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Celia Elaine Rothenberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Ontario. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Toronto and has completed postdoctoral research at Rockefeller's Religious Studies program. Her work bridges the anthropology of religion and gender studies, with a focus on Jewish communities in North America and Palestinian diaspora communities in Toronto and the West Bank.
Dr. Rothenberg's educational background includes a BA in History from Wellesley College, an MSt in Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Toronto. Her research examines religious practices, identity formation, and cultural negotiation in marginalized groups, including studies of confessional Jewish films, Jewish yoga practices, and Palestinian village kinship systems.
Her teaching spans courses in religious anthropology, gender theory, Middle Eastern studies, and film analysis. Recent courses include Culture and Religion, Jewish Life Through Film, and Anthropological Approaches to Islam. She has published extensively on topics ranging from diaspora narratives to New Age religious movements, with notable works like Spirits of Palestine and New Age Judaism.
Rothenberg's research has been featured in high-impact journals such as Journal of Religion and Film and Jewish Culture and History, and she frequently contributes to public discourse through media analyses of popular culture's engagement with religious themes.
