Professor of Religion; Director of Graduate Program in Religious Studies; Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture; Director of Graduate Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences
Adam Seligman teaches theory and sociology of religion, and serves as a research associate at the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs. His publications address issues of trust, authority, civil society, and religious toleration. His most recent publication, Modest Claims: Dialogues and Essays on Tolerance and Tradition(University of Notre Dame Press, 2003), addresses issues of tolerance and tradition between the three major monotheistic faiths. Currently, he directs the Cross-National Study of Interreligious Tolerance, and is working on the issue of religion and toleration with the help of a grant from the Ford Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Courses in Jewish Studies
- The Heretical Jew (with Abigail Gillman) (RN 336)