| 1956 | Denis Baly hired, ½ Religion, ½ Poli Sci |
| 1960 | Richard Hettlinger hired, ½ Religion, ½ Chaplain |
| 1965 |
Donald Rogan hired, ½ Religion, ½ Chaplain (Hettlinger to full-time teaching); Religion major begins |
| 1967 |
Gershon Greenberg hired in Jewish Studies; First religion majors graduate |
| 1968 |
Eugen Kullmann replaces Greenberg; Bexley Hall leaves |
| 1969 | Theodore Primack hired in South and East Asian religions |
| 1971 |
Badie Nijim hired in Islam (replacing Primack); Rogan to full-time teaching (resigns as Chaplain) |
| 1972 | Chitta Goswami hired for South Asian Religions (6 member dept.) |
| 1975 | Hettlinger to IPHS, replaced by Clark Gilpin |
| 1976 | Gilpin replaced by Anthony Lo Bello (Mathematics Dept., part-time in Religion) |
| 1977 | Lo Bello leaves. |
| 1978 | Nijim leaves (down to 4 members) |
| 1979 |
Goswami leaves; Royal Rhodes hired |
| 1980 | Diane Obenchain hired for East Asian Religions (back to 5 members) |
| 1983 | Baly retires (down to 4) |
| 1984 |
Kullman retires; Miriam Dean-Otting hired |
| 1987 |
Obenchain on sabbatical + leave; Joseph Adler hired |
| 1988 | Vernon Schubel hired (back to 5) |
| 1990 | Obenchain resigns |
| 1999 |
Rogan retires; Judith Fagan hired |
| 2000 | Nurten Kilic-Schubel hired in visiting part-time position |
| 2003 | Mary Suydam (frequent sabbatical replacement since 1991) becomes permanent part-time |
| 2003 | Ennis Edmonds replaces Fagan |