Katherine Kurs - Assistant Teaching Professor

Kurs, Katherine

Katherine Kurs

PhD, Rhetorical Criticism, The Royal College of Art (London);
MDiv, Harvard Divinity School;
BA, The State University of New York

Assistant Teaching Professor

Profile:

My work as a professor, counselor in private practice, writer, and liturgist focuses on the formulation, articulation, interpretation, and symbolic expression of sacred meaning.

Courses Taught:

Death & Mourning in the Religious Imagination
Fasting as Spiritual Technology
The Spiritual Autobiography (freshman seminar/advising course)
Women’s Spirituality & Contemporary Religion
Encountering Religious Pluralism

Recent Publications:

Searching for Your Soul, Random House, 1999.

Office Location:

Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
64 West 11th Street, room 104
New York, NY 10011

Phone Number/Extension:
212-229-5100

Email:
kursk@newschool.edu

Research Interests:

Spiritual autobiography/memoir; Contemporary manifestations of American spirituality/religiosity; Lived religion” and Ritual enactments in a pluralistic urban context; Exegeting environment as “text."

Professional Affiliations:

Steering Committee, The Women’s Studies in Religion Program, Harvard University (appointed)
The Dean’s Leadership Council, Harvard Divinity School (appointed)
American Academy of Religion, member.
The West Side Clergy Association, member.
The Interfaith Center of New York, member.

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