学位和课程 宗教研究
Study with a group of committed scholars who are passionate about their work and their students and will invest in your education and spiritual growth.
Expand your view of faithful living as you witness the deep Christian faith of your professors and their varied denominational backgrounds. Be trained to think about and understand every area of the Christian faith so you can share your knowledge as it shapes your life. Prepare to answer a call to professional ministry or simply to live out your faith through your work and service in your church and community. Find your place in the millennia-old history of the Christian faith.
主要要求和样本时间表
RS 119,早期和中世纪基督教
RS 120,宗教改革与现代基督教
RS 142,世界宗教
RS 159,宣教学
180卢比,高级研讨会
One Old Testament course: RS 101, 102, 106, 108, 124, 154
One New Testament course: RS 110, 111, 113, 114, 116
加上20个单元的选修课程
辅修宗教研究(20学分)
其中之一:119、120或151卢比
16个额外选修科目
圣经语言辅修(20学分)
GRK 001, 002, 101, 102, 151
HB 001,002
Fall
- RS 010,新约导论
- Elective: GRK 001 (Elementary Greek) or HB 001 (Elementary Hebrew)
Spring
- RS 001,旧约导论
- 选修课:grk002或hb002
Fall
- RS 020,基督教教义
- 核心课程:RS 110,耶稣和福音
Spring
- 核心课程:RS 142,世界宗教
- 核心课程:RS 101,摩西五经
Fall
- Core course: RS 119,早期和中世纪基督教
- 核心课程:RS 159,宣教学
- 选修课:RS 116,启示录
Spring
- Core course: RS 120,宗教改革与现代基督教
- Elective: RS 100, Foundations of Spiritual Formation
Fall
- 选修:RS 190,宗教研究实习
Spring
- 核心课程:RS 180,高级研讨会
教师强调
A New Testament and Greek scholar who explores how New Testament authors understand and quote from Old Testament texts.
Studying world religions and Christian mission takes him to Southeast Asia and the Pacific
A New Testament scholar who studies the family and violence in the Bible and biblical worlds
Church historian who examines early Christian attitudes and practices regarding wealth and poverty
额外的教授
Dr. VanDyke began her studies of the Old Testament at Grove City College where she received a B.A. with a double major in History and Biblical and 宗教研究. 然后她赚了两个M.A.s at Westminster Seminary California in Biblical Studies and Theological Studies. Her Ph.D. is from the University of California Los Angeles in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, 专门研究希伯来圣经. Her dissertation investigated the Golden Calf cult as described in the book of Hosea, and she is currently working on turning that work into a monograph. She also has research interests in scribalism, kingship, and the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
帕特里克·奥登 is the Director of Academic Integration for Fuller Equip, Fuller Seminary’s developing non-formal theological education platform. 在这项工作中, he helps to develop courses and lead teams in democratizing theological education for a wider audience in the US and around the world. He is also an Affiliate Associate Professor in Theology and Church History and Research Associate Professor of Theology at Fuller Seminary, 一年教5-6门课程.
他是四本书的作者, most recently Hope for the Oppressor: Discovering Freedom Through Transformative Community, 另外两篇文章的合著者, as well as writing a number of articles and essays on theology, ministry, 还有教会历史. Patrick is also an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church and serves pastorally in his work at Fuller Seminary, 在其他教育机会中, and in regular guest preaching for area congregations.
Patrick is married to Amy Oden, a worship leader currently getting her MA in Theology at Fuller. His daughter Vianne was born in 2012, and shares a birthday with Jürgen Moltmann. His son Oliver was born in 2014, and shares a birthday with Harry Potter. 奥登一家目前住在加利福尼亚州的箭头湖.
与员工见面
的职业道路
- 商务(尤其是国际商务)
- Christian counseling, clinical counseling, spiritual direction
- 外国和国内使团
- 新闻与艺术
- Law
- 营销与管理
- Medicine (including physical therapy), medical missions
- 音乐,神圣的音乐,敬拜领导
- 非营利组织,非政府组织,和平队
- 牧养,青年事工
- 出版
- 社会工作,职业治疗
- Teaching (secondary school, undergraduate, postgraduate)
See career paths for graduates who majored or minored in religious studies at Westmont.
我们的毕业生培养的关键技能
They will employ close reading skills with regard to primary sources: observation; inquiry; attention to genre, context, 互文性, and literary influence; awareness of their own assumptions and cultural biases; awareness of audience(s) and effect on readers.
They will display judicious use of scholarly resources (e.g., 语言工具, 评论, 专著, journals, 字典, 百科全书, 电子数据库, 图书馆控股, 电脑连线向其他图书馆调借书籍, 基于web的工具). They will acknowledge dependence and influence through appropriate notes and bibliography.
They will appropriate a range of critical methodologies (e.g., 历史, literary, textual, 修辞, 社会文化), draw on insights across the range of relevant disciplines (e.g., linguistics; anthropology; sociology; philosophy; archaeology), and recognize the insights and pitfalls of various ideological approaches (e.g.、后殖民主义、女权主义、马克思主义).
