A freshman seminar on the foundations of moral decision making. Issues of war and peace. The Religious Experience of American Immigrant Groups . Includes Eastern European and German Jews, Dutch Calvinists, Norwegian Lutherans, Armenians, Irish Catholics, Native Americans, Mexican, Caribbean, African, and Chinese Americans. Novel, slave narratives, biography, poetry, and film.
Students research the religious and immigrant history of their own families.
A course on the Protestant tradition in Europe and the United States . The history, structure, and contemporary experience of Protestant Christianity in the private academy. Serves as faculty advisor. Identifies and nurtures students interested in religious vocations. Advises independent study projects, honors projects in religion.