Welcome to my Home Page!  You may click on any of the following programs which are blue and underlined, and a hyperlink will take you to the right place.

    Course syllabi and review programs:

Religion 131:  Old Testament syllabus
    Unit 1, Hebrew beginnings
    Unit 2, From Egypt to Israel
    Unit 3, Kings and Prophets
    Unit 4. Writings After the Exile

Religion 132:  New Testament syllabus
    Unit 1, Backgrounds of the New Testament
    Unit 2, The Gospels
    Unit 3, Paul
    Unit 4, Epistles and Revelation

Religion 200:  The Christian Faith syllabus 
    Unit 1, Historical Foundations and the Catholic Church
    Unit 2, Churches of the Protestant Reformation
    Unit 3, Churches with Distinctive Emphases
    Unit 4, What Christians Have in Common

Religion 211:  Judaism & Islam syllabus 
    Unit 1, Foundations of Judaism
    Unit 2, Modern Judaism
    Unit 3, Foundations of Islam
    Unit 4, Modern Islam

Religion 212:  Asian Religions syllabus 
    Unit 1, Hinduism
    Unit 2, Buddhism
    Unit 3, China
    Unit 4, Japan

Religion 311:  History of Christianity I syllabus 
    Unit 1, The Early Church
    Unit 2, The Imperial Church
    Unit 3, Medieval Christianity

Religion 431:  Advanced Old Testament syllabus

Greek 101:  Beginning Greek I syllabus 

Greek 102:  Beginning Greek II syllabus

Greek 205:  The Gospels syllabus

Greek 301:  Letters of Paul syllabus  

   I have taught courses in Bible, New Testament Greek, world religions, and Christian history at Emory & Henry for forty years -- as many years as Moses was with the Hebrews in the Sinai wilderness!  But my students and colleagues make Emory not a wilderness at all; instead, it's more like the Promised Land for me.  Altogether, I've taught under the leadership of one-fourth of all the Presidents that our college has had since its founding in 1836.  I have also served at various times as Chair of the Department of Religion, Chair of the Department of Languages, Chair of the Humanities Division, and Acting Dean of Faculty.  I've edited the college catalog for many years.

    Most of all, I enjoy working with students as they explore all kinds of religious issues. It means a lot to me to help persons who take one of my classes, as they deal with crucial questions about God, scripture, and relationships to other persons.  Our alumni who have majored in religion have gone from here to Candler, Duke, Asbury, Princeton, Yale, and other seminaries. We faculty members in religion appreciate it when they come back and tell us about their graduate school experiences. Alumni in other fields have gone into a variety of vocations, and they have great stories to tell, too.  The leadership of E&H graduates has made some very positive changes in our society!

    My own preparation for teaching included studies at Louisiana Tech (B.S. in science education), where I met my wife Jeannette.  I was a founding member of Tech's Sigma Nu chapter and also served as a Methodist pastor while I was a college student.  I received graduate degrees from Southern Methodist University (Th.M.); and Yale (Ph.D.).  I've had a year of biblical Greek and Hebrew studies at the University of Göttingen, Germany; a couple of summer study programs in Israel; a summer of service in rural Mexico; and summer travel in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Greece, and Italy. I am an ordained minister in Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church, and I enjoy preaching and teaching Bible studies in nearby United Methodist and Presbyterian churches. 

    In these difficult times, I wish for you the peace that I found looking out over the Sea of Galilee at sunset, in the picture at the top.  

    If you wish, you can send me e-mail: fkellogg@ehc.edu    My snail mail address is Emory & Henry College, PO Box 947, Emory VA 24327.  My telephone number is 276 944-6150.  My office is Wiley Hall 210.

    If you prefer, you may return to the Emory & Henry College Home Page.

Left to right:  Fred Kellogg, Jim Dawsey, and Joe Reiff at a meeting of the Department of Religion

Last updated:  June 11, 2009