Kathleen m sands biography

“[Sands] writes of a long-standing conflict between ‘anti-modernist religion and anti-religious modernism.’”—E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post

“Professor Sands offers a superb analysis of the foundation and separation paradigms that inform the American discourse over profound social and moral conflicts . . . [and] musters abundant historical evidence to make her principal points.”—L. Ali Khan, New York Journal of Books

“Here is a book I recommend . . . a resource for our current struggles to embrace religion as both an essential component of our national history and culture and also as an ever-present sticking-point in accommodating our diverse population in a land committed to both faith and freedom. . . . [An] excellent book.”—Dwight A. Moody, The Meetinghouse

"An intriguing historical and legal analysis of several major battlefronts that have ostensibly been fought over religion in the United States. . . . Sands’ work provides both important context and good discussion fodder for use in gradu

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Kathleen Lea Sands

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Kathleen M. Sands

Professor

 

Degree

PhD Boston College

 

Area of Interest

Religion in America
Religion and Law
Women in Religion
Christian History
Theory of Religion

 

Biography

Kathleen Sands was educated at Harvard Divinity School (M.T.S.) and Boston College (Ph.D.).  She previously taught at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, where she directed the Religious Studies program and was jointly appointed in American Studies and Women’s Studies.

 

Although trained in theology, Professor Sands’ research has expanded into religion and sexuality, religions in American history/law/public life, and critical religious studies. She has lectured at many universities in the U.S., including Harvard Divinity School, Yale Divinity School, the University of California at Santa Cruz, Drew Divinity School, and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She is author of Escape From Paradise: Evil and Tragedy in Feminist Theology, and editor of God Forbid: Religion and Sex in American Public Life. Her articles have appeared in New Literary History,