Matthew
Day
Assistant
Professor of Religion
|
M05
Dodd Hall
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Office: 120B Dodd Hall
Phone: (850) 644-0205
Fax: (850) 644-7225
Email: mday@fsu.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Curriculum
Vitae
Background
Matthew
Day (Ph.D., Brown 2003) teaches courses in the History
of Religion and Science in the West and the Philosophy of Religion.
His primary focus is the complex history of engagement between
religion and the modern natural sciences since the 18th century,
with particular attention paid to the impact of Charles Darwin’s
evolutionary thought.
Research
Interests
- Cognitive
Approaches to the Study of Religion
- History
of the Anthropology of Religion
- History
and Philosophy of Biology
- History
of the Brain Sciences
Selected
Publications
Articles
-
“Reading
the Fossils of Faith: Thomas Henry Huxley and the Evolutionary
Subtext of the Synoptic Problem,” Church History.
Volume 74, 3 (2005).
-
“The
Undiscovered and Undiscoverable Essence: Species and Religion
After Darwin,” Journal of Religion. Volume
85, 1 (January 2005): 58-82.
-
“Religion,
Off-Line Cognition and the Extended Mind,” Journal
of Cognition and Culture. Volume 4, 1 (2004): 101-121.
Teaching
Specializations
- History
of Religion and Science in the West
- Philosophy
of Religion
- History
of Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion
- Modern
Religious Thought
- 19th and
20th Century Anglo-American Literature
Recent
Courses
- Fall
2005
- PHIL3700
Philosophy of Religion
- REL5035
Seminar: Introduction to the Study of Religion
Spring
2006
- REL3493
Religion and Science
- REL5937
The Historiography of Religion & Science: The Problem of
“Revolution”
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