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Religion & Philosophy Department

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Find yourself and others with religion and philosophy.

Religion touches all of life.

The study of religion involves exploration of scriptural texts, the wide range of historical and contemporary theological interpretations of those texts and the beliefs and practices that go with them, and the influence and power of religion in societies, cultures, and the lives of individual human beings. At Emory & Henry, our roots rest in Christianity, but our students have ample opportunity to explore other religious traditions as well.

Engaging students in critical and reflective thought.

Providing you with techniques of sound reasoning, philosophy majors go on to study law, medicine, religion, and are well prepared for applying to graduate school. At Emory & Henry, our courses include ethics, argumentation and debate, techniques in reasoning, philosophy of religion, jurisprudence and political philosophy.

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
  • Minor, Philosophy
  • Bachelor of Arts, Religion
  • Minor, Religion

Student Research

  • White Evangelicals and the 2016 Presidential Election

    Senior Religion major Jacob Dye is hard at work on his senior honors thesis, tentatively titled “Has the Donald ‘Trumped’ Jesus? White Evangelical Christians and the 2016 Presidential Election.” He is exploring data related to the overwhelming support from white Evangelicals for President Trump and is discussing that support in light of theological defenses of it from evangelical leaders as well as critiques of that support from other Christian voices. Jacob plans to attend Duke University Divinity School next year to pursue a M.Div. degree.

  • Rev. Don Hanshew, E&H '96, at Dublin United Methodist Church

    What’s Next? UMC Next

    Listen to an interview with Rev. Don Hanshew (E&H ’96) on WEHC-FM 90.7 on Monday, July 1 at 1 pm (with a repeat on Thursday July 4 at 6:30 pm). Keep reading