Religion
Our interdisciplinary coursework for the religion major explores traditional, modern cultural, and region-based approaches to the discipline. Together, these methods give religion majors a substantial understanding of the history, practices, literature, social ethics, and belief systems of various ancient, classical, and modern civilizations.

Program Facts
- Program Type: Major, Minor
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- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Department: Religion
Chair
Corey Barnes ’98,Robert S. Danforth Associate Professor of Religion
Contact
- Brenda Hall, Administrative Assistant
- 440-775-8866
- religion@oberlin.edu
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Religion Faculty
Our faculty are both scholars and teachers who devote their careers to making important contributions to their disciplines through writing and research. Faculty areas of expertise include religious texts, the history of Christianity, medieval philosophy of religion, comparative religious ethics, Islamic studies, modern Judaism and American religions, and other fields.
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Joyce Babyak
Associate Professor of Religion
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Emilia Bachrach
Assistant Professor of Religion and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
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Corey Barnes ’98
Robert S. Danforth Associate Professor of Religion
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Cynthia (Cindy) Chapman
Adelia A.F. Johnston and Harry Thomas Frank Professor of Religion
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Cheryl Cottine
Assistant Professor of Religion
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David Kamitsuka
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
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Andrew Macomber
Assistant Professor of East Asian Religions
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Mohammad Jafar Mahallati
Professor of Religion
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Shari Rabin
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion
Religion News
Shari Rabin Awarded Research Fellowship from National Endowment for the Humanities
January 7, 2021
Welcome to the New Home for Chabad at Oberlin
September 21, 2020
Hayley Segall ’20 Awarded Jacobs Prize for the Study of Religion
July 28, 2020