Kent Brintnall

Kent L. Brintnall is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte. His research examines intersections of religion with sexuality through queer theory and psychoanalytic frameworks, particularly analyzing self-annihilation in mystical/pornographic literature. Authored works include Ecce Homo (2011) on redemptive pain imagery and edited volumes on Bataille and queer temporalities.

Current monograph Constraining Violence analyzes ethical frameworks through Bersani, Laplanche, and Bataille. Future project Formalizing Desire compares mystical and pornographic writing across Sade/Hadewijch, Bataille/Angela of Foligno, and Genet/Thérèse of Lisieux.

Affiliated with Women’s/Gender Studies and Film Studies programs. Serves as North American editor for Theology and Sexuality.