Linda Kawentel
May 2007 Graduate |
Linda was one of two recipients of the Outstanding Graduating Seniors Award in Religious Studies in 2007. She is currently finishing her M.A. degree at JCU in religious studies. In Fall 2008, Linda will attend law school at Ohio State University.
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Russ Kwitkowski
May 2002 Graduate
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I wouldn't trade Religious Studies for any other major offered at John Carroll University. Dr. Nuth, Dr. McGinn, and Dr. Kelly have been a tremendous influence and help in planning my future. One of the purposes of religious education is not only to just learn about the faith, but also to strengthen one's spirituality and union with God. Knowledge of God leads to love for God, which leads to service to God. Religious Studies and the professors in the department, have led me to all three!
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My religious studies major afforded me the opportunity to more fully incorporate my faith experience into academic learning. One summer I traveled to Ecuador as part of a volunteer immersion program with a group of students from John Carroll. I complemented this experience of poverty in Latin America with an interdisciplinary ethics course entitled Justice and Economy team taught by a Jesuit moral theologian and an economics professor.
My religious studies major afforded me the unique opportunity to learn how to respectfully challenge, honestly defend, insightfully research, and critically evaluate the ideas, concepts, and values that sustain the world's major religions. In my experience as a religious studies major . . . I discussed the Holocaust with a Rabbi, prayed with an Imam at the local Mosque, analyzed systematic theology with a Protestant minister and scholar, visited the art museum while researching the religious meaning of Buddhist and Hindu art, studies Christology and learned about the historical Jesus while on tour in Israel, reflected on contemporary Catholic theological issues through current events, and worshiped in five different Christian churches as I learned Church history through liturgy. My experience as a religious studies major was nothing short of extraordinarily exciting!
Brian Sinchak is currently Vice-Principal at Benedictine High School, Cleveland, Ohio. |
