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Department Faculty

Religion faculty members are also affiliated with the African Studies Institute, the Institute for African-American Studies, the Center for Asian Studies, and the Institute for Native American Studies

Professor

Dr. Richard Elliott Friedman
Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies (PhD, Harvard)
Hebrew Language and Literature, Jewish Studies
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Dr. Russell Kirkland
Professor (PhD, Indiana)
Asian Religions, Taoism, Chinese and Japanese Religions
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Dr. Sandy D. Martin
Professor and Department Head (PhD, Columbia)
History of Christianity, American and African American Religious History
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Dr. Carolyn Jones Medine
Professor (PhD, Virginia)
Religion and Literature, African American Religions and Literatures, Religious Theory and Thought, Women's Spirituality and Writings
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Dr. William L. Power
Professor (PhD, Emory)
Historical, Systematic and Philosophical Theology, Philosophy of Religion
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Dr. Jace Weaver
Professor (PhD, Union Theological Seminary), Director of the Institute of Native American Studies
Native American Cultures and Religious Traditions, Eschatology, Apocalypticism
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Dr. David S. Williams
Professor (PhD, Hebrew Union College) , Director of UGA Honors Program
Judaism, Hebrew, Intertestamental Literature, Hebrew Bible
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Associate Professor

Dr. Alan Godlas
Associate Professor (PhD, Berkeley)
Islam, Quranic & Hadith Studies, Arabic & Persian, Sufism
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Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp
Associate Professor (PhD, Aix-en-Provence)
Arabic, Islamic texts, Shariah (Islamic Law), North African Sufism
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe
Assistant Professor (PhD, University of Ibadan, Nigera)
African Traditional Religions
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Dr. Wayne Coppins
Assistant Professor (PhD, Cambridge, England)
New Testament
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Dr. Nanette Spina
Assistant Professor (PhD, McMaster University)
South Asian Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism
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Lecturers/Instructors

Dr. Haider Bhuiyan
Lecturer (PhD, University of Utah)
Arabic and Islam
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Dr. Rouslan Elistratov
Lecturer (PhD, Claremont)
Philosophy of Religion, Theology
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Dr. Derrick Lemons
Lecturer (DMin, Asbury Theological Seminary)
Religion in American Culture, Missional Church Theology and Applied Anthropology
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Dr. Jodie Lyon
Lecturer (PhD, Southern Methodist University)
Theological Studies
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Ms. Laura Weaver
Instructor (PhD Candidate, U of CA-Santa Barbara)
Native American Studies and Literature
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