Department of Religion Faculty

Kecia Ali
Assistant 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
M. David Eckel
Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum; Associate Professor of Religion
Philosophy of religion; Buddhism in India and Tibet
T: 617.353.5404
mdeckel@bu.edu
Paula Fredriksen
William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture
Social and intellectual history of early Christianity
T: 617.353.4431
augfred@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
Director, Division of Religious and Theological Studies, Associate Professor of Religion
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
Assistant Professor of Religion and School of Theology
New Testament, Christian Origins
T: 617.358.4222

jknust@bu.edu

Frank Korom
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
Marcie Lenk
Visiting Instructor
Early Christianity and Judaic Studies
T: 617.353.3088
mlenk@bu.edu

Hillel Levine
Professor of Sociology and Religion
T: 617.353.4428
hlevine@bu.edu

Diana Lobel
Associate Professor of Religion 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
T: 617.353.3904
amo@bu.edu
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
Director, Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of Religion Philosophy of Religion;
Modern Jewish Thought
T: 617.353.4434
mzank@bu.edu
 

Visiting Scholars

Donna Freitas
Visiting Scholar
American Religion, Sprituality and Sexuality
Laura Harrington
Visiting Scholar
Tibetan Buddhism

Teaching Fellows

Onaje Woodbine
Teaching Fellow
onajexw@bu.edu
 

Emeritus Faculty

Peter Berger
Professor Emeritus
Sociology of Religion
T: 617.353.9050

Livia Kohn
Professor Emerita
Daoist Studies

lkohn@bu.edu

Herbert Mason
Professor Emeritus
Arabic and Islamic studies
T: 617.358.1777
masonh@bu.edu
Merlin Swartz
Professor Emeritus
Islamic Studies
T: 617.353.4430
mswartz@bu.edu

 

 
     

Department of Religion
145/147 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215
College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
E: religion@bu.edu • P: 617.353.2636 • F: 617.358.3087
Boston University