Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

At Emory University, you will find an Atlanta, Georgia-based private, national research university with a history of working collaboratively for positive transformation in the world through courageous leadership in teaching, research, scholarship, health care, and social action. Emory is known for its outstanding liberal arts colleges and superb professional schools, a long-standing commitment to great teaching by great faculty, and for having one of the leading health care systems in the South.

Emory is home to nearly 7,000 undergraduates, 20 percent of whom hail from Georgia. Every other state and 65 countries also are represented. Admission to Emory College is highly selective— about fourteen high school students apply for every opening in the first-year class—and Emory consistently ranks among the top 20 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey.

Emory’s location in the vibrant, international city of Atlanta is a tremendous asset. Atlanta provides limitless opportunities for student learning and service, as well as fun and entertainment for students, faculty, and staff. Emory collaborates with numerous Atlanta-based organizations such as The Carter Center, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

7 min
New Testament scholar Luke Timothy Johnson explores whether the ways in which Christians practice their faith might be more important than the content of their beliefs.
4 min
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson reviews New Testament writers, including Paul, and whether their condemnation of paganism was a product of their time.
5 min
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson examines how early Christian polemic caricatured pagans and describes the real relationship between Greco-Roman religion and early Christianity.
7 min
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson argues that Christianity over time came to resemble the broad range of pagan/gentile religions, but that Judaism pulled back from its involvement with Hellenism.
7 min
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson examines the influence of paganism on Christianity.
45 min
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson (author, “Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity”) examines the relationship between Greco-Roman paganism and early Christianity and its implications for Christians today.
19 min
Paul Root Wolpe is the director of the Center for Ethics at Emory University and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics. Wolpe is a pioneer in the field of […]