KPaffenroth

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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Associate Professor, Religious Studies
Location	Cornwall on Hudson, New York, United States
Introduction	I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico. I attended St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD, 1995). I live in upstate New York with my wife and two wonderful kids. Starting in 2006, I had one of those strange midlife things, and turned my analysis towards horror films and literature. I have written Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006) - WINNER, 2006 Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl(Magus Press, 2008); and Dying to Live: Life Sentence(Permuted Press, 2008).
Interests	The Answer is "B", Zombies, comic books, strategy games, gourmet cooking, wine, cigars
Favorite Movies	Dawn of the Dead, Yellow Submarine, Wizard of Oz, Escape from New York, Streets of Fire
Favorite Music	80s Metal, Judas Priest, Hair Metal, Johnny Cash, Beatles, Who, Springsteen, Ramones, AC/DC, Queen
Favorite Books	Divine Comedy, King Lear, Flannery O'Connor, Moby Dick