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Fred Heifner
Professor of Anthropology, Philosophy and Religion
Degrees
Degrees
B.A., Louisiana College
M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Th.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Office Location: Labry Hall, 213
Office Hours: M-Th, 8-3:00
Phone: 615.547.1267
E-mail: fheifner@cumberland.edu
Office Location: Labry Hall, 213
Office Hours: M-Th, 8-3:00
Phone: 615.547.1267
E-mail: fheifner@cumberland.edu
Dr. Fred Heifner has taught at Cumberland University since 1996. He is the former dean of the CU School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Prior to that, he was employed at the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville for 22 years, serving as editor, coordinating editor and senior manager of children's curriculum materials development.
Dr. Heifner's primary teaching responsibilities include courses in the American Indian, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Archaeology, Southeastern Indian Culture, Religion in Traditional Societies, Psychology and Religion, Introduction to Philosophy and an on-site course in New Mexico each summer focusing on Pueblo Indian Culture. In addition, he teaches three graduate-level seminars.
A prolific writer, Dr. Heifner has developed church curriculum materials for the Southern Baptist Convention, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Church of God (Anderson, Ind.). He has served for a number of years as one of three children's consultants to the National Council of Churches, helping develop the annual Uniform Series Curriculum outlines used by denominations in the United States and abroad. Dr. Heifner has served with the chaplain’s committee for developing curriculum materials for use with the armed services of the United States. He served for twenty-five years as distance-learning instructor with the Seminary Extension Department of the Southern Baptist Convention. He also served on the President’s Commission on the Year of the Child, Washington, D.C. Dr. Heifner has guided several students in a practicum experience developing curriculum materials for the National Park Service.
Dr. Heifner's primary teaching responsibilities include courses in the American Indian, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Archaeology, Southeastern Indian Culture, Religion in Traditional Societies, Psychology and Religion, Introduction to Philosophy and an on-site course in New Mexico each summer focusing on Pueblo Indian Culture. In addition, he teaches three graduate-level seminars.
A prolific writer, Dr. Heifner has developed church curriculum materials for the Southern Baptist Convention, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Church of God (Anderson, Ind.). He has served for a number of years as one of three children's consultants to the National Council of Churches, helping develop the annual Uniform Series Curriculum outlines used by denominations in the United States and abroad. Dr. Heifner has served with the chaplain’s committee for developing curriculum materials for use with the armed services of the United States. He served for twenty-five years as distance-learning instructor with the Seminary Extension Department of the Southern Baptist Convention. He also served on the President’s Commission on the Year of the Child, Washington, D.C. Dr. Heifner has guided several students in a practicum experience developing curriculum materials for the National Park Service.
Dr. Heifner has served Cumberland in various committee capacities and is lead teacher for the major in Humanities and the Social Sciences. He is actively involved in student activities and particularly enjoys the one-on-one student relationships afforded by a small liberal arts university. He has received 'Faculty Member of the Year' awards on four separate occasions and has served the university on its re-accreditation steering committee.
In addition to a B.A. from Louisiana College with triple majors in Psychology, Social Science and Philosophy, Dr. Heifner holds a Master of Divinity (theology) and a Doctor of Theology (systematic theology) degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has undertaken additional post-graduate studies at Middle Tennessee State University in Anthropology.