[2] The topics of Perry’s books and articles have included American evangelicals and their social engagement, Christian nationalism, moral incongruence and religious responses to pornography use, religion and interracial marriage, Christian adoption and foster care, and English Bible translations.

[14] Perry is also one of the featured experts interviewed in the film Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy.

degree in New Testament from Dallas Theological Seminary, where he received the W. H. Griffith Thomas Award for graduating at the top of his class.

Perry wrote his doctoral dissertation on the evangelical orphan care movement, which was the subject of his first book.

The contributions for which Perry is most well known include developing the concept of moral incongruence to describe psychological responses to moral and religious violations, the concept of Christian nationalism, and the ways culture wars shape English Bible translations, focusing primarily on the English Standard Version.