Christopher I. Lehrich

147 Bay State Road, Suite 403
Boston, MA 02215
T: 617.358.3913
F: 617.358.3087
Email: clehrich@bu.edu
Spring 2012 Office Hours: Mon 2:00-4:00pm, Wed 11:00am-12:30pm

Bio

BA, MA, PhD University of Chicago. Dr. Lehrich holds particular interests in early modern European intellectual, science, and religious history; ancient and medieval China; analytical theory and method; comparison; and especially the history of magic and occultism. He also has long-term interests in ritual and music. Lehrich’s current project is a comparative, theoretical examination of certain trends in Western “classical” art music, from Palestrina to Schoenberg, in which he will be investigating how the thought of Theodor Adorno, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jacques Derrida, and Jean-Jacques Nattiez can shed new light on old problems in the study of ritual.

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Books

The Occult Mind: Magic in Theory and Practice
 By Christopher I. Lehrich
Cornell University Press
2007
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The Language of Demons and Angels: Cornelius Agrippa’s Occult Philosophy
By Christopher I. Lehrich
Brill Academic Publishers
2003
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Courses

  • CAS RN 102 Sacred Journeys
  • CAS RN 200 Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion
  • CAS RN 242/Hi 306 Magic, Science and Religion
  • GRS RN 723 Core Texts: West