Brian Britt

Brian Britt is a Professor in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech, within the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. His work bridges religious studies with critical theory, focusing on intersections of theology, cultural analysis, and modernity.

• Specialty: Religion, media, and cultural criticism
• Location: 107 Major Williams, 220 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061

His research explores the philosophical and cultural implications of religion, particularly through the lens of figures like Walter Benjamin, postsecular theory, and biblical hermeneutics. Recent public scholarship includes analyses of Jerusalem's contested history and digital culture's role in cultural criticism.

His academic work spans biblical traditions, textual displacement, and reconfigurations of religious authority in modern contexts. Publications like Religion around Walter Benjamin and Biblical Curses and the Displacement of Tradition reflect his interdisciplinary approach.