Orsi) Gods of the City: Religion and the American Urban Landscape, Indiana University Press (Bloomington, IN), 1999. Spiziri, A Cobbler's Universe: Religion, Poetry, and Performance in the Life of a South Italian Immigrant, Continuum ( New York, NY), 1997. (Editor, translator, and author of introduction and notes) Frank S. Nature Religion in America: From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age, University of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1990. (Editor) The Spirituality of the American Transcendentalists, Mercer University Press (Macon, GA), 1988. Sons of the Fathers: The Civil Religion of the American Revolution, Temple University Press (Philadelphia, PA), 1976.Ĭorresponding Motion: Transcendental Religion and the New America, Temple University Press (Philadelphia, PA), 1977.Īmerica: Religions and Religion, Wadsworth (Belmont, CA), 1981, 4th edition, 2007. thesis), University of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1972. WRITINGS:Ĭharon and the River: The Changing Religious Symbols of Six American Transcendentalists (Ph.D. Wright State University grants, 1973-74, 1978-79, 1980-81 National Endowment for the Humanities, grants, 1975, 1977, fellowship for independent study and research, 1981-82 Fred Harris Daniels fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 1977 American Philosophical Society grant, 1979 Alumna of the Year, Divinity School, University of Chicago, 1991 election to membership, American Society for the Study of Religion, 1997 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2003-04 induction into Libris Society, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, 2006. MEMBER:Īmerican Academy of Religion, American Society of Church History, American Historical Association, American Studies Association, Organization of American Historians, Phi Alpha Theta. Editorial referee for several publishing companies.

Lecturer has presented papers at scholarly conferences and participated in panel discussions at professional seminars.

Visiting associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1976-77. Xavier College, Chicago, IL, instructor in history of Christianity, 1969-70 University of Chicago Extension, Chicago, IL, instructor in medieval culture, 1970 Wright State University, Dayton, OH, assistant professor, 1972-76, associate professor, 1977-81, professor of religion, 1981-87 University of California, Santa Barbara, professor of religious studies, 1987-, chair, Department of Religious Studies, 2005. Office-Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93117.

(history), 1968 University of Chicago, M.A. (summa cum laude), 1962 Duquesne University, M.A. Born August 21, 1940, in Philadelphia, PA daughter of Louis and Theresa Albanese.

City of Gods by R. Scott Hanson