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Faculty
Core Faculty by Areas
 | Victor Anderson Oberlin Theological School Professor of Ethics and Society Professor of the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies and Religious Studies On leave Fall 2018 | Email (615) 343-3973 | Ethics and Society |
 | Ellen Armour Associate Dean for Academic Affairs E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Feminist Theology Director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality | Email (615) 343-5536 | Theological Studies |
 | Annalisa Azzoni Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible | Email (615) 343-3972 | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East |
 | Stephanie Budwey Luce Dean’s Faculty Fellow Assistant Professor of the History and Practice of Christian Worship and the Arts | Email (615) 343-1316 | Homiletics and Liturgics |
 | James P. Byrd Associate Professor of American Religious History Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research Chair, Graduate Department of Religion | Email (615) 343-3976 | Historical Studies |
 | Robert Campany Professor of Asian Studies | Email Website | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions |
 | Paul DeHart Professor of Theology | Email (615) 343-7516 | Theological Studies |
 | Juan Floyd-Thomas Associate Professor of African American Religious History | Email (615) 322-2619 | Historical Studies |
 | Stacey Floyd-Thomas E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Ethics and Society Associate Professor of Ethics and Society On leave Spring 2019 | Email (615) 343-4074 | Ethics and Society |
 | Volney P. Gay Professor of Religious Studies Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Psychotherapy Training Professor of Anthropology | Religion, Psychology, and Culture | |
 | Jay Geller Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Culture On leave Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 | Email (615) 343-3968 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions |
 | Jaco Hamman Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture Director of the Program in Theology and Practice | Email (615) 343-5404 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
 | William Hook Deputy University Librarian Director, Divinity Library Professor of the Practice of Theological Librarianship | Email (615) 343-8350 | Theological Librarianship |
 | James Hudnut-Beumler Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious History Professor of History in the College of Arts and Science | Email (615) 343-3978 | Historical Studies |
 | Amy-Jill Levine University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Mary Jane Werthan Professor in Jewish Studies Professor of New Testament Studies | Email (615) 343-3967 | New Testament and Early Christianity |
 | Paul Lim Associate Professor of the History of Christianity Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Science Associate Faculty of Religious Studies, College of Arts & Science Associate Faculty of Asian Studies, College of Arts & Science | Email (615) 343-3975 | Historical Studies |
 | Bryan Lowe Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Religious Traditions of Japan and Korea | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | |
 | Herbert R. Marbury Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible | Email (615) 343-3974 | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East |
 | John McClure Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship | Email Website (615) 343-3989 | Homiletics and Liturgics |
 | Richard McGregor Associate Professor of Religion and Islamic Studies | Email (615) 343-2462 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions |
 | David Michelson Associate Professor of the History of Christianity Associate Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, History, and Islamic Studies in the College of Arts and Science | Email Website (615) 343-3990 | Historical Studies |
 | Bonnie Miller-McLemore E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture | Email Website (615) 343-3970 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
 | Bruce Morrill Edward A. Malloy Chair of Catholic Studies Professor of Theological Studies On leave Fall 2018 | Email (615) 322-4199 | Theological Studies |
 | David Price Professor of Religious Studies | Email 615-875-8445 | Historical Studies |
 | Joerg Rieger Distinguished Professor of Theology Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair of Wesleyan Studies Founding Director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice Affiliate Faculty, Turner Family Center for Social Ventures, Owen Graduate School of Management | Email (615) 875-9184 | Theological Studies |
 | Laurel Schneider Professor of Religious Studies | Theological Studies | |
 | Fernando Segovia Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity | Email (615) 343-3992 | New Testament and Early Christianity |
 | Choon-Leong Seow Vanderbilt, Buffington, Cupples Chair in Divinity Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible On leave Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 | Email (615) 875-9598 | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East |
 | Phillis Isabella Sheppard Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture | Email (615) 343-3982 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
 | C. Melissa Snarr Associate Professor of Ethics and Society On Sabbatical 2019-20 School Year | Email (615) 343-3965 | Ethics and Society |
 | Tony K. Stewart Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in Humanities & Department Chair | Email (615)322-4885 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions |
 | Anand Taneja Assistant Professor | Email Website (615) 343-9132 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions |
 | Emilie M. Townes Dean of the Divinity School E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society | Email (615) 343-3960 | Ethics and Society |
 | Alexis S. Wells-Oghoghomeh Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, American Religious History and African-American Religious History | Email Phone: (615) 875-9103 | Historical Studies |