Reed Magazine: Law of the land (4/4)

The Reed religion department The religion department at Reed strives to introduce students to the various religious traditions of the world—Judaism, Christianity,Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism—and to acquaint students with a variety of recognized methodologies employed in the study of religion—philosophical, social scientific, and historical. In addition to general introductory courses, the department offers classes as wide-ranging as “Death and Remembrance in Chinese History,” to “Ancient Christian Asceticism: Practice and Theory,” to “Medieval Jewish Thought in the Muslim World” to “Deep Time and Biblical Narrative.” The religion department’s goal is both to develop in students the capacity for critical assessment of religious thought and action, and to provide an adequate grounding for independent, analytic inquiry into the history of religious traditions.
Kenneth E. Brashier Chinese religions Associate Professor of Religion and Humanities B.A. 1987 University of Missouri, Columbia. B.A. 1990 University of Oxford. M.A. 1993 Harvard University. Ph.D. 1998 University of Cambridge. Reed College 1998–.	Kambiz GhaneaBassiri Islam Assistant Professor of Religion and Humanities B.A. 1994 Claremont McKenna College. A.M. 1998, Ph.D. 2002 Harvard University. Reed College 2002–.
Michael E. Foat ’86 Christianity Associate Professor of Religion and Humanities B.A. 1986 Reed College. M.T.S. 1989 Harvard Divinity School. Ph.D. 1996 Brown University. Reed College 1996–.	Arthur McCalla Method and theory in the study of religion Visiting Associate Professor of Religion and Humanities B.A. 1983 Queen’s University. M.A. 1985 Yale University. Ph.D. 1992 University of Toronto. Reed College 1999–.
Edwin Gerow Religions of India, Sanskrit Professor of Religion and Humanities, Emeritus B.A. 1952, Ph.D. 1962 University of Chicago. Reed College 1985–96.	Steven M. Wasserstrom Judaism Moe and Izetta Tonkon Professor of Judaic Studies and the Humanities B.A. 1978 Ohio State University. M.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1985 University of Toronto. Reed College 1987–.