Rich McCarty

Little joys… finding one of my books in the wild at Barnes & Noble. 🤓

Erie, PA

YouTube video by Ryan Sprague RICHARD W. McCARTY, PH.D | Beyond the Veil: Exploring the Intersections of Religion & the Paranormal

For the last few years, I have been working on academic projects that explore the relationships and intersections of religion and the paranormal. Currently writing a book on this, but here’s a glimpse of the work: youtu.be/37NQnxOVo_M

A beautiful night on the campus of @mercyhurst.bsky.social after an amazing concert by Postmodern Jukebox through the singular Mercyhurst Institute for Arts & Culture!!

After fifteen years on the faculty at my university, a year ago I was invited to serve as the interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, which has now turned into serving as the Provost. Life has a way of being surprising. I am working every day to make college a meaningful experience for all!

This is really beautiful.

50% off all @sunypress.bsky.social titles, including my most recent book. Kindly give it a look, and check out all of their other titles, too, at sunypress.edu

Snow continues to fall in Erie, PA. But even in a blizzard, Old Main of @mercyhurst.bsky.social is beautiful!

More than three feet of snow in Erie, PA. The Governor sent the national guard to help and the Mayor declared a shelter in place order. Life on the North Coast.

Bowser has had a full Thanksgiving with food and friends. ❤️🐕💤

If you are at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego, stop by the @sunypress.bsky.social booth!

The message of it is all the more important today. Enjoy!

Beautiful in the sky this morning.

Tonight our church hosted a Friendsgiving dinner. Around the table, LGBTQ+ people dined with straight families with children. Atheists mingled with Christians and spiritual seekers. Laughter was genuine, and there was more than enough for everyone. If you ask me, this is as it should be.

In elementary school we opportunities to buy books from a distributor. In the catalogue, I loved the cover of the Hobbit and grabbed that in the third grade. At the end, I saw it continued in the Lord of the Rings. My parents said I wasn’t ready, I insisted I was. I dove in and was hooked!

You’re an excellent researcher, author, and an amazing communicator with engaging material.

I’m currently writing a book on religion and the paranormal—exploring how so many of these phenomena are powerfully shaping beliefs and concepts of ultimate reality. Earlier this year, the Journal of Gods and Monsters published my take on why we should take monster encounters seriously. Check it out

2022 Award Finalist for my latest book! Announced early in 2024 by the American Academy of Religion

Author page at State University of New York Press