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Theodore L. Trost, who was tenured
and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor as of
August 2004, graduated from Harvard University in 1998 with
a Ph.D. in the Study of Religion. His dissertation focused
on the career of Douglas Horton, an American leader in the
ecumenical movement during the 20th century. Previous degrees
were earned at the University of Michigan (BGS), the San Francisco
Theological Seminary (MDiv), and the Graduate Theological
Union (MA). He also worked for nine years as a flight attendant
and purser with the now defunct Pan American World Airways.
Dr. Trost holds a joint appointment within the College
of Arts & Sciences, being appointed to both the Department
of Religious Studies and to New
College.
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Trost teaches courses in American
Religious History, Religion and Popular Culture, History
of Christianity, the
Bible, and Theology
in Literature and Film. In addition he is a songwriter
and member of the obscure rock group known as Thaddaeus Quince
and the New Originals.
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Current Projects
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Prof. Trost recently completed an extensive review of books
concerning the relationship between religion and music. Entitled
"'Hooray for our Side': Songs, Identity Construction,
and Sound Doctrine," the article is scheduled to appear
in the Fall 2003 edition of the Religious Studies Review,
the field's primary review periodical. Also, he is the co-editor,
along with Carolyn Jones Medine, of Teaching African American
Religions, a volume in the American Academy of Religion's
"Teaching Religious Studies" Series, to be published
in the Fall of 2004 by Oxford University Press. His current
research interests also include religion and popular culture
(e.g., music and film) and the insider rhetoric and ritual
context of the Gospel of Mark.
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Prof. Trost's Recent Work
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Some of Prof. Trost's recent work includes not only a new
book, Douglas
Horton and the Ecumenical Impulse in American Religion,
Harvard Theological Series, distributed by Harvard University
Press (Cambridge: Harvard, 2002), but also--along with his
wife, Prof. Catherine
Roach--a new baby! (PDF
birth announcement)
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Other Works by Prof. Trost
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"Christian Salvation in The Matrix," The Clergy
Journal, 77/9 (August 2001); 6-8.
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"Confessional Identity: An early Exchange," in
M. Douglas Meeks, ed., In Essentials Unity: Essays on
the Nature and Purpose of the Church (Minneapolis: Kirk
House, 2001); 108-112.
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Also, see Prof. Trost in the news: "Religion
on the Rise" (Tuscaloosa News, September
20, 2002); and in "The
Debate on Religion in the Classroom" (Tuscaloosa
News, January 11, 2003).
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