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Kammie Takahashi

Education Ph.D., University of Virginia M.A., University of Virginia B.A., Mount Holyoke College Teaching Interests My teaching and research together reflect my deep commitment to enhancing our curiosities about one another and to honing sensitive instruments of learning which help to make the once “strange” familiar. Religion studies is a multidisciplinary field, making our approaches […]

Dustin Nash

Education Ph.D. and M.A., Cornell University M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School Non-Degree Visiting Graduate Student, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem B.A., Luther College Teaching Interests Students carry assumptions about the content of religion courses that differ from those they bring to other classes.  As a teacher, I believe that disassembling and examining these assumptions are what […]

William Gruen

Education Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania M.A., Ancient History, University of Cincinnati B.A., Philosophy and Classical Studies, University of Kentucky Teaching Interests My courses approach religion as an academic discipline. Whether studying Christianity or comparing traditions more broadly, I ask students to develop the skills of a scholar of religion: the capacity to observe, […]

Christine Flicker

David Fryer

Current Semester Courses Jewish Experience in a Secular Age Course catalog Academic Departments Religion Studies Contact:  davidfryer@muhlenberg.edu

Sharon L Albert

Education Ph.D. (ABD), University of Chicago M.Phil., University College Dublin, National University of Ireland B.A., McGill University Teaching Interests I teach courses about Islam and Muslims, and broader comparative courses in which we think about what religion is and what its impact is on our world. Approaching religion academically, we work in class to acknowledge […]