New York University

Faculty Member, Religious Studies Program

Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow

About

Anthony M. Petro
Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow
Program in Religious Studies
New York University

*Starting Fall 2012 I will be Assistant Professor of Religion at Boston University

CURRENT PROJECTS

"After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion" (manuscript currently under consideration)

"Global Perspectives on Religion and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic," with Lynne Gerber, 5-year Seminar Unit with the American Academy of Religion

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

Religion in America; American Christianity; religion, medicine, and public health; the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; critical theories of religion, practice, and biopolitics; the anthropology of Christianity; religion, gender and sexuality

COURSES

Undergrad:
American Evangelicalism
Religion in America since the Civil War
American Religion in the Age of AIDS
Religion, Health, & Medicine

Grad:
The Category of "Experience" in American Religious Thought and Practice
Identity and Desire in American Religion

Possible Future Classes:
Religion and Civil Rights
Culture Wars: Religion, Sex, and Politics
Sexuality and American Religion

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Religion, Princeton University
M.A., Religion, Princeton University
M.A., Social Sciences, The University of Chicago
B.A., Religious Studies, Minor in Anthropology, Georgia State University

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