Biography
Prof. Farneth is Associate Professor in the Religion Department. Her research and teaching focus on modern Western religious thought, with particular attention to social and political ethics. She is interested in the relationship between religious diversity and democracy, and the ways that members of diverse communities confront ethical conflicts and forge solidarity across religious and other differences. Prof. Farneth is the author of Hegel’s Social Ethics: Religion, Conflict, and Rituals of Reconciliation (2017) and The Politics of Rituals (2023).