About
Our Program
A BA in Politics, Philosophy, and History trains students in the liberal arts tradition, teaching them to achieve intellectual liberty. Students acquire this freedom by learning to read any text, conceptualize any endeavor, and persuade others through any form of writing and speaking. The PPH program at Cairn will integrate these disciplines with the fundamental questions of human existence, bring them to bear on contemporary society, and measure them by God’s revelation in Holy Scripture.
Our Faculty and the Classes They Teach
Michael Zimmerman
Professor Zimmerman teaches history, social sciences, and humanities courses. He is passionate about instilling a love of learning within his students. In his classroom discussion is fostered as a means of helping students seek a deeper understanding of history and how that connects to the world around them. Prior to joining the faculty at Cairn University Michael taught secondary social studies for 11 years as a public-school teacher in North Philadelphia. He is married to his wife, Anna, and they have three children together.
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Steele Brand
Steele Brand is a professor of history at Cairn University. Brand is also a scholar at the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center of the American Bible Society. He previously served as the Director of Undergraduate Fellows for the Clements Center for National Security and as a tactical intelligence officer for the U.S. Army. Brand specializes in Western Republics and military history, themes which pervade his book, Killing for the Republic: Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War (Johns Hopkins, 2019).
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Classes
- US History
- African American History from 1877 to 1954
- Colonial America
- The Civil War and Reconstruction
- Empires and Nation States in East Asia
- The Middle East Since 1914
- Secularization and Modernity
Classes
- Western Civilization from Mesopotamia to Michelangelo
- War and Politics in the Old Testament World
- Roman Republic
- Roman Empire
- England from Arthur to Magna Carta
- Crusades and 100 Years War
Reformation & Wars of Religion
James Dolezal
James Dolezal is professor of theology in the School of Divinity at Cairn University. He also serves as visiting professor of theology at International Reformed Baptist Seminary in Mansfield, TX. Dr. Dolezal is the author of two books, God Without Parts (Pickwick, 2011) and All That Is in God (Reformation Heritage, 2017). He has contributed to several volumes, including, Divine Impassibility (IVP Academic, 2019) and Classical Theism (Routledge, 2023). Prior to teaching at Cairn, Dr. Dolezal served as a pastor in Alberta, Canada, and as a research fellow in the Craig Center at Westminster Theological Seminary.
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Classes
- Theology
- Philosophy
- Church History