Philip Joseph Zuckerman is a sociologist and professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.

Born June 26, 1969,[4] to secular Ashkenazi Jewish parents[5] in Los Angeles, California, Zuckerman grew up in Pacific Palisades and studied at Santa Monica College.

[14] Zuckerman is research editor and a contributing writer at OnlySky, an online platform "dedicated to protecting America’s secular democracy through reality-based journalism, storytelling, and commentary.

[7] Phil Zuckerman is the author of seven books, including The Nonreligious[18], co-authored with Luke Galen and Frank Pasquale; Living the Secular Life;[19] Faith No More;[20] Society without God;[21] Invitation to the Sociology of Religion;[22] What it Means to be Moral;[23] and Strife in the Sanctuary.

[31] Living the Secular Life was designated a "Best Book of 2014" by Publishers Weekly[32] and was featured in a commentary by New York Times columnist David Brooks.

[36] Zuckerman has found that murder rates in Scandinavian countries lowered after abolishing the death penalty, and has opposed the use in the United States.

[37] Zuckerman has found that the religiously unaffiliated tend to be more inclined to progressive politics, and the decline in Protestant Christianity in America is a blow to conservative causes.