Faculty

Department of Religion Faculty

The Department of Religion consists of a broad and diverse faculty of distinguished experts in various religions, eastern and western, ancient and modern. We also apply a broad array of disciplinary methods to the study of religion: Our faculty includes anthropologists, historians, literary scholars, and philosophers – all devoted to understanding the impact that religion has had and continues to have in human society.

 

Kecia Ali Director, Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of Religion Islamic Studies T: 617.353.4465 ka@bu.edu	Gina Cogan Assistant Professor of Religion Asian Religions T: 617.358.3647 gcogan@bu.edu
Alanna Cooper Lecturer T: 617.353.3088 alannaco@bu.edu	M. David Eckel Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum; Professor of Religion Philosophy of religion; Buddhism in India and Tibet T: 617.353.5404 mdeckel@bu.edu
Paula Fredriksen Professor of Religion , William Goodwin Aurelio Chair Emerita of the Appreciation of Scripture Social and intellectual history of early Christianity augfred@bu.edu	David Frankfurter Professor of Religion; William Goodwin Aurelio Chair Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture T: 617.353.4431 dtmf@bu.edu
Laura Harrington Visiting Researcher  lharring@bu.edu	Ray Hart Professor of Religion Philosophy of religion; theology; religion and the arts T: 617.353.3692 rayhart@bu.edu
Emily Hudson Assistant Professor of Religion Religion and Literature T: 617.358.3910 ehudson@bu.edu	Steven Katz Director, The Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies; Professor of Religion Judaica, Holocaust Studies, philosophy of religion, and comparative mysticism T: 617.353.8096 judaics@bu.edu
Jonathan Klawans Associate Professor of Religion; Director, Division of Religious and and Theological Studies Religion and Religious Literature of Judaism in Late Antiquity T: 617.353.4432 jklawans@bu.edu	Deeana Klepper Chair, Department of Religion; Associate Professor of Religion and History Christianity; Medieval and early Modern European religious history T: 617.358.0186 dklepper@bu.edu
Jennifer W. Knust Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor , STH New Testament, Christian Origins T: 617.358.4222 jknust@bu.edu	Frank Korom Director, Graduate Studies; Professor of Religion and Anthropology South Asian, Caribbean, and Diaspora Studies; Popular Culture and Folklore T: 617.358.0185 korom@bu.edu
Christopher Lehrich Assistant Professor of Religion Theory of Religion; Early Modern Europe; Magic, Science, and Religion T: 617.358.3913 clehrich@bu.edu	Hillel Levine Professor of Sociology and Religion T: 617.353.4428 hlevine@bu.edu
Diana Lobel Associate Professor of Religion; Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies Classical and medieval Jewish studies; Comparative philosophy and religious thought T: 617.353.2863 dnlobel@bu.edu	Thomas Michael Assistant Professor of Religion Chinese religions and literature T: 617.358.3811 tmichael@bu.edu
Robert Neville Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology T: 617.353.3047 rneville@bu.edu	Alan M. Olson Professor of Religion and Philosophy Christian philosophy/theology; religion and literature T: 617.353.3904 amo@bu.edu
Nahshon Perez Schusterman Visiting Assistant Professor Israel Studies T: 617.358.3912 nahshonp@bu.edu	Anthony Petro Assistant Professor of Religion Modern Christianity/American Religion
Stephen Prothero Professor of Religion Religion and culture in the United States T: 617.353.4426 prothero@bu.edu	Teena Purohit Assistant Professor of Religion South Asian Studies T: 617.358.1755 tpurohit@bu.edu
Adam Seligman Professor of Religion Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture T: 617.353.7760 seligman@bu.edu	Elie Wiesel University Professor Professor of Philosophy and Religion T: 617.353.4561 F: 617.353.4024
Michael Zank Acting Director, The Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies; Professor of Religion Philosophy of Religion; Modern Jewish Thought T: 617.353.4434 mzank@bu.edu

 

Emeritus Faculty

Peter Berger Professor Emeritus Sociology of Religion T: 617.353.9050	Herbert Mason Professor Emeritus Arabic and Islamic studies T: 617.358.1777
Livia Kohn Professor Emerita Daoist Studies lkohn@bu.edu	Merlin Swartz Professor Emeritus Islamic Studies T: 617.353.4430 mswartz@bu.edu