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S. Brent Plate, associate professor of religious studies.
Professor Plate's teachings and writings explore relations between sensual life and spiritual life. He teaches at Hamilton College and has authored/edited eleven books, as well as being a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post, Religion Dispatches, Killing the Buddha, OnFaith, and other sites. He is co-founder and managing editor of Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief, co-founder and president of SCRIPT (Society for Comparative Research in Iconic and Performative Texts), president of CrossCurrents/ The Association of Religion and Intellectual Life, and is a board member of the Interfaith Coalition of Greater Utica, NY. His most recent book is A History of Religion in 5 1⁄2 Objects: Bringing the Spiritual to its Senses.
Website: www.sbrentplate.net