Professor Philip Hughes was a senior research officer with the Christian Research Association (CRA) from its foundation in 1985 until 2016, and has been appointed as an approved researcher by the CRA. He joined Harvest Bible College in 2015 before becoming a research professor at Alphacrucis, and chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee. Now retired, he is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and continues to work in the field of the sociology of religion in Australia. Professor Hughes has postgraduate degrees in philosophy, theology, and education, and has done extensive empirical research in the areas of religion, values, and personal and communal well-being. He is particularly interested in the relationship between Christianity and culture. For many years, he was a research fellow at the Centre for Social Justice Research, Edith Cowan University. He is also an honorary research fellow with the University of Divinity. Philip is a member of the Holistic Human Health and Theology and Society research clusters.