Philosophy and Religion Department

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The Philosophy and Religion Department offers a major in philosophy, a major in religion, and separate minors in both disciplines.

Department Faculty

Professors

Kelly Brown Douglas (religion), John M. Rose (philosophy)

Associate Professors

Steven DeCaroli (philosophy), Margret Grebowicz, chair (philosophy)

Assistant Professor

Ann Duncan (religion)

Lecturer

Josh Snyder, Karen Wilson

Religion Course Clusters

Sacred Texts

• RLG 120  Speaking of God
• RLG 200  Hebrew Scriptures
• RLG 206  New Testament and Early Christianity
• Course in a scriptural language (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.)

Religions of the World

• ANT 234  Religion, Myth, & Symbol
• RLG 130  Introduction to World Religions
• RLG 207  Islamic Thought
• RLG 212  New Religious Movements
• RLG/PSC 266  Ethnic and Religious Politics of Southeast Asia
• RLG/PHL 268  Chinese Philosophy
• RLG/PSC 375  Political Islam

Religion, Race, Gender and Sexuality

• RLG 236  Womanist Theology
• RLG 237  Black Religious Thought I
• RLG 273  Queer(y)ing Religion
• RLG 355  Black Religious Thought II
• RLG 370  Special Topics in Religion, Gender and Sexuality

Religion, Politics and Social Justice

• RLG 239  Religion and Politics in America
• RLG 274  Liberation Theology
• RLG 315  American Religion and Social Reform
• RLG 331  Evil and Suffering
• RLG 333  Christian Ethics and War
• RLG 334  Special Topics in American Religion

Judaism

• RLG 105 The Jewish Experience
• RLG 200  The Hebrew Scriptures
• RLG 205  Judaism
• RLG 222  Judaism and Philosophy
• RLG 244  Jewish Mysticism

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