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Religion

Taper Hall of Humanities 355
(213) 740-0270
Email: wootton@usc.edu
FAX: (213) 740-7158
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/religion

Director: Donald E. Miller, Ph.D.

Faculty

University Professor and Adjunct Professor: Stephen E. Toulmin, Ph.D.

Knight Chair in Media and Religion: Diane Winston (Annenberg School for Communication)

Tansey Chair in Christian Ethics: Rev. Cecil (Chip) Murray

Leonard K. Firestone Professorship in Religion: Donald E. Miller, Ph.D.

Professors: Ronald R. Garet, Ph.D., J.D. (Law); Ronald F. Hock, Ph.D.*; Bruce E. Zuckerman, Ph.D.*

Associate Professors: Sheila Briggs, M.A.; John P. Crossley, Jr., Th.D.*; Paul Lichterman, Ph.D. (Sociology); William W. May, Ph.D.*

Assistant Professors: Jane Iwamura, Ph.D.*; Lori Rachelle Meeks, Ph.D.; Anne Porter, Ph.D.; Megan Reid, Ph.D.; Roberto Lint Sagarena, Ph.D.*

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Katharine Harrington, Ph.D.

Distinguished Emeritus Professors: Robert Ellwood, Ph.D.; Alvin S. Rudisill, Ph.D.

Emeritus University Professor: John B. Orr, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Henry B. Clark, Ph.D.; Gerald A. Larue, Th.D.; J. Wesley Robb, Ph.D., L.H.D.*

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

On the undergraduate level, the School of Religion offers courses in the following areas of religious studies: Bible and ancient near eastern religions; religion in world societies; ethics and theology; and religion and American life.

Courses are designed to facilitate the appreciation and critical evaluation of all religious traditions in the light of past and present scholarship. An opportunity is also provided to undergraduates to focus on the social and ethical contributions and implications of humankind's religious heritages; the school therefore offers courses in business ethics and medical ethics.

Students also have the opportunity to take courses at Hebrew Union College and receive regular USC course credit. Students have the option to take only an occasional course at Hebrew Union College, or they may declare a Judaic Studies emphasis in religion (see the requirements indicated below and the listing under Judaic Studies for more information).

Graduate students specialize in the area of Religion and Social Ethics. Concentration on a single area of religious studies enables the School of Religion to focus its resources, and, at the same time, because of the interdisciplinary nature of the field of religion and social ethics, prepare students in related areas of religious studies.

Degree Programs

The School of Religion offers the Bachelor of Arts in Religion, a B.A. with an emphasis in Judaic Studies, a minor in religion, a minor in ancient religion and classical languages, an M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion and Social Ethics, a joint Ph.D. with Hebrew Union College, and a dual degree with the Law School.