Department of Religion • Boston University • College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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
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College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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