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 43, No. 2: 363-367.
2007. "Religious Institutions, Church-State History and Muslim Mobilization in Britain, France, and Germany,"(with Joel S. Fetzer). Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33: 933-944.
2006. Faith, Hope, and Jobs: Welfare-to-Work in Los Angeles, (with Stephen V. Monsma). Georgetown University Press.
2005. Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany (with Joel S. Fetzer). Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Distinguished Professor of Political Science, 2015 - Present
Seaver College Dean's Research Grant, Pepperdine University, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
American Political Science Association Research Grant Award, 1995, 2002
Society for the Study of Religion Research Grant, 2002
The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, 2000
Phi Beta Kappa