Department of Religion Faculty

Kecia Ali
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies
T:
617.353.4465
ka@bu.edu
Peter Berger
Professor Emeritus
Sociology of Religion
T: 617.353.9050
Gina Cogan
Assistant Professor of Asian Religions
T: 617.358.3647
gcogan@bu.edu
M. David Eckel
Assitant 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

Donna Freitas
Visiting Scholar
American religious culture, women's spirituality, sexuality and religion
T: 617.358-3910
freitas@bu.edu

Ray Hart
Dean of the School of Theology Professor of Religion Philosophy of religion; theology; religion and the arts
T: 617.353.3050
rayhart@bu.edu
Emily Hudson

Paula Kabalo
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
T: 617-358-3903
pkabalo@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 Christianity; Medieval and early Modern European religious history
T: 617.358.0186
dklepper@bu.edu

Jennifer W. Knust
Assistant Professor of Religion
New Testament, Christian Origins
T: 617.358.4222

jknust@bu.edu
Frank Korom
Associate Professor of Religion Religion and Anthropology
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
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;
chinese religions and literature
T: 617.358.3811
tmichael@bu.edu
Robert Neville
Executive Director, Danielsen
Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology
T: 617.353.3047
rneville@bu.edu
Alan M. Olson
Professor of Religion Philosophy of Religion
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

Adam Seligman
Professor of Religion, Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture
T: 617.353.7760
seligman@bu.edu

Merlin Swartz
Professor Emeritus
Religious and intellectual history of medieval Islam
T: 617.353.4430
mswartz@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
 

 

 
     

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