Professor
Religious Studies
402 Catt Hall
Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-0051
Email:havalos@iastate.edu
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Publications
Research
Education
Ph.D. 1991, Harvard University, 1991
M.T.S. 1985, Harvard Divinity School
B.A. in Anthropology, 1982 University of Arizona
Research and Teaching Interests
Biblical and Near Eastern Studies
U.S. Latino/a Religion and Literature
Religion and Violence
Science and Religion
Selected Publications
This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies,
co-edited with Sarah Melcher and Jeremy Schipper (Atlanta: Society
of Biblical Literature, 2007)
The End of Biblical Studies (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007)
Strangers in Our Own Land: Religion in U.S. Latina/o Literature,
(Nashville: Abingdon, 2005).
Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence, (Amherst,
NY: Prometheus, 2005)
Introduction to the U.S. Latina and Latino Religious
Experience, (Editor; Boston: Brill, 2004).
Se puede saber si Dios existe? [Can One Know if God Exists?].
(Amherst, NY: Prometheus Press, 2003).
Health Care and the Rise of Christianity (Peabody: Mass:
Hendrickson Press, 1999).
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).
Courses Taught
Bible
Old Testament
New Testament
Latina/o Religious Experience
Religion and Latina/o Literature
Professional Acitivity
Society of Biblical Literature
American Academy of Religion
