“Wake Forest Religion Professor: Christianity” is somewhat
misleading
Accordingly, the school website is more revealing;
Associate Professor of Religion and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Core Faculty
http://college.wfu.edu/wgs/faculty-staff/core-faculty/whitaker/
He teaches yoga, too: https://www.sunriseyoga.net/upanishads-class-with-guest-instructor-jarrod-whitaker-phd/
Studied in socialist New Zealand. Maybe raised there? Curious about his upbringing, always relevant. No father? Strong Christian father? The mangina is strong in him.