Expertise

Trost teaches courses in American religious history, religion and popular culture, bible, religious rhetoric in literature and film, and songwriting.

Teaching Interests

  • Ecumenism
  • Political Theology
  • Music and Social Protest

Research:

  • Creativity and Culture
    • Religion & Popular Culture; Art of Song; 1960s.

Subject areas: American religious history, pop culture, bible, religious rhetoric in literature and film

Communities
Religious Studies
Degrees
PhD, Harvard University, American Religious History, 1998
AM, Harvard University, 1992
MA, Graduate Theological Union, Biblical Studies, 1989
MDiv, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1988
BGS, University of Michigan, Languages and Literature, 1976
Keywords
religious studies
Languages
French, German
Associations
American Academy of Religion