Matthew Bowman
Associate Professor of Religion and History
Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies
Research Interests
Mormonism, new religious movements, evangelicalism, religion and American politics
Nicola Denzey Lewis
Professor of Religion
Margo L. Goldsmith Chair in Women’s Studies in Religion
Research Interests
Social and Intellectual History of the Roman Empire, Gnosticism, Women’s Studies, Religion in the Roman Empire and Late Roman Empire, Late Antiquity
Lori Anne Ferrell
Dean, School of Arts & Humanities
Director, Early Modern Studies Program
Director, Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards
Research Interests
English Renaissance and Reformation Literature; Early Modern British and European History; Reformation Studies, Protestantism, the Bible and English-language Culture; the Bible in America; William Shakespeare
Gawdat Gabra
Clinical Professor of Coptic Studies
Professor Emeritus
Research Interests
Religion, Coptic studies, Egyptian Christianity
Ruqayya Y. Khan
Professor of Religion
Malas Chair of Islamic Studies
Research Interests
The Qur'an, Arabic literatures, progressive Islamic theologies, women in Islam, Islam and environmental ethics, Islam and the digital age, late antiquity and Islam, origins of Islam, cultures of Umayyad Damascus and Abbasid Baghdad
Daniel Ramírez
Associate Professor of Religion
Research Interests
American religious history; Latin American religious history; Religion, migration, and transnationalism; Religion in borderlands; Contemporary theories of religion
Tammi J. Schneider
Danforth Professor of Religion
Chair, Religion Department
Research Interests
Ancient Near Eastern history, literature, archaeology, and religion;
Women in the Hebrew Bible
Kevin Wolfe
Assistant Professor of Religion
Horton Chair of Religion and Africana Studies
Research Interests
Religion and Critical Thought; Critical Philosophy of Race; Africana Religious and Political Thought; Religion, Ethics, and Politics; Moral Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion.
Ahmed Alwishah
Pitzer College
Research Interests
Islamic philosophy, Medieval philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Islamic theology
Myriam Chancy
Scripps College
Research Interests
African diaspora with specialization in its literature
Stephen T. Davis
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Analytic theology, Christian thought, Metaphysics, Philosophy of religion
Lara Deeb
Scripps College
Research Interests
Politics of knowledge production, Gender and sexuality, Islam, Transnational feminism, The Middle East, especially Lebanon
Erika Dyson
Harvey Mudd College
Research Interests
Activism and religion, American religious history, Church and state, Occult religions, Religion and science
Oona Eisenstadt
Pomona College
Research Interests
Judaism and political theory
Gastón Espinosa
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
American religion & politics; Latino religions; Latino religions & politics; Pentecostal, charismatic, & liberation movements; Religion and the American presidency; Religion in the United States
Gary Gilbert
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Bible, Christian-Jewish relations, Israel, Jesus, Jewish/Christian relations, Judaism, New Testament
Zayn Kassam
Pomona College
Research Interests
Islamic studies, Religious studies, Women and Islam, Islamic philosophy and mysticism, Religion and the environment
Philip Zuckerman
Pitzer College
Research Interests
Secularity, Atheism, Apostasy, and Scandinavian culture