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Julye Bidmead (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies. She is the author of The Akitu Festival: Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia (Gorgias Press, 2002) . Dr. Bidmead has been on the staff of numerous archaeological excavations in Israel, including the Megiddo Expedition. She teaches courses in Hebrew Bible, biblical archaeology, and gender studies.
Office: 714-532-7709 E-mail: bidmead@chapman.edu |
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Ronald Farmer (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. In addition to a number of scholarly articles, Dr. Farmer has written Beyond the Impasse: The Promise of a Process Hermeneutic (Macon, Georgia; Mercer University Press, 1997) and The Revelation to John: A commentary for Today (St. Louis: Chalice Press, forthcoming). He teaches courses on biblical studies, hermeneutics and Native American Religions.
Office: 714-628-7260 E-mail: rfarmer@chapman.edu |
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Marilyn Harran (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Professor of History and Religious Studies, Stern Professor of Holocaust Education, and Director of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education. Her books include Luther on Conversion: The Early Years (Ithica: Cornell University Press, 1983) and Martin Luther-Learning for Life (St. Louis, Concordia Publishing House, 1997), and she is co-author of The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and tures (Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 2000). Dr. Harran teaches courses on the Holocaust and church history.
Office: 714-997-6002. E-mail: harran@chapman.edu |
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Charles Hughes (D.Phil., Oxford University) is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and is the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and the Department of Philosophy He has written several articles on philosophy of religion and is co-editor, with Dr. Marvin Meyer, of Jesus Then and Now: Images of Jesus in History and Christology (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2001). Dr. Hughes teaches courses on the history of philosophy, theology and philosophy of religion.
Office: 714-997-6952 E-mail: chughes@chapman.edu |
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Rafael Luevano (Ph.D., Nijmegan Catholic University) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Griset Lecturer of Religious Studies. An ecumenical officer for the Roman Catholic Church, Dr. Luevano is the author of Endless Transforming Love: An Interpretation of the Mystical Doctrine of Saint John of the Cross According to the Soul's Affective Relations and Dynamic Structures (Rome: Carmelite Studies, 1990). He teaches Courses on mysticism and religion and the arts.
Office: 714-628-7289 E-mail: luevano@chapman.edu |
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Nancy Martin (Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Griset Lecturer in Ethics. Dr. Martin has given numerous papers nationally and internationally, and she is author of Mirabai Manifest: The Many Faces of a Woman Poet-Saint in India (Oxford, Oxford University Press, forthcoming) and co-editor, with Joseph Runzo, of The Meaning of Life in the World Religions (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 199) and Love, Sex, and Gender in the World Religions (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2000). She teaches courses on world religions and women and religions.
Office: 714-997-6608. E-mail: nmartin@chapman.edu |
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Marvin Meyer (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University) is Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies, and Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute. Among his books are The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1992), The Ancient Mysteries: A sourcebook of Sacred Texts (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990), and Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999). Dr. Meyer teaches courses in early Christian studies and peace studies.
Office: 714-997-6602. E-mail: meyer@chapman.edu
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Joseph Runzo (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. He holds the position of Life Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Among his numerous publications are Reason, Relativism and God (London: Macmillan Press, 1986), World Views and Perceiving God (London: Macmillan Press, 1994), and Global Philosophy of Religion: A Short Introduction (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2001). He is co-editor, with Dr. Nancy Martin, of the Library of global Ethics and Religion. Dr. Runzo teaches courses in philosophy of religion and global ethics.
Office: 714-997-6970. E-mail: runzo@chapman.edu
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