Religion-Writing Course Takes Students and Professor Behind Bars

By SAMANTHA HENIG

"Writing About Religion," Vanderbilt University

Ray Waddle, religion editor at The Tennessean for nearly two decades and an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School since 2002, has taught many writing seminars. But this year, he taught in a new classroom: the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, which houses nearly 700 convicted felons, eight miles from Vanderbilt's campus.

Continuing a three-year tradition of Vanderbilt Divinity