Religions in the Americas
The Religions in the Americas path welcomes students with interests in religious traditions across the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean; and with transnational connections to Asia and the Pacific. Centered in historical, ethnographic, and cultural-analytical methods, this field also welcomes students with diverse methodological training and interdisciplinary interests. Current strengths of the faculty in Religions in the Americas include United States religious history, African diasporic traditions, Asian American and Asian diasporic traditions, Latinx Christianities, and Catholicism in the Americas. Students who affiliate with Religions in the Americas will work with relevant faculty to cultivate expertise in the regions and methodologies that best suit their interests. The curriculum is flexible and interdisciplinary, allowing students to tailor their studies to their specific interests and goals. Faculty and students for whom this path is secondary may employ different methodologies, and we are open to those as well. We expect to work with students who associate with other GDR paths, including but not limited to those in Africana Studies, Christian Ethics, Global Christianity, Islamic Studies, and—particularly for those interested in reception history approaches—Hebrew Bible and New Testament.
Path Advisor
Associate Professor of American Religious History alison.collis.greene@emory.edu
Alison Collis Greene
Director of the Master of Theological Studies Program 