Michael Altman
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area United States
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
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Education
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http://michaeljaltman.net
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Dr. Altman's areas of interest are colonialism, theory and method in the study of religion, media studies, and Asian religions in American culture. Trained in the field of American religious cultures, he is interested in the ways religion is constructed through difference, conflict, and contact. Dr. Altman is currently at work on a book manuscript tentatively titled From Heathens to Hindus: Religious Difference in Protestant America. The book analyzes cultural constructions of Hinduism in 19th-century America. Beginning with American interest in India in the early republic and ending with the World's Parliament of Religion in 1893, he argues that Hinduism had an impact on American cultu...
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religion religious studies religion and law rel100 religion in public public sphere functionalism theory world religions church and state hobby lobby smith supreme court jurgen habermas john rawls religion religious studies abington school district v. schempp psychology repression sigmund freud sociology of religion religious studies durkheim marx anti-mormonism reynolds v. united states plural marriage polygamy lds mormonism sacred and profane mircea eliade the sacred hierophant anthropology e. b. tylor primitive man belief essentialism rudolph otto numinous mysterium tremendum natural religion deists jean bodin david hume deism enlightenment european history tomatos categories whales x-men classification religious literacy theology united states james madison constitution history politics america
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The American Problem of "Religion"

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What is "the study of religion"

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Mountains of Fruits and Vegetables

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The Enlightenment Problem of Religion

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Reynolds v. United States

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Religion is Sacred: Mircea Eliade

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Religion is Essential

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Religion is Tremendous: Rudolph Otto

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Religion is Social

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Religion is Functional

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Religion is Psychological

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Separating Religion

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Teaching Religion

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Religious corporations

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Personal Information
Organização/Local de trabalho
Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area United States
Cargo
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Setor
Education
Site
http://michaeljaltman.net
Sobre
Dr. Altman's areas of interest are colonialism, theory and method in the study of religion, media studies, and Asian religions in American culture. Trained in the field of American religious cultures, he is interested in the ways religion is constructed through difference, conflict, and contact. Dr. Altman is currently at work on a book manuscript tentatively titled From Heathens to Hindus: Religious Difference in Protestant America. The book analyzes cultural constructions of Hinduism in 19th-century America. Beginning with American interest in India in the early republic and ending with the World's Parliament of Religion in 1893, he argues that Hinduism had an impact on American cultu...
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religion religious studies religion and law rel100 religion in public public sphere functionalism theory world religions church and state hobby lobby smith supreme court jurgen habermas john rawls religion religious studies abington school district v. schempp psychology repression sigmund freud sociology of religion religious studies durkheim marx anti-mormonism reynolds v. united states plural marriage polygamy lds mormonism sacred and profane mircea eliade the sacred hierophant anthropology e. b. tylor primitive man belief essentialism rudolph otto numinous mysterium tremendum natural religion deists jean bodin david hume deism enlightenment european history tomatos categories whales x-men classification religious literacy theology united states james madison constitution history politics america
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