Religious Studies staff

Find contact details and information about Religious Studies staff.

Acting Programme director

Dr Philip Fountain

Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies
School of Social and Cultural Studies

philip.fountain@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 9477
MY1109, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Postgraduate coordinator

Dr Sara Rahmani

Lecturer in Religious Studies
School of Social and Cultural Studies

sara.rahmani@vuw.ac.nz
04 4635043
MY1111, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Programme staff

Dr Philip Fountain

Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies
School of Social and Cultural Studies

philip.fountain@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 9477
MY1109, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: Religion and Development; Anthropology of Religion; Development Studies; Activism; Humanitarianism; Peace and Conflict; NGOs; Disasters; Secularism; Political... read more

Dr Sara Rahmani

Lecturer in Religious Studies
School of Social and Cultural Studies

sara.rahmani@vuw.ac.nz
04 4635043
MY1111, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: Atheism and Unbelief, Religious Conversion/Disengagement, Ethnography, Discourse and Narrative Analysis, New Religious Movements, Meditation Movements, Asian... read more

Social and Cultural Anthropology Religion and Religious Studies Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions

Dr Geoff Troughton

Associate Professor
School of Social and Cultural Studies

geoff.troughton@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5590
MY1110, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: Religion in New Zealand and the Pacific region; the history of Christianity; contemporary religious change; religious activism and the politics of religion;... read more

New Zealand History Philosophy and Religious Studies Religion and Religious Studies Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) Religion and Society