Religious Studies : Research Interests

Professor

1. Mark Chaves, Professor Chaves specializes in the sociology of religion. Most of ...
2. Richard Jaffe, Japanese Buddhism, Buddhism and Modernity, and Classical Texts
3. David Morgan, material culture of religion, religion and media
4. Leela Prasad, Anthropology of Ethics, modern Hinduism, Gandhi, Anthropology of Religion, Colonialism & Postcolonial Theory, Gender & Religion

Associate Professor

1. Joseph R. Winters, Religion and Critical Theory; African American Religious Thought; African American Literature; Continental Philosophy

Recent Emeriti

1. Hans J. Hillerbrand, History, Reformation, 16th Century
2. Wesley A. Kort, Religion and Modern Culture; Religious and Literary ...
3. Bruce B. Lawrence, Islam, India, and Religion in Cyberspace
4. Carol L. Meyers, Archaeology of the Biblical World; Social History of Ancient Israel; Gender In Ancient Near East
5. Eric M. Meyers, Late Biblical Literature, Rabbinics, Archaeology
6. Melvin K. Peters, Septuagint

Others

1. David Aers, Medieval and Reformation Literature and Theology
2. Sarah Beckwith, Medieval Literature, Shakespeare, Ordinary Language Philosophy
3. Malachi H. Hacohen, Cosmopolitanism
4. Mohsen Kadivar, Modern Qur’anic Studies, Classical Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Legal & Ethical Theories, Islamic Political Thought, Human Rights and Democracy in Islam, Classical and Modern Shi’a Theology