Michael W. Cuneo
Michael W. Cuneo is a Canadian-born author who was professor of sociology and anthropology at Fordham University.
Early life and education
Cuneo was born in in Canada.He worked as a cab driver in Toronto, Ontario. His father had also been a cab driver.
Cuneo received his doctorate from the University of Toronto in the study of religion in 1988. His doctoral supervisor was Roger O’Toole.
He became a professor at Fordham University in New York City, and has subsequently retired.
Books
Cuneo's first two books Catholics Against the Church: Anti-Abortion Protest in Toronto, 1969-1985 and The Sociology of Religion: An Organizational Bibliography, co-authored with Anthony J. Blasi, were aimed at an academic audience. But his 1997 book, The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicism sought to balance rigor with a style appealing to a popular audience.His later books included American Exorcism: Expelling Demons in the Land of Plenty, Almost Midnight: An American Story of Murder and Redemption, A Need to Kill: Confessions of a Teen Murderer, and One Last Kiss: The True Story of a Minister's Bodyguard, His Beautiful Mistress, and a Brutal Triple Homicide.