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J. Barton Scott (Ph.D. Religion, Duke University, 2010) researches global intellectual cultural history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing on South Asia and transnational connections. He teaches courses on social and cultural theory, religion and political thought, and media and material religion. He is the author of 'Spiritual Despots: Modern Hinduism Genealogies of Self-Rule' (University of Chicago/Primus 2016; Honourable Mention 2018 Harry Levin Prize American Comparative Literature Association) and 'Slandering Sacred: Blasphemy Law and Religious Affect in Colonial India' (University of Chicago/Permanent Black/Folio Books, 2023). He co-edited 'Imagining Publics in Modern South Asia' (Routledge, 2016). His writings have appeared in 'Immanent Frame', 'Revealer', 'Comparative Studies in Society and History', 'Modern Intellectual History', and the 'Journal of the American Academy of Religion'. His recent work includes an article titled 'Anglicanism as Religion?: Empire, Establishmentarianism, and Thomas Macaulay’s Critique of William Gladstone', published in 'Victorian Studies'. Scott is currently working on books about guru culture in Southern California during World War II and a collaborative project on the powers of images in South Asian religions.
Department of Sociology