Hector Avalos

Hector Avalos ( born October 8, 1958 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico) is an American religious scholar.

Life

Avolos studied at Harvard University, at Harvard Divinity School and at the University of Arizona Christian theology. Avolos since 1993 has been professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University.

Works (selection)

  • This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies ( jointly with Sarah Melcher and Jeremy Schipper ) (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007) ISBN 1-58983-186-1
  • The End of Biblical Studies ( Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007 ) ISBN 1-59102-536-2
  • Strangers in Our Own Country: Religion in U.S. Latina / o Literature, ( Nashville: Abingdon, 2005) ISBN 0-687-33045-9
  • Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence, ( Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2005) ISBN 1-59102-284-3
  • Introduction to the U.S. Latina and Latino Religious Experience, ( Editor; Boston: Brill, 2004) ISBN 0-391-04240-8
  • Se puede saber si Dios existe? [? Can One Know if God Exists ], ( Amherst, NY: Prometheus Press, 2003 ) ISBN 1-59102-043-3
  • Illness and Health Care in the Ancient Near East: The Role of the Temple in Greece, Mesopotamia, and Israel (Harvard Semitic Monographs 54: Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995 ) ISBN 0-7885-0098-8
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