Matthew Day

Matthew Day is a Professor of Religion at Florida State University's Department of Religion, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. His work focuses on classical and contemporary social theory, using religious phenomena as an entry point to explore collective life's historical contingency. Key research areas include evolutionary taxonomies, Jacobean natural philosophy, the intersection of biblical criticism and evolutionary theory, and the medicalization of dissent in Georgian England.

No educational background details are explicitly provided in the text. His research interests span interdisciplinary topics such as household debt's role in post-WWII class dynamics and the critique of essentialist categories in religious studies.

His featured publication, No Bosses, No Gods, reflects his engagement with anti-essentialist frameworks and the socio-political dimensions of belief systems. No scientific awards or grants are listed. Advising records or lab affiliations are not mentioned in the provided text.