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Dr. Robert Geraci Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

 

Education:

• B.A., University of Texas at Austin
• M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara
• Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara

Research and Scholarly Interests:

Robert studies the power of religion in contemporary culture, particularly with regard to the interaction between religion and science.  Other interests include economics, liberation theology, contemporary art, and Christian history.

Recent Publications:

"Theological Implications of Artificial Intelligence:  What Science Fiction Tells Us about Robotic Technology and Religion."  Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (Forthcoming 2006).

"Cultural Prestige:  Popular Science Publications as Religion-Science Hybrids."  Theology and Media Society (eds. Alexander D. Ornella and Stefanie Knauss).  LIT Press. 2007.

"Spiritual Robots: Religion and Our Scientific View of the Natural World."  Theology and Science 4:3 (November 2006).

"Signaling Static:  Artistic, Religious and Scientific Truths in a Relational Ontology."  Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science.  December 2005.

"Laboratory Ritual:  Experimentation and the Advancement of Science."  Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science.  December 2002.

Other Activities:

Moderator of Theta Alpha Kappa

Courses Taught/Teaching:

• RELS 110: Nature and Experience of Religion
• RELS 400:  Religion and Contemporary Art
  
• RELS 425: Religion and Psychology
• RELS 463:  Religion and Science

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7402
• Office: Miguel 418
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail: robert.geraci@manhattan.edu

 

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