Prof. Peter Gardella loves the study of religions, both as a fascinating subject and for what religions reveal about history, cultures, human beings, and ultimate truth. His personal history and family connections have given him a practitioner’s knowledge of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, and Jewish traditions. As a scholar and teacher, he stresses the connections between religions and other aspects of life, such as sports, politics, economics, popular culture, and sexual customs. Prof. Gardella has found that Manhattanville is a special place to teach and to study religion because of its history, its location, and the diversity of its faculty and student body. In addition to the books listed below, Prof. Gardella hopes to complete books on the world’s religions in New York City and on birds in the world’s religions in the next few years.

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Introduction to World Religions
The Bible
Sexuality and Religion
Pagans
The End of the World
Christianity
Religion in America
The Psychology of Mystical Experience
Native American Religions (with Prof. Laurence Krute)
Religion and Violence (Honors Seminar)
The World’s Religions in New York City

Ph.D., Yale University
Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College