Books
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2019). Explaining Jesus: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of a Phenomenon. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books / Rowman & Littlefield.
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2018). Death in Documentaries: The Memento Mori Experience. Leiden, Netherlands; Boston, Massachusetts: Brill | Rodopi.
Book chapters
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2019-2020 forthcoming). Death and documentaries: Heuristics of the Real in an Age of Simulacra. In D. Jernigan, N. Murphy, and W. M. Wang (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Death and Literature, pp. forthcoming. Abingdon, Oxfordshire / New York: Routledge.
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2012). If you could ask any question: Introducing open inquiry-based, student-centered writing projects . In Lori Østergaard (Ed.), Grizz Writes: A Guide to First-Year Writing at Oakland University, pp. 43-51. 1st edition. Southlake, Texas: Fountainhead Press. [Textbook] [2nd edition 2013; 3rd ed. 2014; 4th ed. 2015 and 5th ed. 2016 edited by L. Østergaard & D. Hammontree); subsequent editions edited by Megan Schoen: 2017-2018 edition; 2018-2019 edition; revised/updated chapter for 2019-2020 edition]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2008). Still the king of queens? Kenneth Burke, The Rhetoric of Religion, and the theorizing of rhetoric and religion now. In J. Selzer & R. Wess (Eds.), Kenneth Burke and His Circles, pp. 161-173. West Lafayette, Indiana: Parlor.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2017). Use of the phrase 'personal relationship with Jesus': Toward a comprehensive interdisciplinary explanation. Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 52(3), 663-690. DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12348
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2014). Facing up: Psychotherapists writing about dealing with the idea of one's own death. Mortality: Promoting the Interdisciplinary Study of Death and Dying, 19(4), 361-378. DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2014.943169
Bennett-Carpenter, B., McCallion, M.J., & Maines, D.R. (2013). <Personal relationship with Jesus>: A popular ideograph among evangelical Catholics. Journal of Communication and Religion, 36(1): 1-24.
Bennett-Carpenter, B., & McCallion, M.J. (2012). Specialized, ecclesial ideography: The <new evangelization> in the Catholic church. Michigan Academician XLI (1), 1-21.
McCallion, M.J., Bennett-Carpenter, B., & Maines, D.R. (2012). Individualism and community as contested rhetorics in the Catholic New Evangelization movement. Review of Religious Research, 54(3): 291-310. DOI: 10.1007/s13644-012-0069-y
McCallion, M.J, & Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2008). Displays of faith: Material/visual vs. cognitive/verbal. Review of Religious Research, 49(4), 427-437.
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2002). Quoting Mieke Bal's navel: Contemporary theory, preposterous religion. Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, 4(1), para. 1-48.
Other academic and related publications
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2018). Textile dialogues: Sharing material imagination in people & fiber arts – From the Textile Connections group to this generation. Invited essay, with introduction to the exhibition by Gerhardt Knodel, for The Textile Connections: A Dialogue exhibition and catalogue, Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Michigan, USA, [pp. 5-9]. [exhibition catalogue essay]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2017). Consilience as way forward for interdisciplinary studies of religions. Integrative Pathways: The Newsletter of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 39(4), 2-3, 15. [newsletter essay]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2007). On the ‘obvious’ in science and religion: Some recent flashpoints in the media and the academy. Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin [CSSR Bulletin], 36(3), 80-83. [newsletter essay]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2000). The divine simulacrum of Andy Warhol: Baudrillard's light on the pope of pop's 'religious art'. Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, 1(3), para. 1-36. [peer-reviewed review article]
For conference presentations and other, see c.v.
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2019). Explaining Jesus: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of a Phenomenon. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books / Rowman & Littlefield.
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2018). Death in Documentaries: The Memento Mori Experience. Leiden, Netherlands; Boston, Massachusetts: Brill | Rodopi.
Book chapters
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2019-2020 forthcoming). Death and documentaries: Heuristics of the Real in an Age of Simulacra. In D. Jernigan, N. Murphy, and W. M. Wang (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Death and Literature, pp. forthcoming. Abingdon, Oxfordshire / New York: Routledge.
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2012). If you could ask any question: Introducing open inquiry-based, student-centered writing projects . In Lori Østergaard (Ed.), Grizz Writes: A Guide to First-Year Writing at Oakland University, pp. 43-51. 1st edition. Southlake, Texas: Fountainhead Press. [Textbook] [2nd edition 2013; 3rd ed. 2014; 4th ed. 2015 and 5th ed. 2016 edited by L. Østergaard & D. Hammontree); subsequent editions edited by Megan Schoen: 2017-2018 edition; 2018-2019 edition; revised/updated chapter for 2019-2020 edition]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2008). Still the king of queens? Kenneth Burke, The Rhetoric of Religion, and the theorizing of rhetoric and religion now. In J. Selzer & R. Wess (Eds.), Kenneth Burke and His Circles, pp. 161-173. West Lafayette, Indiana: Parlor.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2017). Use of the phrase 'personal relationship with Jesus': Toward a comprehensive interdisciplinary explanation. Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 52(3), 663-690. DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12348
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2014). Facing up: Psychotherapists writing about dealing with the idea of one's own death. Mortality: Promoting the Interdisciplinary Study of Death and Dying, 19(4), 361-378. DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2014.943169
Bennett-Carpenter, B., McCallion, M.J., & Maines, D.R. (2013). <Personal relationship with Jesus>: A popular ideograph among evangelical Catholics. Journal of Communication and Religion, 36(1): 1-24.
Bennett-Carpenter, B., & McCallion, M.J. (2012). Specialized, ecclesial ideography: The <new evangelization> in the Catholic church. Michigan Academician XLI (1), 1-21.
McCallion, M.J., Bennett-Carpenter, B., & Maines, D.R. (2012). Individualism and community as contested rhetorics in the Catholic New Evangelization movement. Review of Religious Research, 54(3): 291-310. DOI: 10.1007/s13644-012-0069-y
McCallion, M.J, & Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2008). Displays of faith: Material/visual vs. cognitive/verbal. Review of Religious Research, 49(4), 427-437.
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2002). Quoting Mieke Bal's navel: Contemporary theory, preposterous religion. Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, 4(1), para. 1-48.
Other academic and related publications
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2018). Textile dialogues: Sharing material imagination in people & fiber arts – From the Textile Connections group to this generation. Invited essay, with introduction to the exhibition by Gerhardt Knodel, for The Textile Connections: A Dialogue exhibition and catalogue, Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Michigan, USA, [pp. 5-9]. [exhibition catalogue essay]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2017). Consilience as way forward for interdisciplinary studies of religions. Integrative Pathways: The Newsletter of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 39(4), 2-3, 15. [newsletter essay]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2007). On the ‘obvious’ in science and religion: Some recent flashpoints in the media and the academy. Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin [CSSR Bulletin], 36(3), 80-83. [newsletter essay]
Bennett-Carpenter, B. (2000). The divine simulacrum of Andy Warhol: Baudrillard's light on the pope of pop's 'religious art'. Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, 1(3), para. 1-36. [peer-reviewed review article]
For conference presentations and other, see c.v.
