Benjamin E. Zeller

Benjamin E. Zeller is a researcher and teacher of religion in America. He focuses on religious currents that are new or alternative, including new religions, the religious engagement with science, and the quasi-religious relationship people have with food. Zeller serves as Director of the College Honors Program, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, and Coordinator of the Religion and Philosophy Major at Brevard College, a private liberal arts college in North Carolina’s Appalachian mountains.

Education

Ph.D. University of North Carolina

M.T.S., Harvard University

B.A., University of Rochester

Monograph

Prophets and Protons: New Religious Movements and Science in Late Twentieth-Century America (New York University Press, 2010).

Course Repertoire

Twentieth Century American Religion

New Religious Movements

Religion and Science

Religion and Food

World Religions in America