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| Joseph Bulbulia |
| Chris Marshall |
| Paul Morris |
| Michael Radich |
| Geoff Troughton |
| Rick Weiss |
| Programme Administrator Aliki Kalliabetsos |
Paul Morris
Professor
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Paul Morris is a specialist scholar in the field of contemporary world religions. He teaches courses on the world’s religions after 9/11, on Judaism, including the Holocaust, diaspora and the state of Israel, and on Hebrew language.
He is also known for his work on the relationship between religion and dying/death, and religion and personal and cultural identity. Paul also teaches on theories and methods in the study of religion.
Current Teaching
| RELI108 | The World's Religions |
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| RELI305 | Death, Dying and Religion |
| RELI427 | Advanced Studies in Religious Texts |
| RELI320 | Religion, Political Violence and Terrorism (summer 09/10) |
Other Teaching (Not Offered in 2009)
| RELI 207 | Judaism: Israel, Holocaust and Diaspora |
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| RELI 424 | Advanced Studies in Religion and Society |
| RELI 428 | Advanced Studies in the Language of Religious Texts |
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Current Research Projects
Paul's research specialities lie in the areas of:
- religion, politics and economics
- religion in New Zealand
- religion and death
- Jewish studies
- religion and culture.
He is currently researching:
- the moral and religious dimensions of change in New Zealand, 1984-1999 (funded by a Marsden grant), examining the relationships between economic rationalism and moral programmes within the context of parallel changes overseas
- spirituality in Aotearoa/New Zealand, looking at the spiritual elements of New Zealand culture, the transformation of religious institutions, new religious movements and new age spirituality.
Selected Publications
New Rights New Zealand: Myths, Markets and Moralities Auckland, Auckland University Press, 2005 (co-authored with Dolores Janiewski)
Milbank, Theology and the Future of Religious Studies’, in L. Pearson (ed), The Future of the Study of Religion, Leiden: Brill (in press)
‘Danilo Kis’, ‘Fay Zwicky’, ‘Nissim Ezekiel’, ‘George Steiner’, ‘David Daiches’ in G. Abrahamson (ed), Companion to Modern Jewish Culture, London: Curzon (in press)
‘Al Alvarez’, ‘Chaim Bermant', ‘Nissim Ezekiel’, ‘Elaine Feinstein’, ‘Danilo Kis’, ‘Emmanuel Litvinoff’, ‘Frederick Raphael’, ‘Leonard Woolf’, ‘Fay Zwicky’ in S. Kerbel (ed), Encyclopaedia of Jewish Writers, London: Routledge, 2003
Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse, Auckland: Random House/Godwit, 2002, 200 pp (co-editor).
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Awards and Achievements
- 1980-84, British Academy Major State Student (PhD)
- 1977-79, McMaster Teaching Fellowship / Benefactors’ Scholarship
- 1977, Commonwealth Fellowship.
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