Mario Orospe Hernandez
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Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict 1000 S. Cady Mall, PO Box 870802 Office 205 Tempe, AZ 85281
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Student Information
Graduate StudentReligious Studies
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
A Fulbright scholar from Mexico City, Mario Orospe-Hernandez is a doctoral candidate in Religious Studies. He earned a BA in Political Science and an MPhil in Philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he specialized in political philosophy, critical theory, and liberation theology. At ASU, he collaborated as a research assistant in the multi-year research project Beyond Secularization: Religion, Science, and Technology in Public Life.
He is interested in understanding the intersection of religion, technology, and extractivism. Thus, his Ph.D. dissertation examines the impact of imaginaries and rituals on the regimes of value, materiality, and labor in two poles of the tech-industry commodity chains: lithium mining in Bolivia and product design in Silicon Valley.
His first book, "Biopolítica y Liberación: la noción de vida humana en Agamben y Dussel", was published by the Argentine Publisher Prometeo in 2023. His work has also been featured in academic publications like the Political Theology Network and public-facing media platforms like The conversation.
- PhD. candidate in Religious Studies (Arizona State University)
- MPhil. in Philosophy (UNAM, México)
- BA. in Political Science (UNAM, México)
Courses
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
| REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
| REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
| REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| REL 501 | The Study of Religion I |