News | Events Research Resources Teaching About Us Support Us Contact Us Home Improving religious literacy in the professions to help them serve a diverse public Search the site The Center on Religion & the Professions works to improve the religous literacy of professionals, to help them serve a diverse public. 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. Faculty and Fellow Publications 2008 Campbell, J.D., Yoon, D.P., & Johnstone, B. (under review). Exploring the relationship between religion/spirituality and physical health in a heterogeneous medical population. Johnstone, B., Franklin, K.L., Yoon, D.P.,Burris, J., & Shigaki, C.L. (under review). Relationships among religiousness, spirituality, and health for individuals with stroke. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. Littau, J., & Mason, D.L. Time to “get” religion? An analysis of religious literacy among journalism students. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Aug. 6-9, 2008, Chicago, Ill. Mason, D.L. Keeping the faith and other issues journalists face outside the newsroom. May 2008, Quill, a publication of the Society of Professional Journalists. McCormack, G. & Johnston, B. (March 8, 2008) Spiritual and Religious Dimensions in the Realm of Occupational Therapy Research Conference , St. Ambrose University , Davenport , Iowa. 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. • Advertising and marketing • Agriculture, food science and environment • Anthropology and archaeology • Architecture and engineering • Art • Black studies • Biology • Business • Chemistry • Classics and classical history • Communication • Community • Computers • Economics and finance • Education • English and literature • Film and theater • Geography and geology • German and Russian • Health • History and social sciences • Human development • Journalism • Law • Library science • Mathematics • Military • Music • Natural resources • Philosophy • Political science and public policy • Psychology and psychiatry • Recreation and tourism • Religion • Romance languages • Sociology and social work • Space and physics • Statistics • Textiles • Veterinary • Women's studies 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.   Center on Religion & the Professions SITE MAP 307C Cornell Hall, University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211-2600 573/882-2866 573/884-0977 (fax) Director: Debra Mason Office Manager: Debbie Blaisdell Outreach Coordinator: Amy B. White An affiliate of the School of Journalism Support us Contact us Privacy policy Copyright © 2007 The Curators of the University of Missouri ABOUT THE CENTER • Our Mission • National board • Campus affiliations • Affiliated faculty • Staff NEWS AND EVENTS • Future and past events RESEARCH • Journal • Submission guidelines • Faculty publications • Market and audience research TEACHING • Courses • Fellows RESOURCES • Resources by discipline • Resources at MU Library • Abstracts FOR THE PROFESSIONS   • Medicine • Nursing • Religious Studies • Social Work • Business • Engineering • Health Care • Journalism • Law