Religion

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Department Chair—Burgdoff
Professor—Belcastro, Schroeder (Bergener Chair) 
Associate Professors—Burgdoff, Bussie
Assistant Professor—Bryant
Lecturers—Ben Dor, McAlister, Thompson

The mission of the religion department is to foster student spiritual and intellectual growth through the disciplined, critical study of religion. The four key aspects of this mission are to develop in students:

1. An understanding of the nature of religion, Christian scriptures and traditions, and world religions;
2. An ability to carry on disciplined, critical dialogue concerning varied understandings of Christianity, other religions and other disciplines, relating these to everyday experience;
3. An ability to engage in multiple modes of critical thinking, and to articulate and defend their own ideas; and
4. The capacity for critical reflection concerning good living and working, honoring both their abilities and communal needs.

NOTE: The religion faculty also teach four classes related to Greek language for the purpose of reading in relationship to religious studies. See GREEK in this Bulletin.

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