Ann Burlein

Ann Burlein teaches religious studies at Hofstra University, where she offers courses in Religion, Medicine and Science; Religion and Theory; as well as Religion, Sexuality, and the Body. Her first book, Lift High the Cross: Where Supremacy and the Religious Right Converge (Duke University Press, 2002) explored the intersection between contemporary conservativism, religion as cultural memory, and media technology via the image of “the family Bible.” She is currently at work on a book reading Foucault as a theorist of religion, as well as a series of articles about the pedagogy of teaching religion at this particular political conjuncture (Cf. “Learning to Drink Deeply from Books: Using Experiential Assignments to Teach Concepts.” Teaching Theology and Religion 14/2 (2011): 137-155.)