Brent Plate  
Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Hamilton College, New York
 
 
 

Recent Writings in:

 

Other Great Links:

Beliefnet

Why Study Religion?

The End of the Word as We Know It (ala www.timothybeal.com

Contact:

Dept of Religious Studies
198 College Hill Rd
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY 13323

315.859.4587

splate@hamilton.edu

 

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Research

Working between words and images, my teaching and research focus on how ways of seeing affect ways of being religious. What humans look at, the type of images created, and how humans learn to see images, are all shaped by cultural, biological, and religious environments. I use the phrase "religious visual culture" to designate the interdisciplinary nature of my methodology and subject matter, as I keep abreast of developments in cultural anthropology, art history, film and media studies, alongside my home discipline, religious studies.

My work has several manifestations that reach a variety of audiences:

  • Teaching undergraduate students
  • Writing for and presenting to scholarly and public intellectual audiences
  • professional programming and organizing that brings together students, scholars, and broader communities

 

Editorial Work:

Managing Editor, Material Religion:

The Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief

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Recipient of the 2006 Runner-Up for Best New Scholarly Journal from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals

 

 

 

 


Recent Books: