Jason Josephson Storm

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Born
Jason Ānanda Josephson
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • Jason Storm
  • Jason Josephson-Storm
RelativesFelicitas Goodman (grandmother):302–304
AwardsDistinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2013 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion-– Constructive-Reflective Studies, 2022
Academic background
EducationMTS, Harvard Divinity School, PhD Stanford University
Alma materStanford University
ThesisTaming Demons: The Anti-Superstition Campaign and the Invention of Religion in Japan (1853–1920) (2006)
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Notable ideas
  • Disenchantment is a myth
  • hierarchical inclusion and exclusive similarity
  • reflexive religious studies
  • trinary of superstition, secularism, and religion
WebsiteFaculty profile

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm ( Josephson) is an American academic, philosopher, social scientist, and author. He is currently Professor in the Department of Religion and chair in Science and Technology Studies at Williams College. He also holds affiliated positions in Asian studies and Comparative Literature at Williams College. Storm's research focuses on Japanese religions, European intellectual history from 1600 to the present, and theory in religious studies. His more recent work has discussed disenchantment and philosophy of social science.

Storm has written three books and over thirty academic essays in English. He has also published articles in French and Japanese, and translated academic essays and primary sources from Japanese to English. His first book, The Invention of Religion in Japan, earned the 2013 "Distinguished Book Award" from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and was a finalist for the American Academy of Religion's "Best First Book" award in the History of Religions. His third book, Metamodernism: The Future of Theory, won the 2022 award for Excellence in the Study of Religion (Constructive-Reflexive Studies) by the American Academy of Religion. Benjamin G. Robinson, a scholar of religion and race, has described Storm's work as "seminal."