How do evangelical Protestants and Catholics who work in the purportedly secular culture producing professions of journalism and academic social science manage the presentation of their religious selves in everyday work discourse? Many scholars allege that religious discourse has been effectively removed from the occupations of cultural production. These observers contend that normative pursuits have been exchanged for spiritless, specialized, and technical knowledge. Yet incursions of formerly working class evangelicals and Catholics into the cultural professions over the last several decades cast doubt on a model of total professional secularization. Religiously active evangelical and Catholic professionals frequently bring implicitly or explicitly religious language into professional discourse. In the process, they reshape the cultural boundary between professional life and religious subculture. This dissertation seeks to examine how evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics in the culture producing professions of journalism and social science manage the public expression of religious identity in their work lives. Secondly, it hopes to shed light on the importance & religious ideas in the professional discourse of evangelical and Catholic journalists and social scientists. Finally, this study will be able to compare and contrast evangelical Protestant and Catholic styles of managing the relationship between religious and professional life.