YALE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES intends to make a

tenure-track appointment in the field of religious studies beginning

July 1, 2012, at the rank of Assistant Professor. Applications are

invited and welcome from scholars with research specialties in the

anthropology, history, philosophy, or sociology of religions or a

tradition-specific field of study, who also possess demonstrated

teaching proficiency in methods and theory in the study of religion.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and

strongly welcomes applications from women and underrepresented

minorities. A letter of application describing your research, a c.v., a

two-page dissertation abstract, a chapter-length writing sample, a

syllabus for an introductory undergraduate course, “Introduction to

Religion,” and three letters of reference should be submitted on-line at

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Yale/RLST . Materials may be sent to

Methods and Theory Search, Religious Studies, Yale University, P.O. Box

208287, New Haven, CT 06520-8287 or by e-mail to

rosemary.carrion@yale.edu. The review of applications will begin October

20, 2011. Preliminary interviews will be held at the AAR annual meeting

in San Francisco, Nov 19-22, 2011.