Faculty and Staff

Expert guidance as you chart your course

Faculty in the department of religious studies travel the globe carrying out original research to advance the field and enhance their courses. They have published numerous books and articles, and regularly present their work at national and international conferences. They are committed to acquiring and disseminating knowledge for the benefit of their students, professional colleagues and community.

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Research and professional interests: Pentecostalism; Charismatic Christianity; Religion in America

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Research and professional interests: Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity; New Testament; Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature; Enoch; Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and literature; C. S. Lewis

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Research and professional interests: Buddhist studies; Theravada Buddhism; Sinhala and Pali literature; South Asian religions; religion and colonialism

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Research and professional interests: Biblical Studies; Early Christian History and Literature; Paul; Apocalypticism; Greco-Roman Philosophy and Rhetoric; Postmodern Biblical Criticism

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Religion in America, Religion and Medicine, Religion and Sexuality, Early American Religion and Culture, History of Christianity, German Pietism

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Research and professional interests: Hebrew Bible, Social World of Ancient Israel, Ancient Law

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Research and professional interests: Philosophy of religion especially continental thought, theodicy and meaning construction; gender studies with attention given to women and fundamentalism

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Research and professional interests: Judaism; Jewish Philosophy; Jewish Mysticism; Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History; Science Fiction and Religion

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Research and professional interests: Religion and American culture, Evangelicalism, religion in higher education, popular culture and religion, campus ministry, Ozarks religion

Person item component: YasmineSingh@missouristate.edu

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Research and professional interests: South Asian Religions, Contemporary Hinduism, Women and Gender, Ethnography of Religion

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Research and professional interests: Prophetic literature of the Hebrew bible; Syro/Palestinian archaeology

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Research and professional interests: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Poetry in the Hebrew Bible

Person item component: DaneWallace@missouristate.edu

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Research and professional interests: Women and religion, Religion and politics, World religions and mythologies, Classical studies, Global studies, Languages and cultures

Emeritus Faculty

Stan Burgess, PhD

Martha L. Finch, PhD

Charles W. Hedrick, PhD

Lora J. Hobbs, MA, MEd

Jack E. Llewellyn, PhD

Karl W. Luckert, PhD

James C. Moyer, PhD

Kathy J. Pulley, PhD

Austra Reinis, PhD