Faculty Profile

Dr. David Shefferman Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Education:

• B.A., Princeton University
• M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  

Research and Scholarly Interests:

Prof. Shefferman specializes in the history of religion in the Americas.  He focuses especially on popular discourses about Afro-Caribbean traditions during the twentieth century.  Other interests include:  theory and method in the study of religion; Latin American literary and cultural production; religion and virtual culture; and religion and environmentalism.

Publications:

"Santeria," in Shamanism:  An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Cultures, Eva Fridman and Mariko Walter, eds. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 2004).

Prof. Shefferman is currently working on a book, entitled Displacing Magic:  Afro-CubanStudies and the Production of 'Santeria,' 1924-1956.

Courses Taught/Teaching:

• RELS 110 The Nature and Experience of Religion
• RELS 337:  The American Religious Experience
• RELS 359:  Afro-Caribbean Religions
• RELS 400:  Religion and Environmentalism
  

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7459
• Office: Miguel 431
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail: david.shefferman@manhattan.edu

Page last updated by K. Balaj on October 9, 2007