Joel Robbins
Joel Robbins (born 1961) is an American socio-cultural
anthropologist; he is at the
University of Cambridge, where he is the Sigrid Rausing Professor of
Social Anthropology and the Deputy Head of Division and REF Coordinator for Division of Social Anthropology, as well as a Fellow at
Trinity College. He was previously employed at the
University of California, San Diego (1998–2013), and at
Reed College (1996–1998), and was awarded his Ph.D. from the
University of Virginia in 1998. He has published works on the anthropology of
Papua New Guinea, anthropological theory, the anthropology of Christianity, religious change, the anthropology of ethics and morals, and the anthropology of value. Ethnographically, he is known for his work with the
Urapmin people. His book ''Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society'' was awarded the J. I. Staley prize by the
School for Advanced Research in 2011. He is currently the series editor for the University of California Press "Anthropology of Christianity" book series, and has also served as a co-editor for the journal ''
Anthropological Theory''.
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