As my writing has unfolded over the years it was not until recently that I was able to see the connections between my seemingly varied interests. In retrospect I have always been writing about religion and science, or at least religion and knowledge, but in recent years I became involved with the “religion and science debate.” This is an interdisciplinary group of scholars who examine the relationship between these institutions from normative and empirical perspectives. This involvement was largely at the hand of Ron Numbers, who I think I first met at a conference on secularism at Chapel Hill in 2001, and since then he has slowly worked toward bringing me into this academic world, and particularly toward bringing me into conversation with historians. I have greatly enjoyed being a sociologist among the historians, and thank Ron for his sponsorship and friendship.