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Professor Wilson's
CV (PDF format)
Education
Professor Wilson earned a B.S. in Medical Microbiology from Stanford University
(1982), and, after a stint in the Peace Corps (Honduras, Dominican Republic
[1982-1986]), went on to earn an M.A. in Hispanic Studies from the Monterey
Institute of International Studies (1990) and an M.A./Ph.D. in Religious Studies
from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1991/1996)
Courses
Professor Wilson routinely teaches Religion 2000: Introduction to the Study
of Religion (the methods course for the Comparative Religion Major and Minor)
and Religion 3130: Religion in America for undergraduates; and Religon
6000: Classics and Religion 6100: Theory and Method for graduate students.
In Spring, 2007, Professor Wilson will be teaching the graduate seminar, Religion
6200 with the topic, "Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design."
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Available September, 2008 |
Current Research Projects
Professor Wilson's areas of interest include religion in America, with an emphasis
on religion in the Midwest and religion in the Yankee diapsora; and theory and method in the academic study of religion.
He is currently working on the following research projects:
Yankees in Michigan (Discovering the Peoples of Michigan Series, Michigan State University Press, Forthcoming)
The Battle for Battle Creek: Religious Conflict in a 19th-Century Midwestern
Town
“Liberal Education and the Academic Study of Religion”
Recent Publications
“Altars and Chalkstones: The Anomalous Case of Puritan Sacred Space in
Light of Durkheim's Theory of Ritual” in Thomas Idinopulos and Brian Wilson
(eds.), Reappraising Durkheim For the Study and Teaching of Religion Today
(Leiden: Brill, 2001).
“What Does Jerusalem Have to Do With Amecameca: A Case Study of Colonial
Mexican Sacred Space” in Timothy Light and Brian Wilson (eds.), Religion
as a Human Capacity: A Festschrift in Honor of E. Thomas Lawson (Leiden:
Brill 2003).
“Religion in the Midwest” in Joseph Slade and Judith Lee (eds.),
The Midwest (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2003).
“Religion, Horror, and Monsters” in Eric Mazur (ed.), Encyclopedia
of Religion and Film (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, forthcoming).
Thomas A. Idinopulos, Brian C. Wilson, and James C. Hanges (eds.), Comparative
Religion: Perils and Possibilities (Leiden: Brill, forthcoming).
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Christianity
(Religions of the World)
by Brian Wilson
Publisher: Prentice Hall (1999)
Also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and German editions. |
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What is Religion? Origins, Definitions & Explanations
by Thomas Idinopulos (Editor), Brian C. Wilson (Editor)
Publisher: Brill (1999) |
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Reappraising
Durkheim For the Study and Teaching of Religion Today
by Thomas Idinopulos (Editor), Brian C. Wilson (Editor)
Publisher: Brill (2001) |
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Religion
as a Human Capacity: A Festschrift in Honor of E. Thomas Lawson
by Timothy Light (Editor), Brian C. Wilson (Editor)
Publisher: Brill (2003) |
General Education Review Taskforce (GERT)
In Fall, 2005, Professor Wilson chaired a University-wide committee to review the General Education program at Western Michigan University. To read the recommendations of the committee, please download the following PDF files.
GERT Recommendations 1
GERT Recommendations 2 |
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