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Religion

Faculty and Staff

Jorunn J. Buckley: Associate Professor of Religion, Chair of Religion Department
John C. Holt: William R. Kenan Professor of the Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies
David J. Howlett: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Religion
Robert G. Morrison: Associate Professor of Religion
Elizabeth A. Pritchard (on leave for the 2011-2012 academic year): Associate Professor of Religion; Emeritus Faculty
Burke O. Long: William R. Kenan Professor of the Humanities and Religion Emeritus; Staff

Department Coordinator: Lynn Brettler
Dept. Phone: (207) 725-3465
Dept. Fax: (207) 725-3495