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Abhishek Amar

Abhishek Amar, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

aamar@hamilton.edu
B.A., Dyal Singh College; M.A. and M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ph.D., University of London
Areas of expertise: archaeological history of South Asian religions, especially Buddhist and Hindu traditions; research in themes of inter-religious dynamics, syncretism and religious transformation; colonialism and reconfigurations of sacred centers; and religion and water management in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions
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Sarah Griffis

Sarah Griffis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

sgriffis@hamilton.edu
B.A., University of Arkansas; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of expertise: history of early Christianity, New Testament, early Christian martyrdom, ancient Christianity in a Jewish and Greco-Roman context, archaeology, ancient reception of the classics, literary theory and genre studies, theory and method in the study of religion
Quincy Newell

Quincy Newell, Professor of Religious Studies

qnewell@hamilton.edu
B.A., Amherst College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Areas of expertise: American religious history, religion in the American West, interreligious contact, religious experience of racial/ethnic and religious minorities, Native American religious history, African American religious history, Mormonism, gender and religion
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Heidi Ravven

Heidi Ravven, Professor of Religious Studies

B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., Brandeis University
Areas of expertise: Baruch Spinoza, Moses Maimonides, neuroethics, Jewish studies
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S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate

S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Professor of Religious Studies, By Special Appointment

splate@hamilton.edu
B.A., Seattle Pacific University; M.A.T.S., Columbia Seminary; M.Th. University of Glasgow; Ph.D., Emory University
Areas of expertise: religion and media, religion and popular culture, comparative religions, blasphemy and controversial art, religious life in the U.S.
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Seth Schermerhorn

Seth Schermerhorn, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

jscherme@hamilton.edu
B.A., Colorado State University; M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D., Arizona State University
Areas of expertise: anthropology of religion, global Christianities, religion in American, Native American religious traditions, traditional ecological knowledge, pilgrimage, personhood and place
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Yonatan Shemesh

Yonatan Shemesh, Visiting Instructor of Religious Studies

yshemesh@hamilton.edu
B.A., Bowdoin College; M.S., Fordham University Graduate School of Education; M.A., University of Chicago Divinity School
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Steve Humphries-Brooks

Steve Humphries-Brooks, Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus (retired)

sbrooks@hamilton.edu
A.B. William Jewell College; M.Div. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.Phil. and Ph.D., Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary
Areas of expertise: New Testament studies, literary and social-historical criticism of the Gospels, religion in film, early Christian mysticism, theories and methods for the study of religion
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Richard Seager, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies Emeritus (retired)

rseager@hamilton.edu
B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of expertise: religions of the United States with emphasis on new, marginal or excluded groups and their relationships to the core American values; Buddhism in the U.S. over the last century; Mexican-U.S. border issues and tensions
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Religious Studies Department

198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
315-859-4702 religiousstudies@hamilton.edu
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