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Director: Donald E. Miller, Ph.D.
Faculty
Knight Chair in Media and Religion: Diane Winston (Communication)John R. Tansey Chair in Christian Ethics: Rev. Cecil (Chip) Murray
Alton M. Brooks Professor of Religion: James Heft, Ph.D.
Leonard K. Firestone Professor of Religion: Donald Miller, Ph.D.
University Professor and Adjunct Professor: Stephen E. Toulmin, Ph.D.
Professors: Lisa Marie Bitel, Ph.D. (History and Gender Studies); Robert Campany, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Ronald R. Garet, Ph.D., J.D. (Law); Ronald F. Hock, Ph.D.*; Bruce E. Zuckerman, Ph.D.*
Associate Professors: Sheila Briggs, M.A.; Paul Lichterman, Ph.D. (Sociology)
Assistant Professors: Jane Iwamura, Ph.D.* (American Studies); Lori Rachelle Meeks, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Anne Porter, Ph.D. (Art History and Classics); Megan Reid, Ph.D.; Roberto Lint Sagarena, Ph.D.* (American Studies and Ethnicity)
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.; John P. Crossley, Jr., Th.D.*; Gerald A. Larue, Th.D.; William W. May, Ph.D.*; J. Wesley Robb, Ph.D., L.H.D.*
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.