OVERVIEW
The roots of the School of Religion go back to the inception of the University in 1905. The founders of Loma Linda University were committed to the idea that religious instruction must occupy a central place in all curricula.
Religion is an integral part of Loma Linda University's role as a health-sciences institution, and is vigorously supported by the University's administration and Board of Trustees. The School of Religion, currently with fifteen full-time faculty members and more than a dozen adjunct members, teaches courses in religion for all of the schools of Loma Linda University. In addition, the School of Religion directs three Master of Arts programs and complementary certificate programs in biomedical and clinical ethics, clinical ministry, and religion and the sciences.
The School of Religion is committed to the following tasks, guided by the teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: it will focus Christian "wholeness" for faculty and students in their personal and professional lives and witness; it will provide a religion curriculum emphasizing foundational, ethical, and relational studies; it will foster and support research in the foundational, ethical, and relational disciplines; and it will serve the University, the Church, and the larger world community by personal involvement in fostering deeper spirituality, theological integrity, and social justice.