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Aaron James Goldman

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Research Fellow, Philosophy of Religion, Lund University

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University in Sweden. I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Religion with the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. My primary expertise is in Modern European philosophical and religious thought, especially Kierkegaard. However, I am also more broadly interested in ethics, contemporary politics, social theory, conceptions of the self, theories and methods in the study of religion, and the history of Christian theology.

I currently serve as a researcher on two research projects housed at Lund. For the first, titled Beyond Truth and Lies, I examine the intersection between conspiracy theories (such as QAnon) and the American right-wing political landscape through the lens of performance theory and theories of myth and ritual. For the second, titled At the End of the World, I investigate the apocalyptic dimensions of nationalist and right-wing political movements in the United States.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Researcher, Philosophy of Religion, Lund University

Education

  • 2021 
    Harvard University, PhD, Religion
  • 2010 
    University of Virginia, MA, Religious Studies
  • 2008 
    Indiana University, BS Biology
  • 2008 
    Indiana University, BA Religious Studies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    Chance Encounters with Our (Evolutionary) Past: Implications of Evolutionary Historicity on Environmental Ethics
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Erik Philip-Sörensen's Foundation & Åke Wiberg's Foundation
  • 2023
    At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present
    Role:
    Researcher, Steering committee member
    Funding Source:
    Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
  • 2023
    Beyond Truth and Lies: Conspiracy Theories, Post-Truth, and the Conditions of Public Debate
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    LMK Foundation
  • 2023
    Kierkegaard, Modernity & Critique: Resources in Kierkegaardian Faith for Rethinking the Secular in the Context of Populism
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Crafoordska Stiftelsen
  • 2023
    Rethinking the Religious and the Secular with Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    American Scandinavian Foundation
  • 2021
    Between Faith and the Secular: A Kierkegaardian Defense of Public Reason
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Crafoordska Stiftelsen
  • 2016
    Special Beloveds, Ethics, and the Neighbor: A Defense of Kierkegaardian Neighbor-Love with Reference to Kant
    Role:
    Researcher (PhD Student)
    Funding Source:
    American Scandinavian Foundation

Professional Memberships

  • Søren Kierkegaard Society, U.S.A.
  • International Network for Experimental Philosophy and Theology
  • European Society for Philosophy of Religion (ESPR)
  • American Academy of Religion (AAR)
  • Resonans: A Nordic Network for Theology, Philosophy and Politics
  • Nordic Society for Philosophy of Religion (NSPR)
  • Nordic Network of Conspiracy Theory Research (CONNOR)