I am a philosopher working on the philosophies of religion and psychiatry. I am interested in understanding extraordinary beliefs and experiences, and my work is empirically informed and unconcerned with disciplinary boundaries. I lead the project Expanding the Philosophy of Religion by Engaging with Afro-Brazilian Traditions (2021–2024) and am a member of How Emotions Inform Religion: Integrating Christian Theology And Cognitive Affective Neuroscience (2023–2025).

I am currently a research fellow at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. I've been a postdoc at the Federal University of Santa Maria, the Rutgers Center for the …

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