Biography
Dr. Brian P. Bennett, originally from San Jos茅, California, earned his B.A. summa cum laude from Princeton and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has taught at NU since 2001.
Focus of Teaching
Dr. Bennett teaches courses in the comparative study of religion, including
- REL 101 The Search for God
- REL 206 World Religions
- REL 230 Monastery and Megachurch
- REL 250 Comparative Religion
- REL 399 Topic: Cults
Current Research
Dr. Bennett’s research looks at interconnections between religions and languages.
Some previous publications:
- 鈥淪acred Languages鈥� (in The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion, 2024)
- “” (in Language Dynamics in the Early Modern Period, Routledge, 2022)
- “” (in Histoire culturelle de l’Europe, 2021)
- (Wiley, 2017) on Latin, Pali, Arabic, etc.
- (Routledge, 2011) on Church Slavonic [褑械褉泻芯胁薪芯褋谢邪胁褟薪褋泻懈泄 褟蟹褘泻]
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1999
- B.A., Princeton University, 1987