Philosophy & Religious Studies

Philosophy & Religious Studies - Faculty

Dr. Kathryn Eisenbise-Crell Associate professor of religious studies

Kate Eisenbise Crell
Office: Academic Center 225
Phone: 260-982-5348
Associate professor of religious studies. B.A., Earlham College, 2001; M.A.Th, Bethany Theological Seminary, 2004; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union/Berkeley, 2009. [CV]

Professor Eisenbise Crell began teaching at Manchester University with the fall semester, 2009. She recently published a book, Cooperative Salvation: A Brethren View of Atonement (Brethren Theology), which is available onAmazon.

Courses:
Christian Traditions (REL 111)
Introduction to Religious Studies (REL 120)
Religions and War (REL 205)
Confucian and Buddhist Worlds (REL 222)
Religions of India (REL 223)
Feminist and Womanist Theologies (REL 225)
Contemporary Christian Thought (REL 435)

Dr. Katy Gray Brown Associate professor of philosophy and peace studies

Katy Gray Brown
Office: Academic Center 227
Phone: 260-982-5343
Professor of philosophy and peace studies. B.A., Manchester University, 1991; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1992; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1994; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2000. [CV]

Professor Gray Brown began teaching at Manchester University with January Session, 2007.

Courses:
Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 201)
Ethical Decision Making (PHIL 215)
Logic (PHIL 230)
Seminar on Native American Traditions (PHIL 385)
Philosophy of Civilization (PHIL 444)
Introduction to Peace Studies (PEAC 110)
Literature of Non-Violence (PEAC 235)
Peace Issues (PEAC 333)
Religions and War (REL 205)

Justin Lasser
Office: Academic Center 223
Phone: 260-982-5217
Associate professor of religious studies. B.A., Gordon College, 2004; M.A. (2004), M.Phil. (2006), Ph.D. (2010), Union Theological Seminary (New York). [CV]

Professor Lasser began teaching at Manchester University with the Fall Semester, 2011.

Courses:
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (REL 101)
Introduction to the New Testament (REL 102)
Judaism, Christianity, Islam (REL 210)
Religious Classics (REL 266)
Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 201)
Ancient and Medieval Christianity (REL 311)\
Rethinking God: The reality of the Virtual (INTD 341)
Religion and ideological power (INTD 345)