Faculty members are listed below by the fields of study offered in the Graduate Program in Religious Studies. Please note that specialization is offered only in these six fields and not in all areas of indicated faculty interests.
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Serge Frolov
Biblical hermeneutics & theology, Jewish history & thought
Roy L. Heller
Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, biblical Hebrew, narrative criticism
John C. Holbert
Hebrew Bible, narrative studies, wisdom literature
Richard D. Nelson
Deuteronomy & the Deuteronomistic Historian, sacrifice & priesthood
Susanne Scholz
Feminist hermeneutics in Hebrew Bible studies, interfaith dialog
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New Testament
Mark A. Chancey
New Testament, early Judaism, archeology of Palestine
Jaime Clark-Soles
Gospel of John, New Testament social history, death & afterlife in the New Testament
Abraham Smith
Gospel of Mark, Luke-Acts, cultural studies, African American biblical hermeneutics
Sze-kar Wan
Paul, Romans, Postcolonial studies, Second Temple Judaism
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History of the Christian Tradition
William J. Abraham
Religious epistemology, Wesley, doctrine of revelation, philosophy of religion, evangelism
Ted A. Campbell
History of Christianity, Methodist History
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi
Movement of global Christianity, Mission studies, global pentacostalisms
Richard W. Cogley
American religious history, English and American Puritanism
Valerie A. Karras
Greek patristics, women in Eastern Church & classical world
John C. Lamoreaux
Islamic Studies, history of Christianity, science & religion
William B. Lawrence
Methodism & American culture, Methodist history & doctrine
Bruce D. Marshall
Medieval & Reformation theology, systematic theology, the Trinity
Heidi A. Miller
Practice of Christian worship, spiritual formation and direction
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Religious Ethics
Charles E. Curran
Social ethics, church in society, Catholic moral theology
Robin W. Lovin
Social ethics, Protestant theological ethics, religion & political thought
Rebekah Miles
Feminist ethics, ethics and pastoral care
Theodore Walker Jr
Theological social ethics, black theology, process metaphysicsSystematic Theology
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Religion and Culture
Karen Baker-Fletcher
Systematic Theology, feminist theology
G. William Barnard
Mysticism, religion & the social sciences, contemporary spirituality
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi
Movement of global Christianity, Mission studies, global pentacostalisms
Jill DeTemple
Theory and method; religion in Latin America
Johan Elverskog
Buddhism in Inner Asia, Chinese and Inner Asian history
Ruben L. F. Habito
Buddhist-Christian studies, East Asian Buddhism, religion & social engagement in medieval Japan
C. Michael Hawn
Worship and music, worship and culture, hymnology
John C. Holbert
Hebrew Bible, narrative studies, wisdom literature
Susanne Johnson
Christian Education
Steven E. Lindquist
Indian religions, myth, literature & history
Robin W. Lovin
Social ethics, Protestant theological ethics, religion & political thought
Hugo Magallanes
Christian social ethics, Hispanic theology/ethics, liberation theology
Alyce McKenzie
Biblical wisdom & contemp. cultural values; preaching & imagination
Heidi Miller
Practice of Christian worship, spiritual formation and direction
Rebekah Miles
Feminist ethics, ethics and pastoral care
Evelyn Parker
Womanist practical theology, adolescent spirituality
Harold J. Recinos
Anthropology of religion, N. American Latino/a theology, urban ministry
Joerg Rieger
Systematic theology, postcolonial & postmodern theologies, liberation theologies, theology & economics
Abraham Smith
Gospel of Mark, Luke-Acts, cultural studies, African American biblical hermeneutics
Mark W. Stamm
Christian worship, rites of Christian initiation
Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner
Pastoral care of women, feminist theology
Theodore Walker Jr
Theological social ethics, black theology, process metaphysics
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Systematic Theology
William J. Abraham
Religious epistemology, Wesley, doctrine of revelation, philosophy of religion, evangelism
Karen Baker-Fletcher
Systematic Theology, feminist theology
Elaine A. Heath
Evangelism, Christian spirituality and theology
Bruce D. Marshall
Medieval & Reformation theology, systematic theology, the Trinity
Harold J. Recinos
Anthropology of religion, N. American Latino/a theology, urban ministry
Joerg Rieger
Systematic theology, postcolonial & postmodern theologies, liberation theologies, theology & economics
Linn Marie Tonstad
Christian theology, religion & sexuality, theological method
Theodore Walker Jr
Theological social ethics, black theology, process metaphysics
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