Liam Murphy:
CLASS OF 1986
Queen Elizabeth High SchoolClass of 1986
Halifax, NS
Halifax Grammar SchoolClass of 1984
Halifax, NS
Liam's Story
Liam D. Murphy is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Sacramento. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, he holds a BA Honors degree from Saint Maryâs University (1992), an MA degree from the University of Calgary (1994) and a PhD (2000) degree from Yale University. His work has explored the mutual relations among culture, language, politics, and religion within and across different societies. In particular, his MA fieldwork, conducted in rural Jamaica in 1994, examined the intersection of religious belief and practice (especially Pentecostalism and revivalism) with local economic and social mobility and dynamics. From 1995, his PhD and post-doctoral fieldwork in Northern Ireland have built on this earlier interest by investigating the origins, development, and social effects of popular religious practices (especially charismatic, Pentecostal, evangelical, and ecumenical movements) in the context of an emergent, post-conflict, âEuropeanizingâ Belfast â a city in which new, global religious and cultural movements intermingle with deeply held c...Expand for more
onvictions about faith, cultural identity, and political orientation. He is the author of many articles and research papers on religion, politics, and identity, published in such peer-reviewed journals as the Journal of Ritual Studies, the Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe, Anthropology in Action, and the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. He is also co-author (with Paul A. Erickson) of A History of Anthropological Theory (UTP Higher Education, 1998; 2003; 2008) and co-editor (with Paul A. Erickson) of Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory (UTP Higher Education, 2001; 2006; 2010). His book on Northern Ireland, entitled Believing in Belfast: Charismatic Christianity After the Troubles, was published Carolina Academic Press in April, 2010. Murphy is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. Most recently, he was honored to be awarded the 2010-11 Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activities Award by the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies at CSUS.
Liam is separated, and lives in Sacramento with his daughter, Siobhan.
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