Students and faculty of the Department engage in many activities, both academic and social. Among the highlights are daily, informal conversations around the halls and offices of the Department, and the annual Department cookout-Frisbee-volleyball extravaganza at faculty homes.

In recent years students have organized an informal philosophy club for discussion of topics, sometimes led by invited faculty. Religion students meet informally to engage together questions of faith and learning. The Department brings to campus scholars from other institutions to share their work and engage discussion.

Philosophy and Religion students have successfully competed for Watson Fellowships to support post-graduate projects involving international travel. While at Berea students often travel abroad to study in KIIS programs in Europe and Latin America. And students have also joined departmental faculty as participants in archaeological excavations underway in the Middle East. On campus, students assist faculty with scholarly research projects, whether during the academic year or the summer months. Graduates of the Department have pursued further, advanced in the study of Law, philosophy, and religion at such institutions as the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Vanderbilt University, Duke University, Purdue University, and state universities in Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois, and Arkansas.