Faculty Research
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 | Religious Ethics |
| New Testament | Religion and Culture |
| History of the Christian Tradition |
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Serge Frolov
Biblical hermeneutics & theology, Jewish history & thoughtRoy L. Heller
Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, biblical Hebrew, narrative criticismJohn R. (Jack) Levison
Old Testament interpretation, pneumatology, biblical HebrewSusanne Scholz
Feminist hermeneutics in Hebrew Bible studies, interfaith/interreligious dialogue, epistemologies/sociologies of biblical interpretation
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Mark A. Chancey
New Testament, early Judaism, archaeology of Palestine, religion and public educationJaime Clark-Soles
Gospel of John, New Testament social history, death & afterlife in the New TestamentAbraham Smith
Gospel of Mark, Luke-Acts, cultural studies, African American biblical hermeneuticsSze-kar Wan
Paul, Romans, Postcolonial studies, Second Temple Judaism
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History of the Christian Tradition
Ted A. Campbell
History of Christianity, Methodist HistoryKate Carté
Early evangelicalism, early American and Atlantic religionRuben L. F. Habito
Buddhist-Christian studies, East Asian Buddhism, religion & social engagement in medieval JapanJohn C. Lamoreaux
Islamic Studies, history of Christianity, science & religionJames Kang Hoon Lee
History of Christianity, patristic anthropology & soteriologyTamara E. Lewis
Protestant doctrine, racial ideologiesBruce D. Marshall
Medieval & Reformation theology, systematic theology, the TrinityPriscilla Pope-Levison
Methodist history, Wesleyan Holiness Tradition, women in U.S. Protestantism
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Steve Long
Christian Ethics; Systematic Theology; Moral TheologyHugo Magallanes
Christian social ethics, Hispanic theology/ethics, liberation theologyRebekah Miles
Wesleyan ethics, Niebuhrian ethics, feminist theology and ethics, ethics and pastoral careTheodore Walker, Jr.
Theological social ethics, black theology, process metaphysics
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Wes Allen
Preaching in postmodernity; conversational homiletics; cumulative approaches to preaching; preaching and the Synoptic Gospels; preaching and the human conditionChris Anderson
Music of Max Reger; the musical culture of Leipzig; German musical culture circa 1880-1950Karen Baker-Fletcher
Systematic Theology, feminist theologies, African American theologies, womanist theologyG. William Barnard
Religion and the social sciences, contemporary spirituality, religion and healing, consciousness studiesTed A. Campbell
History of Christianity, Methodist HistoryJill DeTemple
Theory and method; religion in Latin AmericaJohan Elverskog
Buddhism in Inner Asia, Chinese and Inner Asian historyKate Carté
Early evangelicalism, early American and Atlantic religionRuben L. F. Habito
Buddhist-Christian studies, East Asian Buddhism, religion & social engagement in medieval JapanRobert A. Hunt
Interfaith dialogue, contemporary Muslim movements, Christian identity in a pluralistic world, world ChristianitySusanne Johnson
Christian EducationJohn C. Lamoreaux
Islamic Studies, history of Christianity, science & religionSteven E. Lindquist
South Asian religions, Sanskrit myth, Ancient India, literature & historyHugo Magallanes
Christian social ethics, Hispanic theology/ethics, liberation theologyAlyce McKenzie
Biblical wisdom & contemporary cultural values; preaching & imaginationRebekah Miles
Wesleyan ethics, Niebuhrian ethics, feminist theology and ethics, ethics and pastoral carePriscilla Pope-Levison
Evangelism, ecumenism, women's studiesHarold J. Recinos
Anthropology of religion, N. American Latino/a theology, urban ministryAbraham Smith
Gospel of Mark, Luke-Acts, cultural studies, African American biblical hermeneuticsMark W. Stamm
Christian worship, rites of Christian initiationChurch Music Studies, Theology and the Arts, Congregational Music Studies, Performance Studies, Christianity and Pop Culture, Latin American Musics
Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner
Pastoral care of women, feminist theology, practical theology, family systems, multicultural studiesTheodore Walker, Jr.
Theological social ethics, black theology, process metaphysics
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Systematic Theology, feminist theologies, African American theologies, womanist theology
Steve Long
Christian Ethics; Systematic Theology; Moral TheologyBruce D. Marshall
Medieval & Reformation theology, Systematic Theology, the TrinityRebekah Miles
Wesleyan ethics, Niebuhrian ethics, feminist theology and ethics, ethics and pastoral careHarold J. Recinos
Anthropology of religion, N. American Latino/a theology, urban ministryMark W. Stamm
Christian worship, rites of Christian initiationTheodore Walker, Jr.
Theological social ethics, black theology, process metaphysics
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