Religious Studies at the University of Idaho

Information about the  Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Religious Studies Minor

University of Idaho Catalog: http://www.students.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=18600#RelS    - You will
need to scroll down past Range Management to get to Religious Studies.  This has the official information about the minor requirements and courses.  Note:  Some courses are cross-listed as Religious Studies (RELS) courses and other courses which count towards the minor only have the designation of the department which offers them.  So some courses not labeled RELS do count toward the minor.  You can run the Degree Shopping function from the Registrar's Office to see how courses you have already taken may count towards the minor and what courses would help you to finish out the minor.

Webpages - Note:  Both of these webpages need to be updated with new course offerings.  You should consult the Catalog for the official list of courses that are part of the minor.

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/college/units/int/reli.htm

http://www.uidaho.edu/philosophy/academics/religiousstudies.html  

Students who minor in religious studies major in a variety of other subjects including Anthropology, Art, English, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.

Graduate Program in Philosophy

There is no graduate program in religious studies.   There is, however, an interesting joint M.A. program in philosophy with Washington State University (8 miles from Moscow, Idaho in Pullman, WA).   The focus of the M.A. on the University of Idaho side of the border is Environmental Philosophy.  The focus on the WSU side is Ethics.  Information about the joint M.A. graduate program is available at http://uidaho.wsu.edu/ma-philosophy/   The main website for the UI Philosophy Department is at http://www.uidaho.edu/philosophy/index.html  

Contacts

If you have any questions about the interdisciplinary religious studies program, please contact Janice Capel Anderson who is coordinating the minor at jcanders@uidaho.edu. For information about the philosophy program, please contact Tamara Johnstone-Yellin who is the Philosophy Administrative Assistant at tamaraj@uidaho.edu

Religious Studies Faculty 

Janice Capel Anderson, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Biblical Studies, Early Christianity, Women's Studies in Religion and Philosophy.  Acting Coordinator

Ivan Castaneda, PhD., University of Virginia, Assistant Professor of Art and Design.  Art History, Visual Culture, Continental Aesthetics. 

Ginna Babcock, Ph.D., Washington State University, Adjunct Professor of Sociology.  Family Sociology, Social Theory. 

Rodney Frey, PhD.  University of Colorado, Professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology.  American Indian Cultures  

Walter A. Hesford, Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate Professor of English. Bible as Literature and American Studies. 

Kip W. Jenkins, Ph.D., Brigham Young University, Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies. Religion and the Family, Sociology of Religion.  

Sharon Kehoe, Ph.D., California Institute of Integral Studies.  Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies.  World Religions, Woman’s Spirituality,  Sacred Art, The Sacred Journey. 

Ellen E. Kittell, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Associate Professor of History, Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation Traditions. 

John A. Mihelich, PhD. Washington State, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology. Religion,Class/Social Stratification, American Culture, Popular Culture, Gender  

Louis A. Perraud, Ph.D., Indiana University, Professor of Classics. Latin, Classical and Koine Greek, Classical Mythology and Civilization. 

Laura Putsche, Ph.D., Washington State University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology.  Cultural Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples of Latin America, Cultural Ecology,  Belief Systems. 

Sean M. Quinlan, PhD. Indiana University, Associate Professor of History.  Enlightenment and Religion, Science and Society Studies