Sarah M. Pike

Sarah M. Pike
Occupation(s)professor, Author, and Scholar
Academic background
EducationPhD, (with distinction) Religious Studies, Indiana University (PhD minor, Women's Studies), 1998

MA, Religious Studies, Indiana University, 1989

BA, cum laude, Religion, Duke University, 1983
Alma materIndiana University, Duke University
Doctoral advisorRobert Orsi
Academic work
DisciplineComparative Religion
InstitutionsCalifornia State University, Chico
California State University, Chico campus site.

Sarah M. Pike is an American author and professor of comparative religion in the Department of Religious studies at California State University, Chico.[1][2] Her interests include paganism, environmentalism, religion and ecology, and ritual studies.[1] Her research on neopaganism and radical environmentalism has been lauded as being significant to the study of festival and group behaviour.[2][3] She is the president of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, co-chair of the American Academy of Religion, Ritual Studies Group, and director of the California State University, Chico Humanities Center.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Invited Speakers | Wonder and the Natural World". Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dahill, Lisa E. (October 24, 2018). "For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism by Sarah M. Pike (review)". Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality. 18 (2): 271–274. doi:10.1353/scs.2018.0038. ISSN 1535-3117. S2CID 150221375.
  3. ^ Noonan, Kerry; Pike, Sarah M. (2002). "Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for Community". Western Folklore. 61 (1): 97. doi:10.2307/1500290. ISSN 0043-373X. JSTOR 1500290.
  4. ^ Morgan, David (June 30, 2008). Morgan, David (ed.). Key Words in Religion, Media and Culture. doi:10.4324/9780203894071. ISBN 9780203894071.
  5. ^ Santoro, Anthony (January 27, 2015), "Unsilent Partners", Religion and the Marketplace in the United States, Oxford University Press, pp. 240–266, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199361793.003.0011, ISBN 9780199361793