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Bruce Lincoln Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School, the Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World, the Committee on the History of Culture, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Associate Faculty in the Departments of Anthropology and Classics Areas of Expertise:
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Background:
Bruce Lincoln emphasizes critical approaches to the study of religion. He is particularly interested in issues of discourse, practice, power, conflict and the construction of social borders. He works in the religions of pre-Christian Europe and pre-Islamic Iran, with occasional excurses into African, Melanesian and Native-American traditions. His most recent publications include Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11 (2003) and Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship (1999), which won the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in 2000 and the Gordon J. Laing Prize from the University of Chicago Press in 2002. He recently taught a class on the theology of George W. Bush.
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News clippings:
"Speaking in the Tongue of Evangelicals" NEW YORK TIMES October 17, 2004 "Words matter: How Bush speaks in religious code" "Bush's expressions of faith enter war debate" |
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Chronicle articles:
Religion historians will explore Zoroastrianism, ancient, Persian religion at May 11 conference May 10, 2007 Scholars to delve into mystery of 'the spirit within,' search for origin Press honors Lincoln with its Laing Prize Lincoln's new book 'Holy Terrors' offers broader view of 9/11 events |
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