Anthony Shenoda is Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Religion at Leiden University College, The Hague. He is a sociocultural anthropologist with a focus on the anthropology of religion and the Middle East. His research and theoretical interests include The Anthropology of Christianity; materiality; miracles, visions, and dreams—particularly as these relate to institutionalized forms of religious power; Muslim-Christian relations; social memory; hope; prayer; and the anthropology of death and dying. Shenoda has published articles on the politics of faith in Egypt and Coptic Christians and the Egyptian revolution. He is currently working on a book entitled Cultivating Mystery: Miracles and a Coptic Moral Imaginary.
