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Allison Coudert
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Professor, Religious Studies B.A. (cum laude), Vassar College Office: 908 Sproul Hall |
Research Areas
- History of Christianity
- Religion and Science
- Jewish-Christian Relations
- Women and Religion
- Comparative Mysticisms
Current Project
A book provisionally titled Religion Magic, and Science in Early Modern Europe (to be published by Praeger).
Recent Publications
“The Kabbalah, Science, and the Enlightenment: the Doctrines of Gilgul and Tikkun as Factors in the Anthropological Revolution of the Eighteenth Century,” in Aufklärung und Esoterik: Rezeption—Integration—Konfrontation. Ed. Monika Neugebauer-Wölk. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer (2008) 299-316.
“Probing Women and Penetrating Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe,” in Hidden Intercourse: Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism. Ed. Wouter J. Hanegraaff & Jeffrey J. Kripal. Leiden and Boston: Brill (2008) 231-280.
“À Rebours: Richard Popkin’s Contributions to Intellectual History,” in The Legacies of Richard Popkin. Ed. Jeremy D. Popkin. Dordrecht: Springer (2008) 15-26.
For a complete list of publications, please click here.
Honors and Awards
2002-2003 Lady Davis Fellowship, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
2001-2002 Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton.
1999-2000 Fellowship, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, The University of Pennsylvania.
Courses Taught
- RST 3C Sacrifice
- RST 10 Ethical Eating
- RST 103 Christianity 700-1700
- RST 120 Religion, Magic, and Science
- RST 115 Comparative Mysticisms