Liam D. Murphy

Liam D. Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author of many articles and research papers on religion, politics, and identity, published in such peer-reviewed journals as the Journal of Ritual Studies, the Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe, Anthropology in Action, and the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. He is also co-author (with Paul A. Erickson) of A History of Anthropological Theory (UTP Higher Education, 1998; 2003; 2008) and co-editor (with Paul A. Erickson) of Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory (UTP Higher Education, 2001; 2006; 2010). A specialist on religion in Northern Ireland, Murphy’s book, entitled Believing in Belfast: Charismatic Christianity After the Troubles, was published Carolina Academic Press in April, 2010.