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Faculty and Staff
Noel Hubler, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy. Chairperson.
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1981; Ph.D., 1995.
He specializes in philosophy of truth and knowledge, with an interest in both contemporary issues and historical perspectives. He has studied cosmology and theories of matter from antiquity to the modern period. He is also the translator of Ezekiel for the New English Translation of the Septuagint, Oxford University Press.
Telephone: 717-867-6131
Address: Humanities 306-B
Email: hubler@lvc.edu
Publications
Jeffrey W. Robbins, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy. Director of Colloquium.
B.A., Baylor University, 1994; M.Div., Texas Christian University, 1997; M.Phil., Syracuse University, 1999; Ph.D., 2001.
Dr. Robbins' area of specialization is in continental philosophy of religion. He is also interested in the relationship between religion, politics, and the forces of globalization. His teaching interests include contemporary religious thought, world religions, religion and culture, and film theory. In addition to teaching courses in religion, he regularly teaches in the American Studies program and serves as the director of the college colloquium. He is the author of two books, Between Faith and Thought: An Essay on the Ontotheological Condition (2003), and In Search of a Non-Dogmatic Theology (2004), editor of After the Death of God (2007), with John D. Caputo and Gianni Vattimo, and co-editor of The Sleeping Giant Has Awaken; The New Politics of Religion in the United States (2008).
Telephone: 717-867-6720
Address: Humanities 307-D
Email: robbins@lvc.edu
Publications
Personal Home Page
Matthew Sayers, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion.
B.A., University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2000; M.A., Florida State University, 2002; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2008
He recently completed his dissertation "Feeding the Ancestors: Ancestor Worship in Ancient Hinduism and Buddhism." His area of specialization is the religions of ancient India as revealed in the Sanskrit texts of the Brahmins and their interlocutors. He is most interested in engaging the debate over the nature of the relationship of ancient Hinduism and Buddhism. He plans to develop the work of his dissertation into a book on the ritual of shraddha, the ancestral rite shared by the religions of ancient India and expand his study of ancestor worship to the later periods of Indian religious history. His teaching interests include the introduction to religion, comparative religion, death and dying, the problem of evil, comparative myth, and the various religious traditions of India, specifically, and Asia more broadly.
Telephone: 717-867-6133
Address: Humanities 307-D
Email: sayers@lvc.edu
Publications
Personal Home Page
Noelle Vahanian, Assistant Professor of Religion.
Baccalauréat, Lycée International des Pontonniers, 1988; B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., 1999.
Her area of specialization is at the crossroads of philosophical theology, continental philosophy, and political theory. Her teaching interests include the history of philosophy, ethics, and philosophy and literature. She is the author of the book, Language, Desire, and Theology: A Geneology of the Will to Speak (2003)
Telephone: 717-867-6134
Address: Humanities 307A
Email: vahanian@lvc.edu
Publications
Personal Home Page
Robert T. Valgenti, Assistant Professor of Philosophy.
B.A., College of the Holy Cross, 1993; M.A.T., Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1998; M.A., DePaul University, 2001; Ph.D., 2007.
Valgenti specializes in 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, hermeneutics, and Kant studies. His research has focused primarily on the relation of recent Italian philosophy to the history of German and French continental thought. He is the translator of Luigi Pareyson's Truth and Interpretation, forthcoming from SUNY Press.
Telephone: 717-867-6132
Address: Humanities 307-B
Email: valgenti@lvc.edu
Publications
Personal Home Page
Donald E. Byrne, Professor Emeritus of Religion.
B.A., St. Paul Seminary, 1963; M.A., Marquette University, 1966; Ph.D., Duke University, 1972.
Dr. Byrne's scholarship has focused on American folk religion, particularly as expressed in the Methodist and Roman Catholic communities. Other interests include American studies, religion and ethics, religion and literature, peace studies, and mysticism.
Telephone: 717-867-6356
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Email: byrne@lvc.edu
Voorhis C. Cantrell, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Greek.
B.A., Oklahoma City University, 1952; Southern Methodist University, 1956; Ph.D., Boston University, 1967.
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John H. Heffner, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy.
B.S., Lebanon Valley College, 1968; B.A., 1987; A.M., Boston University, 1971; Ph.D., 1976; M.A.R., Lancaster Theological Seminary, 2002.
His teaching interests include philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and history of philosophy. He has published research in philosophy of perception. His current research concentrates on Hegel and issues in sciences and religion.
Telephone: 717-867-
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Email: heffner@lvc.edu
Warren K. A. Thompson, Associate Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy.
A.B., Trinity University, 1957; M.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1963.
He teaches a course on the Holocaust.
Telephone: 717-867-6130
Address: Humanities 307-D
Email: thompson@lvc.edu
Perry J. Troutman, Professor Emeritus of Religion.
B.A., Houghton College, 1949; M.Div., United Theological Seminary, 1952; Ph.D., Boston University, 1964.
Telephone: 717-867-
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Email: troutman@lvc.edu
L. Elbert Wethington, Professor Emeritus of Religion.
B.A., Wake Forest, 1944; B.D., Divinity School of Duke University, 1947; Ph.D., Duke University.
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Christopher Demuth Rodkey, Lecturer in Religion.
B.A., Saint Vincent College, 1999; M.Div., The University of Chicago, 2002; D.Min., Meadville Lombard Theological School, 2008; M.Phil., Ph.D., Drew University, 2007, 2008.
Dr. Rodkey's primary scholarly interest is in radical expressions of Christian faith in America, and recently completed a dissertation on Paul Tillich and radical Christian and post-Christian theology. He is also has interests in biomedical ethics, religious education, popular culture, and gender theory. He is the pastor of Zion (Goshert's) United Church of Christ, north of Lebanon.
Telephone: 717-867-6133
Address: Humanities 307-D
Email: rodkey@lvc.edu
Publications
Jonathan Terry, Adjunct Instructor in Religion.
Mansfield State University B.S. 1968, Winebrenner Theological Seminary M. Div. 1977,
Temple University M.A. 1993, Temple University Ph.D 1997.
Dr. Terry’s area of specialization is Religion in America. His dissertation was a "Liberationist critique of the Church Growth Movement". Other areas of scholarly interest include Liberation Theology, Christianity and Market Capitalism, Spiritual Formation and the Emergent Church movement. He brings to his teaching 30 years experience as a local church pastor and currently serves as the Chaplain at Carlisle Regional Medical Center.
Telephone: 717-867-6355
Address: Humanities 307-D
Email: terry@lvc.edu
Support Staff
Rebecca Corum, Secretary, Humanities.
Telephone: 717-867-6355
Address: Humanities 307
Email: corum@lvc.edu