Peter S. Cahn

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Oklahoma
455 West Lindsey, Room 521
Norman, OK  73019-0535

For the '08-'09 academic year, I will be in residence at
Radcliffe Institute
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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My research focuses on the intersection of religion and economy in 
Latin America. In particular, I am interested in the growth of charismatic,
person-centered spirituality that I call "direct faith."

Since 1998, I have undertaken fieldwork in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico. 
My first book examines the conversion of Roman Catholics to evangelical 
Protestantism.  Currently, I am working on a project that documents how 
a multi-level nutritional supplement company called Omnilife has employed 
religious techniques to motivate its distributors.

At OU, I teach the graduate courses Theories of Culture and Dissertation Writing
and the undergraduate courses Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology,
Anthropology of Religion, and Cultures of Latin America.