Center for Religion and Culture
Welcome to the Center for Religion and Culture
Welcome
Flagler College's Center for Religion and Culture (CRC) fosters meaningful dialogue, community engagement, and unique student opportunities that explore the intersection of religion, culture, and contemporary issues.
Discover Our Focus
Focus
Our mission is to promote thoughtful discussion and learning about religion, supporting both our campus and the broader community.
Our Work:
- Innovative research and critical reflection
- Community outreach and service programs
- Courses and global study opportunities for students
Classes, Programs, and Faculty Research
Classes, Programs, and Faculty Research
Flagler College professors Justin Forbes and Justin Capes delivered their own eulogies for the first time in front of a classroom of students as part of the Core course "A Life Well Lived." The course challenges students to re-evaluate their building blocks for a good life. Learn more below.
Dr. Jim Rowell teaches about religion and wrote his dissertation on Mohandes Gandhi and nonviolence a year after al-Qaeda attacked the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
Learn about how the native Timucuan people helped spread Christianity with Flagler College professor Dr. Timothy Johnson.
Flagler College Religion and Philosophy majors and minors explore timeless human questions and problems. Our caring faculty will guide and mentor you as you transform into a critical thinker.
Flagler College's Youth ministry minor equips you, through learning and experience, for a wide variety of ministry jobs, vocations, religious studies, and seminary.
All Flagler College students have the opportunity to explore, engage with, and discover the world. We offer numerous overseas learning opportunities.
Explore Our Initiatives & Projects
Our Intiatives
Learn about our mission to reach young people who have been often overlooked in ministry.
Explore our innovative approach to rejuvenating ministry leaders through ancient Christian practices reimagined for today’s world.
Discover how we empower congregations to welcome, support, and embrace children who have experienced relational trauma.
Upcoming Events
Learn more about the Cecile & Gene Usdin Judeo-Christian Lecture Series speakers.
Find out who our 2025 speakers are, how to register, and more.
Here's what you can expect during Flagler College's Presidential Speak Series, which will feature Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.
Get involved with our Philosophy and Religion Club. Find out all the details on Saints Connect.
Center for Religion and Culture News
Center for Religion and Culture News
- Read: Flagler launches Center for Religion and Culture (2024)
- Read: Happy Brew Cafe brews 'poss-abilities' thanks to Flagler's Missing Voices Project (2023)
- Read: Reverse-engineering happiness: Core course challenges students to re-evaluate their building blocks for a good life (2023)
- Read: Flagler College presents 'Landscapes and Language, ' a conference on the Franciscan Order (2023)
- Read: Interfaith Center to Celebrate Religious Diversity, Spiritual Development (2021)
Meet the Director
Center for Religion and Culture Team
Meet the Team
