Research Interests
Christopher's dissertation (tentatively titled "Adding to the Lord: Prophetic Possession and the Expansive Christology of Luke") pulls together recent anthropological work on spirit possession with work on prophethood, divine bodies, and Christology in the twin volumes of Luke. His project explores possession as a narrative strategy that productively blurs the identities of God, Jesus, and the early Christ groups. The dissertation concludes with a challenge to post-Enlightenment models of personhood, especially ones that emphasize a singularized and heavily boundaried self.
More broadly, Chris is interested in narrative criticism of the canonical Gospels, in early Jewish and Christian imaginations of the body, and in the interface between religion, biblical studies, and neuropsychology. He is also passionate about pedagogy that integrates digital media and the visual arts.