- About Us
- Our Faculty
- Faculty
- W.H. Bellinger, Jr., Ph.D.
- James Nogalski, Ph.D.
- Doug Weaver, Ph.D.
- Dennis Horton, Ph.D.
- Mandy McMichael, Ph.D
- Rosalie Beck, Ph.D.
- Blake Burleson, Ph.D.
- Joel Burnett, Ph.D.
- Natalie Carnes, Ph.D.
- Joe Coker, Ph.D.
- Derek Dodson, Ph.D.
- Elise Edwards, Ph.D.
- Noel Forlini Burt, Ph.D.
- Deirdre Fulton, Ph.D.
- Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Ph.D.
- Barry Harvey, Ph.D.
- Eric Holleyman, Ph.D.
- Kelly Iverson, Ph.D.
- Naymond Keathley, Ph.D.
- James Kennedy, Ph.D.
- Andrew Kim, Ph.D.
- Bruce Longenecker, Ph.D.
- Paul Martens, Ph.D.
- David Moseman, Ph.D.
- Lidija Novakovic, Ph.D.
- Mikeal Parsons, Ph.D.
- William L. Pitts, Ph.D.
- Scott Ryan, Ph.D.
- Steve Sadler, Ph.D.
- Jonathan Tran, Ph.D.
- Christian van Gorder, Ph.D.
- David Whitford, Ph.D.
- D. H. Williams, Ph.D.
- Ralph C. Wood, Ph.D.
- Books by Our Faculty
- Faculty
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
- Ministry Guidance
- Affiliated Programs
The Department of Religion is a community of faculty members, staff, and students who work together on issues of religious identity in our world, formation for ministry, and preparation for careers in higher education. We are a diverse community and yet one committed to faith and to the church. We hope you will find the information you seek about our community on this site.
Our undergraduate program in religion invites students to inquire more deeply into the Christian faith, to gain an enhanced appreciation of the contributions of Christianity to the development of twenty-first century culture, and to prepare for life-long lay or career ministry. We offer courses of study in Biblical Studies, Historical Studies, Theological Studies, Practical Studies, and World Religions.
Our Religion Department provides the context for a flourishing Ph.D. program with concentrations offered in the Old Testament, New Testament, Historical and Theological Areas.
Faculty are committed to a strong research agenda, and that agenda is tied to the Baylor tradition of providing the very finest in classroom instruction. Baylor continues to move toward its goal of becoming a top tier university and the department along with the university remains friendly to faith and to church, thus providing a distinctive setting in American higher education.
The faculty of the Department of Religion is made up of top scholars in the fields of biblical studies, church history, theology and ethics, world religions, and practical studies, and offer students an opportunity to join with them on a journey together towards truth and understanding. While committed to academic excellence, our faculty members also understand that helping to shape students’ whole their vocation as helping to shape students’ lives. They strive to connect with students, and upper-level courses are intentionally kept small in order to help foster greater interaction between students and faculty.
The Ministry Guidance program at Baylor University is designed to help students who are exploring careers in ministry - referred to as ministry students - to clarify and affirm their call to ministry and to introduce them to ministry as a vocation. Coordinated through the Ministry Guidance office in the Department of Religion, the program seeks to assist students who feel called to vocational ministry, including preaching, missions, music, religious education, youth, recreation, as well as various other ministries.
Aug
28
2017
Candidates should possess an earned doctorate. The successful candidate will have a vibrant, established, and on-going research and publication agenda in Global Christianity. Candidates with research agendas in Global Christianity and Transatlantic Christianity, Christianity in Colonial or Post-Colonial Latin America, or Gender are especially encouraged to apply. It is expected that the applicant will be appointed to the Graduate Faculty in Religion; thus experience working with and mentoring graduate students is desired. Preference will be given to Baptist candidates.
May
18
2017
This position serves as one of the receptionists for the Department of Religion and facilitates the scheduling of classes and the ordering of textbooks for the department. This individual also assists the Director of Undergraduate Studies in relation to student recruitment and advisement and by assisting the faculty in their course related tasks.
Nov
1
2016
Dr. Joel S. Burnett, Director of Institute for Biblical and Related Languages and Professor of Religion, has the leading article in the November/December 2016 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. The article highlights Burnett’s work in the religion and history of ancient Israel’s neighbors east of the Jordan: the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites. Like the Israelites, each of these peoples had its own Iron Age kingdom (ca. 1200-550 BC) and worshiped its own god. In this richly illustrated discussion, Burnett presents some of the most recent and amazing archaeological discoveries from Jordan relating to these kingdoms.
Oct
19
2017
Oct
24
2017
Nov
9
2017
Dec
4
2017
