Klaus Yoder

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion
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Klaus C. Yoder is an historian of religion and politics in the modern West. His research examines embodiment, ritual, and state power in Christian and post-Christian contexts. His current book project tells the intersecting histories of the Catholic Church and the New York Police Department, laying out the political impact of their powerful alliance. He teaches courses on Christianity, the state, the body, the problem of evil, and the end of the world.

He podcasts on Seven Heads, Ten Horns: The History of the Devil

BA, Ursinus College; MTS, THD, Harvard University
At Vassar since 2017

Contact

845-437-7549
Blodgett Hall
Box 738

Departments and Programs

Courses

RELI 103: Religion and Sports

RELI 106: Radical Evil:The History of Wickedness in the West

RELI 108: Climate Change and the Apocalypse

RELI 111: Christian Theology and the Body

RELI 208: Religion, Revolution, and Reaction

RELI 209: The Devil You Know: Personifying Evil in the West

RELI 256: Theology of the Prison

Selected Publications

"Priests, Prophets, and Centurions: Catholic Representations of the LAPD After the Watts Rebellion,”Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 2026 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1525/jrpc.2026.2725922

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