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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Religion and Culture

 Organization

Administrative History

Moral philosophy courses had been offered as early as 1872 and religion courses since 1954. The Department of Philosophy and Religion was established in 1955, later joining the College of Arts and Sciences after it formed in 1961. The department split into the departments of Philosophy and of Religion in 1983. In 1994, the Department of Religion became the Religious Studies Program in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS). In July 2003, Department of Philosophy and CIS moved to the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. CIS was dissolved around 2009, and the Religious Studies program became the Department of Religion and Culture.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Fine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-041
Abstract The Elizabeth Fine Papers include papers and materials collected by Fine during her tenure as a professor at Virginia Tech. Fine taught in Humanities, Appalachian Studies, and Communication Studies from 1979 until her retirement in 2015. The collection includes research and subject files on aspects of Appalachian culture and history; papers from her instruction, departmental, and administrative activities; and files on historic buildings on campus, particularly the history, renovation, and...
Dates: c. 1983-2012

Norman L. Grover Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-037
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Norman L. Grover a former professor in the Philosophy and Religion Department(s) at Virginia Tech from 1957-1991.

Dates: 1960 - 1992

Records of the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Department of Religion and Culture

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-21
Abstract The Department of Philosophy and Religion was formed in 1955, splitting into the departments of Philosophy and of Religion in 1983. The latter became the Religious Studies Program in 1994-1995, then the Department of Religion and Culture in 2009. This collection contains the records of these departments from 1960-2016. Materials include five-year departmental reviews, research, degree and grant proposals, course offerings, newletters, information on guest speakers and faculty members, and...
Dates: 1960 - 2016