Religion - Department Faculty

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David Crump David Crump, Professor
Ph.D. Aberdeen (1988)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: New Testament, Prayer
Phone: (616) 526-6319
Christiana de Groot Christiana de Groot, Professor
Ph.D. Notre Dame (1990)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Old Testament, Feminist Hermeneutics
Phone: (616) 526-7042
Arie J. Griffioen Arie J. Griffioen, Professor
Ph.D. Marquette (1988)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Historical Theology, Systematic Theology
Phone: (616) 526-6325
Daniel C. Harlow Daniel C. Harlow, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Notre Dame (1994)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: New Testament, Early Judaism, Early Christianity
Phone: (616) 526-6538
Won W. Lee Won W. Lee, Professor
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School (1998)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Exegesis, Theology and Hermeneutics of the Old Testament
Phone: (616) 526-6323
Matthew Lundberg Matthew Lundberg, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Princeton (2005)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Systematic Theology, Christology, Latin American Theology
Phone: (616) 526-8875
Diane Obenchain Suzanne McDonald, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of St. Andrews (2006)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Systematic Theology, Historical Theology
Phone: (616) 526-6612
Diane Obenchain Diane Obenchain, Professor
Ph.D. Harvard (1984)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Comparative History of Religion, Chinese Traditions, Mission, Approaches to Study of Religion
Phone: (616) 526-8669
Chad Pierce

Chad Pierce, Assistant Professor


Areas of Teaching and Research Interests:

Phone: (616) 526-7545
Richard J. Plantinga Richard J. Plantinga, Professor
Ph.D. McMaster (1990)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Phenomenology of Religion, Systematic Theology
Phone: (616) 526-6316
Kenneth E. Pomykala Kenneth E. Pomykala, Professor
Chair of Department
On Sabbatical Interim & Spring 2009
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School (1992)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: New Testament, Early Judaism
Phone: (616) 526-6320
John R. Schneider John R. Schneider, Professor
Ph.D. Cambridge (1987)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Systematic Theology; Theories of Revelation, Native American Traditions
Phone: (616) 526-6718
Laura Smit Laura Smit, Associate Professor
Dean of the Chapel
Ph.D. Boston (1998)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: History of Christian Thought, Philosophical Theology, Aesthetic Epistemology, Medieval Theology
Phone:(616) 526-8580
Thomas R. Thompson Thomas R. Thompson, Professor
Ph.D. Princeton (1996)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Systematic Theology, Trends in Christological and Trinitarian Doctrine
Phone: (616) 526-6429
Richard W. Whitekettle, Professor
Ph.D. Yale (1995)
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests: Old Testament, Anthropological Study of Israelite Culture, Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Phone: (616) 526-6517