RICE UNIVERSITY. The Department of Religious Studies invites applications and nominations for a professor in RELIGIOUS THOUGHT, starting in Fall 2009, at assistant rank, preferably in one or more of these areas: RELIGION AND SECULARISM or AMERICAN/EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION or METHOD AND THEORY or HISTORY OF WESTERN ESOTERICISM. Period open to: LATE ANTIQUITY, MEDIEVAL, MODERN, or POSTMODERN. Candidates must also demonstrate significant accomplishments in a particular Western cultural or religious complex. Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names of at least three references to Prof. Jeffrey J. Kripal, Chair of Search Committee, Rice University, Department of Religious Studies-MS 15, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892. Rice University is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to applications received before October 15.