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Religion
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean
not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct your paths” - (NKJV) Proverbs 3:5-6.
Department Location/Contact Information:
Lightsey Chapel
Phone: (843) 863-7972
Fax: (843) 863-7971
Department Chairperson: Dr. Keith Sharp
Faculty: Dr. Jesse Adkinson, Dr. Thomas Guerry,
Dr. Aschalew Kebede, Dr. Donald (Skip) Martin, Dr. Keith Sharp, Dr.
Tim Tew, Dr. Peter Beck
Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Arts degrees in Religion and Youth
Ministry; minors in Religion and Christian Leadership
Purpose: The Department of Religion plays a pivotal role in the
life of Charleston Southern University and seeks to reinforce the
mission of the university through the accomplishment of five major
goals:
1. To equip students who desire to enter the Christian ministry
with a scholarly study of the various aspects of the Christian faith.
The curriculum is biblically-based and courses are taught from a
distinctively Christian perspective.
2. To provide the necessary preparation for those students who will
enter seminary or other graduate programs in Religion. Such preparation
should help students to qualify for advanced standing in many graduate
degree programs in the seminaries.
3. To offer departmental majors the academic training and practical
experience essential for effective ministry in churches and denominational
institutions.
4. To provide a thorough training for those who will directly enter
the ministry upon graduation, thus ending their formal educational
preparation.
5. To give basic Christian instruction to all students in the university
through the required survey courses. Careful attention will be given
to the biblical perspective of God’s purposes in the world
with relation to the nature and destiny of humanity.
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