Our graduates will understand the fundamental claims and logic of the Christian faith, appreciate the development of Christian theological traditions over time, 并且能够从神学的角度思考.
They will faithfully interpret texts including the Bible and other primary sources in the worldwide Christian tradition.
They will fairly evaluate the theological claims of secondary sources and current voices within and outside the Christian tradition.
They will thoughtfully address intellectual and practical issues involving both narrowly theological matters and concerns in other disciplines.
他们会熟悉的, 并逐渐形成于, the practices that Christian theology serves including worship, 奖学金, mission, 研究(尤指圣经), 道德行为.
They will increasingly recognize connections between personal faith, 学术调查, and the shared life of God’s people in the world past and present.
They will sense no conflict between rigorous intellectual inquiry, 忠诚的服务, 热情的崇拜.
They will establish lifelong disciplines marked by theological reflection, 基督式的同情, 以及在公共领域的积极参与.
Holly Beers published a short article entitled "Women in the Early Church" in Biblical Archaeology Review. She will also co-edit a new commentary series on the New Testament with Craig Keener of Asbury Theological Seminary, 将由贝克学术出版. The series aims to serve traditions within the global church that identify as pentecostal, 有魅力的, 和/或奋兴.
Sameer Yadav received a three-year teaching 奖学金 from Yale's Center for Faith and Culture to develop a class on Christ and Human Flourishing. His essay "The Mystery of the Immanent Trinity and the Procession of the Spirit" appeared in a collected volume of proceedings from the L.A. 神学的会议. 他发表了一篇ag娱乐官网约翰·麦克伦登三世的书评 黑色基督论和对真实性的追求 in ag娱乐官网与哲学. Sameer also delivered a talk on "Thinking about Race during COVID-19" for the Bruton Forum in Williamsburg, VA. He was a guest lecturer for a Philosophy of Religion seminar at Murray State University on "Analytic Theology as Liberation Theology,之后,他加入了《 分析神学杂志.
Sandra Richter was named in Patheos as one of "30 OT/HB Scholars to Read and Follow"; her work on environmental theology has been featured in the past several months on the "Church Leaders" podcast with Jason Daye, 梅根·布里格斯主持的"拓展杂志"播客, "(Re)thinking Faith" with Josh Patterson and Marty Frederick, 鲍勃·杜特科的广播节目, 约翰尼·梅贾主持的“影像播客”, "Honest Conversations Podcast (Looking at Tough Topics through a Biblical Lens)" with Rebecca Carrell, and Andrew Miller's "Captain's Corner" Tampa based podcast with the Salvation Army.
宗教学校友
宗教研究 increased our awareness of the diverse and complex world views held globally. This global perspective has in turn changed not only how we interact with the global context but our local community. Our understanding of culture and religion inside the classroom grew into an active passion which flowed into our local church, ag娱乐官网, 和圣巴巴拉市. This understanding of how we view the world “glocally” pushes us to learn even far beyond our graduation day from Westmont College.
I hadn't even thought about majoring in RS until my sophomore year, when a friend talked me into switching majors over lunch. 我做过的最好的冲动决定! My RS professors and classmates taught me to love God with my mind. They helped me think through issues of faith I had never considered, and recognize the extraordinary richness of the Bible I had read all my life. 从韦斯特蒙特大学毕业后,我获得了硕士学位, then spent a year on staff at a church in South Africa. 现在我正在攻读博士学位.D. 在杜克大学的新约中, where I get paid to study Paul's letters and teach seminary students about the Bible. This is a calling I had never imagined for myself before Westmont, and I’m so glad the RS department helped me find it!
Left Westmont for a semester to work full time at a domestic violence shelter and discovered her calling. After graduating with a double major in sociology and religious studies, she completed a Master of Social Work at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She became a licensed social worker in mental health counseling working with victims of abuse and trauma and earned a doctorate at Rutgers. 她指导安全地平线的研究和评估, a New York City organization that serves victims of domestic violence at shelters, centers and sites such as family courts and police precincts.
An immigrant from Argentina, began his career with Young Life (YL) as an intern during college. Passionate about the poor Latino community he grew up with, he became an area director in Chicago. He developed a holistic vision for healthy urban families, seeking to support kids from sixth grade through age 30. He takes a community-development approach, preaching Christ and meeting immediate needs. 他帮助创办雇佣儿童的企业, 比如设计t恤, 并与当地教会建立伙伴关系. He now serves YL in southwest Denver, which is 91 percent Latino. He is completing both an MBA and a master’s in spiritual formation at North Park Seminary.
Joined the staff of Evergreen Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 2004, beginning as a senior associate pastor for college and young adults, then shifting to young adults and mission before spending eight years leading mission and community life. In 2016, she became executive director of American Baptist International 部门. “This has long been God’s call on my life,” she says. “I’m excited to head an organization whose main goal is facilitating mission.” She earned a Master of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts in theology focused on global mission and hermeneutics. She is completing a Doctor of Ministry at Fuller in leading change.