Brian Birch

Faculty Member

Brian Birch

Biography

Brian D. Birch is Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics and Religious Studies Program at Utah Valley University. His areas of specialization include religious diversity, ethics education, and the dynamics of religion in civil society. He has served on the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee for the Parliament of the World’s Religions and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy. He is the founding editor of the journal Teaching Ethics and his published work includes contributions to the Encyclopedia of Religion and War, Philosophical Investigations, and Dialogue. His book projects include titles ranging from What is Postmodernism? to Perspectives on Mormon Theology. His current project is entitled Radical Pluralism_ Essays in Ethical and Religious Diversity.

Education

PhD, Claremont Graduate University, 1998

Major: Philosophy of Religion and Theology

MS, University of Utah, 1992

Major: Philosophy

BS, University of Utah, 1990

Major: Philosophy

Teaching

PHIL 2050

Ethics and Values IH, Fall 2024

PHIL 366R

Issues in Religious Studies, Fall 2024

PHIL 205G

Ethics and Values IH GI, Summer 2024

PHIL 490R

Independent Study, Summer 2024

PHIL 1610

Introduction to Western Religions HH, Summer 2024

PHIL 3650

Approaches to Religious Studies, Spring 2024

RLST 3650

Approaches to Religious Studies, Spring 2024

PHIL 2050

Ethics and Values IH, Spring 2024

PHIL 290R

Independent Study, Spring 2024

PHIL 490R

Independent Study, Spring 2024