Field-Of-Study: Religion

John Kelsay

John Kelsay earned a Ph.D. in the study of religion from the University of Virginia in 1985. In the process, he developed an interest in the comparative study of religious ethics, and that has been the focus of his research and teaching for the past twenty-five years. In 1987, Mr. Kelsay began work as an

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Paul Christopher Johnson

Paul Johnson is director of the doctoral program in Anthropology and History at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  His areas of study include the African Diaspora in Brazil and the Caribbean, research on race, religion, and migration, and the modern history of Brazil.  Mr. Johnson has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to work

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Martha Himmelfarb

Martha Himmelfarb was born in New York City.  Her primary research interests include conceptions of the apocalypse, priesthood, and other topics in ancient Judaism and Christianity.  Ms. Himmelfarb graduated with a B.A. from Barnard College in 1974, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981.  She joined the religion faculty at Princeton

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