Octavio Carrasco
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Mail code: 2151Campus: West
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Octavio is an historian of American culture and music with special interest in the processes of social change, cultural resistance, and the religious imagination. His work on the religious dimensions of Tupac Shakur’s music and death lead to his focus on “the long sixties” as a period of profound awakening in American history. Octavio’s primary mode of transportation is walking, using the “eyes in his feet” to remain connected with his surroundings. He enjoys juggling book loans at ALL the local libraries and likes sea turtles very much.
BA- Religious Studies, Princeton University, 2003
MA- Social Change, Starr King School for the Ministry, 2013
PhD- History, Union Theological Seminary, 2019
Borderlands History, Music and Culture, 20th Century U.S. History, Religious Studies, Popular Culture, Ritual Studies
“Rituals of Resistance: Walking the Path of the Sun Across the Sky”; ReVista: Harvard’s Review of Latin America, Winter 2021 Volume XX, Number 2.
“Restive Spirits Seeking Release: The Implicit Religion of the Grateful Dead”; Journal of Beliefs and Values, Volume 43, Issue 1.
“The Awe-ful Music of Kurt Cobain: Nirvana and the Mysterium Tremendum”; Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Volume 35, Number 3, December 2023.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| REL 321 | Religion in America |
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| REL 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| REL 381 | Religion and Moral Issues |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| REL 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| REL 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| REL 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |
| FOR 413 | SacredCrimes:Religion&Violence |