Kent E. Richter

Kent E. Richter

Professor, Philosophy/Religious Studies

Tel.: (630) 942-3404
Berg Instructional Center (BIC), Room 2612B
richterk@cod.edu

Areas of Research Interest:

• Comparative Religions and World Religion
• Philosophy of Religion
• History of Western Philosophy
• Christian Theology
   

Recent Courses Taught:

• Philosophy 1100—Introduction to Philosophy
• Philosophy 1110—Ethics
• Philosophy/Religion 1150—World Religions
• Philosophy 2150—Philosophy of Religion
• Religion 1100—Introduction to Religion
• Religion 1120—New Testament
• Religion 1155—Asian Thought
• Religion 2160-Judaism, Christianity and Islam

 

Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:

• Text for Introduction to Religion: Understanding Religion in a Global Society
• Presented paper on "The Unsatisfactoriness of Answers to the Problem of Evil"
• Presented paper on "Trinitarian Theology as a Model for Evaluating World Religions"
   

Education:

• Ph.D. Stanford University
• M.A. Colorado State University B.S. Colorado State University
   

Awards and Recognitions:

• 4-year Graduate Scholarship, Stanford University
• German Academic Exchange Scholarship (University of Düsselforf)
• NEH Summer Seminar, "What is Enlightenment."