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We help professionals better understand religion in the lives of those they serve by:

•	Supporting ground-breaking research on how religion impacts people and encouraging its use by the appropriate professionals;
•	Creating resources and training to improve the religious literacies among professionals;
•	Developing and testing curriculum in religion for all disciplines;
•	Presenting public forums and other activities to increase the visibility of religion in the public sphere.

Our Mission What we do Why is it important? What is a professional? Religion's impact on professionals Affiliations • National board • On campus • Affiliated faculty Current projects Past projects Future projects Getting involved Staff Supporting us Contact us

We support MU’s core values. Read about these values and initiatives here.

National Council

Bob Abernethy
Executive Editor and Host
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

Azizah Y. al-Hibri, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Law
T.C. Williams School of Law
University of Richmond

Edward R. Canda, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Welfare
University of Kansas

Shelby Coffey III
Senior Fellow
Freedom Forum

Barbara DeConcini, Ph.D.
Executive Director, American Academy of Religion
Affiliate Professor of Religion and Culture, Emory University

Diana Eck, Ph.D.
Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies
Director, The Pluralism Project
Harvard University

Michael Etzel, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing
Mendoza College of Business
University of Notre Dame

Jacqueline Fawcett, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Director, Office of Urban Family Health
University of Massachusetts-Boston

Melvin D. George, Ph.D.
University of Missouri President Emeritus

Charles C. Haynes, Ph.D.
Senior Scholar
First Amendment Center

Harold G. Koenig, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine
Director, Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health
Duke University Medical Center

Charles H. Long. Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of History of Religions
Former Director, Research Center for Black Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Ethics
Center for Clinical Bioethics
Georgetown University

Henry Petroski, Ph.D.
Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History
Duke University

Barry Sullivan, J.D.
Partner, Jenner & Block
Chicago, Ill.

Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, J.D., Ph.D.
Dean of Students and Senior Lecturer
University of Chicago Divinity School

Jace Weaver, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religion and Law
University of Georgia

Robert Wuthnow, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Director, Center for the Study of Religion
Princeton University

A blog about faith, values and spirituality in the media, from CORP faculty, staff and friends.

ReligiousLife@MU
A blog about religious life at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Curious about how religion affects your profession? Click on your discipline for some ideas.

Read the latest surveys and polls on religion, beliefs, trends and current events here.

See list of professional and faith organizations here.

Read scholarly and professional journals about religion and medicine, journalism, political science and more here.