Religious Studies: Kenneth M. Morrison

Professor of Religious Studies
Ph.D., University of Maine
Arrived at ASU: 1983

Office: ECA 343
Phone: (480) 965-7148 or 965-7145
E-mail: jekmm@imap2.asu.edu
CV: (PDF)

Research Interests

Native American Religions, Ethnohistory of Missions, Cultural expressions of Ritual, Symbol, Myth. Canadian-American history, History of Religions.

Biography

(Ph.D., University of Maine) Dr. Morrison is Professor of Native American Religions with particular interest in ethnohistory of missions and the interpretation of the symbolic, mythic, and ritual principles of religions and culture. He has taught at the University of California at Los Angeles and also at the Canada Studies Institute at the State University of New York at Plattsburg, as well as the University of Maine. He also served as an Expert Witness in a Federal lawsuit, U.S. vs. Maine, 1976-80. In 2001 he was named an ASU Parents' Association Professor.

Courses Taught

REL 305 - Ritual, Symbol, Myth
REL 331 - History of Native American Religious Traditions
REL 405 - Missionization and Religious Dialogue

Selected Publications

The Solidarity of Kin: Ethnohistory, Religious Studies and the Algonkian-Jesuit Religious Encounter. Albany: State Univerity of New York Press (2002).

"The Cosmos as Intersubjective: Native American Other-than-Human Persons." In Indigenous Religions: A Companion. Edited by Graham Harvey, 23-36. London, Cassell, 2000.

"Beyond the Supernatural: Language and Religious Action." Religion 22 (July 1992): 201-206.

"Sharing the Flower: A Non-Supernaturalistic Theory of Grace." Religion 22 (July 1992): 208-220.

"Baptism and Alliance: The Symbolic Mediations of Religious Syncretism." Ethnohistory 37:4 (1990): 416-437.