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Schedule and descriptions of courses for
Fall 2008
Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses
Schedule and descriptions of courses for Spring
2009
Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses
New
faculty member
 The department
is pleased to welcome Kent Brintnall,
who joins us as
assistant professor of religious studies. He teaches courses in
religion and visual culture, feminist and queer theory and
religion and sexuality. He holds a Ph.D. in religion and film
studies from Emory University and served as the inaugural
post-doctoral fellow in religion and sexuality at that
institution. His first book, Ecce Homo: The
Male-Body-in-Pain as Redemptive
Figure, is under contract with University of Chicago Press.
[read
more]
Announcement of new faculty
position
The
department is currently recruiting for a new faculty position in the
area of religion and modern culture. [read
more]
Two faculty members move to senior
positions
Congratulations
and our best wishes to Richard Cohen and Ann Burlein
who have been appointed to senior positions at universities in New
York. Dr. Cohen has moved to the University of Buffalo (SUNY)
where he is the director of
the Institute of Jewish Thought and
Heritage. He can be
contacted at
racohen@buffalo.edu. Dr. Burlein has moved to Hofstra
University where she is the chair of the new Department of Religious
Studies. She can be reached at
Ann.Burlein@hofstra.edu.
Recent
books
Jeremy M. Schott, Christianity, Empire, and the Making of
Religion in Late Antiquity (University of Pennsylvania Press,
2008) [read
more]
Sean McCloud, Divine Hierarchies: Class in American Religion and
Religious Studies (University of North
Carolina Press, 2007) [read
more]
James Tabor,
The Jesus Dynasty (Simon & Schuster, 2007
Rev Paperback)
[read
more]
John C. Reeves,
Trajectories in Near Eastern Apocalyptic
(Brill/SBL, 2005) [read
more]
M.A. in
religious studies
Applications are now being accepted
for Spring 2009.
Description of the M.A. program
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