Brevard College Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Benjamin Zeller was recently awarded a Summer Research Fellowship by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion for his proposal “Foodway Conversion: The Application of the Study of Religious Conversion to Foodway Choices.”
Zeller’s project will explore the ways people make life changes about their eating patterns – such as switching from being meat-eaters to being vegetarians – to see how the process may resemble religious conversion.
An avid “foodie,” Zeller chairs the Religion, Food and Eating Seminar of the American Academy of Religion, and is involved in research projects about the intersection of religion and food. At Brevard College, he teaches topics ranging from Hinduism to new religious movements to religion and science fiction.
Zeller holds degrees from the University of North Carolina, Harvard University and the University of Rochester. He recently participated in the Wabash Center Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Workshop for pre-tenured theological school faculty members.
The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, which is based in Crawfordsville, Ind., supports teachers of religion and theology in higher education through meetings and workshops, grants, a journal and other resources. All Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion programs are funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.
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