Bradley E. Starr, Ph.D.

Professor and Acting Chair of Comparative Religion

I've been teaching at CSUF since 1984. I became a full time faculty member in 1987. The main research I've done focuses on the interaction between religious thought and sociological forms of analysis. My doctoral dissertation (at Claremont Graduate School, 1987) was on Ernst Troeltsch and Max Weber, and I've published a dozen or so articles, essays, reviews, and book chapters on the work of Weber, Troeltsch, and Georg Simmel. For several years I had a joint appointment with Religious Studies and Liberal Studies, but now teach completely in the former. I'm currently studying issues related to religion and violence. My wife Susan is a counselor at Chaffey College.

Degrees

1987, Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Claremont Graduate School

Research Areas

The main research I've done focuses on the interaction between religious thought and sociological forms of analysis. I'm especially interested in the "classical" period of sociology. I'm currently studying issues related to religion and violence.

Courses Taught

Comparative Religion

Comparative Study of the World's Great Religions (CR 110)
History and Dev. of Early Christian Thought (CR 345A)
Religion and Violence (CR 380)
Methods of Studying Religion (CR 300)
History and Dev. of Modern Christian Thought (CR 345B)
Dimensions of Religion (CR 306)
Origins of the New Testament (CR 210)
Introduction to Christianity (CR 200)
Major Christian Traditions: Protestantism (CR 350)
Protestant Thought and Social Theory (CR 485)
Religious Visions of the End Times (CR 485)

Liberal Studies, Philosophy

Introduction to Liberal Studies (LBST 300)
The Historical Dimension of Liberal Studies (LBST 302A)
The Historical Dimension of Liberal Studies(LBST 302B)
Liberal Studies in the Social Sciences (LBST 305)
Inquiry and Composition (LBST 301)
Introduction to Philosophy (PH 100)
Argument and Reasoning (PH 200)
Greek Philosophy (PH 290)
Medieval Philosophy (PH 291)
Philosophy of Religion (PH 348)

Scholarly Work

My doctoral dissertation (at Claremont Graduate School, 1987) was on the pioneering German sociologists Ernst Troeltsch and Max Weber. I've published a dozen or so essays, articles and book chapters on the work of Weber, Troeltsch, and Georg Simmel.