Religion

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At Hampden-Sydney, students can study religion from four major areas: biblical studies, Christian theology and ethics, American religious history, and world religions. Each year, several religion majors attend seminary after graduation, but the majority of students develop careers in business, law, education, social work, and military service.

Religion has played such a deeply significant role in human history that no one can be deemed liberally educated who has not confronted and responded to this heritage. Reflecting this goal of the liberal arts college, our academic role is to promote broad understanding and critical appreciation of the religious dimension of human experience. We see this academic engagement with our students as the primary goal of our department: to promote the process of inquiry and sympathetic understanding, critical questioning and historical study that is appropriate to each of our disciplines.

Degree Offerings

H-SC offers:

  • Religion Major
  • Religion Minor

Religion Department

Dr. J. Michael Utzinger, Chair
Ewing Professor of Religion 
Maples, 023
Hampden-Sydney College | Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
(434)223-6313
jutzinger@hsc.edu 

Religion Professors

Religion Professors

Carrie Cifers

Assistant Professor of Religion

Maples, 022
(434) 223-6249
ccifers@hsc.edu

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Gardner Harris

Associate Professor of Religion

Maples 004
(434) 223-6268
gharris@hsc.edu

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Michael Utzinger

Ewing Professor of Religion

Maples 023
(434) 223-6313
jutzinger@hsc.edu

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Jeffrey Vogel

Professor of Religion

Maples 024
(434) 223-6299
jvogel@hsc.edu

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