Nathan Lean is an author and scholar of religion, specializing in Islam and Christianity, anti-Muslim prejudice, and religion and American culture. He earned his PhD in Theology and Religious Studies from Georgetown University, where his dissertation focused on American jazz musicians who converted ...
Professor John Barclay Burns: Dr. Burns is Associate Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies. Though retired he continues to take a keen and sympathetic interest in the department. Retirement provides a welcome freedom from meetings, budgets, student enrollments and bureaucratic interference, but all...
The minor in Judaic studies offers courses in Judaism, Jewish thought, and Jewish culture through the ages. The minor recognizes that the Jews form a global community, and, thus, provides a global approach, rather than a regional framework, for exploring Judaism. Students who pursue this minor explor...