Philosophy and Religious Studies

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Home Page Faculty News Publications Awards Resources Philosophy Philosophy Prospective Students Courses Major Minor Career Options Bioethics Program Socrates Scholarship Philosophy Club Bibliographic Sources (PDF) Outcomes Assessment Senior Survey (PDF) Alumni Survey (PDF) Religious Studies Religious Studies Prospective Students Courses Major Minor Rottler Scholarship Outcomes Assessment Got a question or comment? Contact us at 515-294-7276 or hope@iastate.edu. Tony Smith, Department Chair Nikki Bado-Fralick, Director of Religious Studies	Faculty Nikki Bado Fralick Associate Professor Religious Studies Director of Religious Studies 421 Catt Hall Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone: (515) 294-0054 Email: nikkibf@iastate.edu Home Page: www.public.iastate.edu/~nikkibf/ Education Ph.D., Ohio State University Research and Teaching Interests New Religious Movements Ritual Studies and Performance Women and Religion Theory and Method in Religious Studies Buddhist Philosophy and Praxis Selected Publications There is no Hell in Bibleland: Money, Power, and Play in the World of Religious Games and Toys. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. Forthcoming. Coming to the Edge of the Circle: A Wiccan Initiation Ritual. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, American Academy of Religion, Academy Series, 2005. Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals. New York, London: Routledge Press, 2004. Frank A. Salamone, Editor. Nikki Bado-Fralick, Sabina Magliocco, and Dan Smith, Associate Editors. “Performing the Ancient Ones: The Body-in-Practice as the Ground of Ritualized Negotiation.” In Negotiating Rites, edited by Frank Neubert and Ute Huesken as part of the Collaborative Research Project on Ritual Dynamics, Heidelberg, Germany. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, Ritual Studies International Series. Forthcoming. “With this Very Body: What Kūkai Has to Teach Us about Ritual Pedagogy.” Educations and Their Purposes: A Conversation among Cultures, edited by Roger T. Ames and Peter D. Hershock. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008, pp. 177-189. "Mapping the Wiccan Ritual Landscape: Circles of Transformation," in Folklore Forum, 33.1/2 (2002): 45-65. "A Turning on the Wheel of Life: Wiccan Rites of Death," in Folklore Forum, 29.1 (1998): 3-22. Courses Syllabi Introduction to World Religions Religions in America Buddhism Theory and Method Women and Religion Professional Acitivity American Academy of Religion American Folklore Society Review Editor, The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies Editorial Board, Journal of Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft Board of Directors, Cherry Hill Seminary

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