Hector Avalos
Hector Avalos (born October 8, 1958 in Nogales , Sonora , Mexico ) is an American scholar of religion .
Life
Avalos studied Christian theology at Harvard University , Harvard Divinity School, and the University of Arizona . Avalos has been a professor of religion at Iowa State University since 1993 . He is an atheist and describes himself as a secular humanist .
Works (selection)
- This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies (collaborated with Sarah Melcher and Jeremy Schipper) (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007) ISBN 1-58983-186-1
- The End of Biblical Studies (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007) ISBN 1-59102-536-2
- Strangers in Our Own Land: Religion in US Latina / o Literature , (Nashville: Abingdon, 2005) ISBN 0-687-33045-9
- Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence , (Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2005) ISBN 1-59102-284-3
- Introduction to the US Latina and Latino Religious Experience , (Editor; Boston: Brill, 2004) ISBN 0-391-04240-8
- Se puede but si Dios exist? [Can One Know if God Exists?] , (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Press, 2003) ISBN 1-59102-043-3
- Health Care and the Rise of Christianity , (Peabody: Mass: Hendrickson Press, 1999) ISBN 1-56563-337-7
- Illness and Health Care in the Ancient Near East: The Role of the Temple in Greece, Mesopotamia, and Israel , (Harvard Semitic Monographs 54: Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995) ISBN 0-7885-0098-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bryan Langfeldt: Hector Avalos: An Unlikely Atheist . In: Iowa State Daily . Iowa State Daily. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Avalos, Hector |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American scholar of religion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nogales , Sonora , Mexico |