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Craig Martin serves as an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at St. Thomas Aquinas College, teaching courses including Religion and Society.
His academic credentials comprise:
- Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Syracuse University
- M.A. in Theological Studies from Claremont School of Theology
Dr. Martin's research critically investigates the intersections of religion with societal power dynamics, discourse formation, and ideological frameworks. His scholarship challenges normative assumptions about religion's role in social structures through rigorous theoretical analysis. Key publications include Masking Hegemony: A Genealogy of Liberalism, Religion, and the Private Sphere, Capitalizing Religion: Ideology and the Opiate of the Bourgeoisie, and A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion, alongside his editorial work on Bloomsbury's Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power series.
His pedagogical mission centers on demonstrating societal inequality mechanisms and equipping students to identify power beneficiaries and legitimation processes within social structures.
