Buies Creek–Distinguished theological educator, Baptist leader and missionary to the Middle East, Dr. George Braswell has received the 2008 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award from the Campbell University Divinity School. Braswell is Senior Professor of World Religions.”Most significant in Dr. Braswell’s service is his leadership during the past academic year in the opening of the Divinity School’s first Center for the Study of World Religions and Global Cultures,” said Dr. Michael Cogdill, dean of the Divinity School. “The purpose of this Center is to advance the study and awareness of the many global cultures surrounding our own and helping students and others learn effective ways to proclaim the gospel of Christ in a multi-cultural world.”A graduate of Wake Forest University and Yale Divinity School, Braswell earned a Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as a missionary to Iran from 1964-1967 and is an established expert in the study of Islam and other world religions.Before joining the Campbell Divinity School faculty in 2005, Braswell taught at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1974-2004.”Dr. Braswell is an excellent example of the quality of professors at Campbell University,” Cogdill said. “He has devoted his life to the training and education of future Christian leaders.”Photo Copy: From left, Dr.George Braswel, Senior Professor of World Religions at the Campbell Divinity School, receives the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award from Dean Michael Cogdill, right. Also pictured is Dr. Jerry M. Wallace, president of Campbell University. (Photo by Bennett Scarborough)
Braswell receives Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award