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Chair: Patrick Mason
(909) 621-8612
Humanities@cgu.edu
www.cgu.edu/religion

Faculty

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Religion at CGU is a community of scholars dedicated to understanding the contributions of religion to human cultures.  Decades of excellence have been characterized by a unique and historic cooperation of the program with the Claremont School of Theology and now Claremont Lincoln University, and a close collaboration with faculties of The Claremont Colleges and other CGU disciplines.  These resources have forged a leading graduate program in religion, one that provides students with outstanding opportunities for developing their own intellectual interests and for excelling in their chosen fields.

Faculty employ a rich diversity of critical methodologies to study a wide variety of texts, practices, and traditions from across the globe and from many different eras.  Degrees and research opportunities focus on four areas of concentration.

• Critical Comparative Scriptures
• History of Christianity and Religions of North America
• Philosophy of Religion and Theology
• Women’s Studies in Religion

Programs

• Islamic Studies, MA    
• Religion, MA 
• Religion, PhD 
• Philosophy, MA/Religion, PhD 
• Religion and American Politics, MA 
• Women’s Studies in Religion, MA 

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