Rosalind Hackett
Address / Affiliation
Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Religious Studies, Adjunct Professor in Anthropology
Department of Religious Studies
501 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0450
USA
Tel: (865) 974-2466/0965 [fax]
Email
rhackett@utk.edu
Website
http://web.utk.edu/~rhackett/
Areas of Interest and Specialization
  • African Religions
  • New Religious Movements
  • Anthropology and Sociology of Religion
  • History of Religions and Methodology in the Study of Religion
  • Religion and Culture
  • Human Rights and Religion
  • Religion, Violence, Conflict and Peace
  • Religion and Media, Religion and International Affairs, Gender and Religion
  • Art and Religion
  • African Art
  • Religious Education.
Major Relevant Publications
Rosalind Hackett, Art and Religion in Africa. Religion and the Arts, 2, London/New York: Cassell, 1996. [pbk 1998]
Rosalind Hackett, Religion in Calabar: the Religious Life and History of a Nigerian Town, Religion and Society series, 27, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1987
Rosalind Hackett, New Religious Movements in Nigeria (ed), Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987
Rosalind Hackett, Nigeria: Religion in the Balance, Commissioned by U.S. Institute of Peace (in progress, near completion).
Other Information of Interest
President of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) (2005-2010).
Founding member and Treasurer of the African Association for the Study of Religions.
Past President of the North American Association for the Study of Religion.
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