Kyra Thurow '12
Religion Minor

"Religion has always been a big part of my everyday life. I feel called to share the same experiences I have had with others around me. A religion minor helps me on my way to outdoor ministries where I hope to teach kids about the amazing creation that God has blessed us with and how to care for God's creation."

Leslie Denton '09

"I took Religion & Philosophy courses because my faith is something that is important to me. My major was Spanish, and I hope to one day incorporate the use of that language into aspects of my faith and sharing my faith with the Spanish community in the U.S. and in other countries around the world. I believe that the Religion & Philosophy courses that I took at Catawba strengthened my understanding of the importance of faith and God in my life, and also helped me learn new perspectives of my own faith and those of other people."

John Pellett '08

“The courses in the Religion & Philosophy Department were very valuable to me as a student, but even more valuable and rewarding in my personal life. As a student, the courses in the Department helped thread together concepts across the entire liberal arts spectrum. They helped in organizing, structuring, and seeing the interdisciplinary connections throughout all the information I was being taught. The courses were extremely valuable in my personal life because they clarified, and in some cases redirected, my concepts of knowledge, meaning, and what I valued. They helped clarify many ideas and also helped broaden my educational and personal horizons.”

Lauren Fluegge '07

"Dr. Holtzman taught my freshman seminar, and I was immediately hooked on philosophy. I loved the program because not only did the classes turn my thinking from one-dimensional into in-depth and abstract, the classes made me understand why it was important to be cognitively active. The classes I took also fascinated me because they illustrated the idea that every subject I was interested in was interrelated. I found that I could apply what I learned in one class to something learned in another."