About Me
Ludger Viefhues-Bailey.
Associate Professor for Methods and Theory in the Study of Religion and for Women's and Gender Studies at Yale University
B.S. University of Düsseldorf
B.A. Hochschule für Philosophie München
Dipl.Theol. Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule St. Georgen Frankfurt
A.M., Ph.D. Harvard University
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Ludger Viefhues-Bailey is Associate Professor of Religious Studies for Methods and Theory in the Study of Religion and for Women's and Gender Studies at Yale University. His work focuses on the connections between practices of gendering, religion, and epistemology. His book Beyond the Philosopher's Fears: A Cavellian Reading of Gender, Religion, and Origins in Modern Skepticism is scheduled to appear in 2007 through Ashgate Press, England. In his teaching and research he is furthermore interested in how various theoretical approaches to the study of religion create different visions of self and otherness; in issue of religious globalization; and in bringing together text-based and performance-based approaches to religious studies. His new book-project, Philosophy of Religion in an Age of Globalization, critically assesses philosophical models of accounting for religious diversity. Bringing together Wittgensteinian realism and insights from post-colonial theory, Viefhues-Bailey will provide a richly-textured ethical account of how to live and think in the midst of multiple religious beliefs and practices. His life-partner is Mr.Kevin Viefhues-Bailey