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Dr. Joshua Wright studies the intellectual and cultural history of religion in America 亚洲色吧� especially the interplay of religion with media, art and politics. He joined the Department of Religion in 2023. His courses include Religion in America and American Jesus.

Dr. Wright is currently working on a book tentatively titled Church Carnival: Laughing at and Laughing with Religion in Modern America. It will explore how both religious Americans and skeptics 亚洲色吧� from Christian theologians and clergy to cartoonists and stand-up comics 亚洲色吧� employed humor and satire to influence public attitutes toward institutional Christianity in the 20th century.

Areas of Expertise

• History of American Christianity
• Religion, comedy and satire
• Secularism and modernity
• Religion, media and print culture

Education

• Ph.D., the study of religion, Harvard University, 2023
• M.A., religious studies, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016
• M.A.R., philosophy of religion & philosophical theology, Yale Divinity School, 2014
• B.A., politics, philosophy and economics, The King's College, 2012

Selected Recent Presentations

• 亚洲色吧淛esus and Jest: Comedy and Christianity in the 1960s,亚洲色吧� invited panel presentation, Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis, 2024
• 亚洲色吧淪aint Lenny: Lenny Bruce, Countercultural Comedy, and the American Iconography of Spiritual Authenticity,亚洲色吧� presentation at American Academy of Religion annual meeting, 2023
• 亚洲色吧淯ncivil Irreligion: The Realist and the Satirical Attack on Mid-century 亚洲色吧楯udeo-Christian亚洲色吧� America,亚洲色吧� presentation at Society for US Intellectual History annual meeting, 2021
• 亚洲色吧淪atire or Sacrilege? Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Religious Dark Comedy, and the 1980s Culture Wars,亚洲色吧� presentation at American Academy of Religion annual meeting, 2021
• 亚洲色吧淐artooning Religion: Underground Jesus 亚洲色吧楥omix,亚洲色吧� Satire, and the American Counterculture,亚洲色吧� presentation at Harvard亚洲色吧揧ale亚洲色吧揃rown Conference in Book History, 2021

Outside the College

Dr. Wright enjoys reading fiction and literary nonfiction, going on walks with his family and doing some (very) amateur birdwatching. He is a fan of the Denver Broncos.