
Louis B. Rolsky, Ph.D.
Instructor of Religious Studies
- Department
- History and Anthropology
- Office
- Howard Hall
- Phone
- 732-571-3440
- lrolsky@monmouth.edu
Louis B. Rolsky, Ph.D.
L.
Benjamin Rolsky received his PhD from Drew University in American
Religious Studies. His work has appeared in a variety of academic and
popular
venues including Method and Theory in the Study of Religion and the Journal
of the American Academy of Religion as well as The Christian Century,
The Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN
Opinion,
and the Religion and Culture Forum at the University of Chicago. His
research and teaching interests include religion and politics, the study
of popular culture, and
critical theory. Rolsky’s first monograph, The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left:
Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond, is forthcoming this Fall from Columbia University Press. Once complete, he plans to begin research on
a second book project that examines the history of the New Christian Right across the 20th century.
Education
Ph.D., Drew University
Additional Information
Courses
Frequently Taught Classes
Recently Taught Classes
2020 Spring
2019 Fall
- PL-277-01 - Comparative Religions
- RS-277-01 - Comparative Religions
- RS-101-01 - Introduction to Religious Studies