Dr Malcolm Gold is an associate professor of sociology at
Malone
College.
He was born and raised in
England
but moved to the
United States
in 1998. He holds a bachelor degree in history and sociology from
Birmingham
University
, a master’s degree in philosophy and social theory from
Warwick
University
and a PhD in sociology also from
Warwick
. His research focuses on various aspects of contemporary evangelicalism. His first book, The Hybridization of an Assembly of
God
Church
: Proselytism, Retention, and Re-affiliation was published in 2003 by the Edwin Mellen Press. He is currently working on an introductory text book on the sociology of religion.