Humanist Brings New Voice to Chaplaincy

The 26 chaplains and ministries at Rutgers University cover a wide spectrum of believers: Quakers, Jews, Christian evangelicals, and Buddhists, to name a few. But even within that diverse group, Barry Klassel stands out. Klassel, an avowed atheist, is the universitys first humanist chaplain and only the fourth on a college campus nationwide, he said.