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Alicia Batten

Professor
Alicia Batten
519-885-0220 x24246
Location: CGUC 2124

Areas of Interest:

  • The Letter of James
  • Social History of Christian Origins and Early Christianity
  • History of Biblical Interpretation 
Link to profile: Alicia Batten

Jeremy Bergen

Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Undergraduate Officer, and Associate Professor
Jeremy Bergen
519 885 0220 Ext. 24234
Location: CGR 2122

Areas of interest:

  • Christian theology
  • Mennonite theology
  • Ecclesiology and ecumenism
  • Apologies and reconciliation
  • Martyrdom
Link to profile: Jeremy Bergen

Douglas Cowan

Professor
Douglas Cowan
519-884-4404 x28607
Location: REN 0217

Areas of interest:

  • Sociology of Religion
  • Religion and Popular Culture (especially science fiction and horror)
  • New Religious Movements
Link to profile: Douglas Cowan
Link to personal webpage: Douglas Cowan

Secil Dagtas

Associate Professor (Anthropology Department)
Secil Dagtas
519-888-4567 x32991
Location: PAS 2019
Link to profile: Secil Dagtas

Lorne Dawson

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Lorne Dawson
519-888-4567 x45340
Location: PAS 1058

Research and teaching areas

Research: Terrorism, Radicalization, Religion and Violent Extremism

Teaching: Terrorism, Sociology of Religion, Sociological Theory


Link to profile: Lorne Dawson

Jim Diamond

Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor
Jim Diamond
519-888-4567 x43351
Location: PAS 1051

Areas of interest:

  • Jewish Thought
  • Jewish Biblical Interpretation
Link to profile: Jim Diamond

Mavis Fenn

Professor Emerita
Mavis Fenn.

Areas of interest:

  • Teaches: Buddhism and Asian religions.

Research Areas:

  • Buddhist women
  • Buddhist women in Canada
  • Buddhism and multiculturalism

Menachem Feuer

Contract Administrative Staff
Menachem (Matthew) Feuer
Location: PAS 1052
Contact for: Sessional Instructor

Courses taught:

  • RS 114 / JS 114 Jews and Jewishness
  • RS 210 / JS 217 Judaism
  • RS 211 / JS 203 Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
  • RS 364/ JS 364 -Jewish Humour: Laughing Your Way Through History

Wendy Fletcher

Professor, Culture and Language Studies (Religious Studies & History)
Wendy Fletcher
519-884-4404 x28636
Location: REN 3101
Link to profile: Wendy Fletcher

Peter Frick

Professor Emeritus
Peter Frick
519-885-1460 x25214
Location: STP 209

Areas of interest:

  • New Testament
  • Theology
Link to profile: Peter Frick

James Gollnick

Professor Emeritus
James Gollnick

I studied philosophy and religion for my BA (cum laude) at Marquette University (1968) and at Die Freie Universitaet in Berlin, then part of the Federal Republic of Germany. During those years I became intrigued by the psychology of religion and have been studying in that general area ever since. After completing my MA (1970) and PhD (1974) in the psychology of religion at the University of Toronto, I began studying psychotherapy at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto, where I received certification from the International Gestalt Association after completing the three-year training program. I also spent some time in the training program for Jungian analysts in Zurich, Switzerland, and continued that process in the form of a three-year analysis with the late Fraser Boa, Canada’s first Jungian analyst. For over twenty years I taught in the Religious Studies Department at the University of Toronto, mostly at Victoria College and Trinity College. At Trinity College I became the first Director of the Humanities and Psychoanalytic Thought Program. In 1991 I took a position at St. Paul’s College in the University of Waterloo where I teach courses in the psychology of religion and am Director of the Spirituality and Personal Development Program. From 1995 to 2005 I served as Dean of St. Paul’s College.

My perspective on the psychology of religion is shaped largely by my interest in the historical development of the discipline and my training and research in the Gestalt, Freudian and Jungian approaches to the psyche. Dream analysis has been a major area of my research. Over the last thirty years I have catalogued some 5,000 of my own dreams and have studied and worked with thousands of dreams of others. My experience in, and practice of, psychotherapy have convinced me that no single approach is capable of adequately accounting for the mystery and complexity of the human being. I find that the many psychological approaches available complement one another and all shed some light on the various dynamics of religion, spirituality and the psyche. My writing has attempted to incorporate these diverse perspectives on the psychology of religion.

Teaching areas:

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Psychological Interpretation of Mythology, Dreams

Some recent publications:

Books:

A Time to Dream:  Dreams, Religion, and Spirituality.  Saarbrueken, Germany:  VDM Press, 2011.

Religion and Spirituality in the Life Cycle. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, 2005

The Religious Dreamworld of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1999.

Love and the Soul: Psychological Interpretations of the Eros and Psyche Myth. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992.

Dreams in the Psychology of Religion. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1987.

Flesh as Transformation Symbol in the Theology of Anselm of Canterbury: Historical and Transpersonal Perspectives. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1985.

Articles:

“Dreams and Reflections on a Sad Chapter in Canadian Academic History” in Remedy and Prevention of Mobbing in Higher Education.  Lewiston, New York:  Edwin Mellen Press, 2006.  Pp. 223–227.

“Implicit Religion in Dreams,” Implicit Religion 8/3 (2005), 281–298.

"Religion, Spirituality, and Implicit Religion in Psychotherapy." Implicit Religion 7/2 (2004), 120-141.

"Is Implicit Religion Spirituality in Disguise?" Implicit Religion 6/3 (2003), 145-159.

"Implicit Religion Highlights Religion in Childhood," Implicit Religion 6/2 (2003), 69-84.

"Bin Laden's Hopes and Fears: Dreams of the Future," Clio's Psyche 9/2 (2002), 97-98.

"Implicit Religion in the Psychology of Religion," Implicit Religion 5/2 (2002), 81-92.

"Development of the God-image in Carl Jung's psychology and spirituality," Studies inReligion/Sciences Religieuses 30/2 (2001), 179-192.

“Dream Interpretation in the Psychology of Religion: a Topic Review,” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 28/3 (1999), 293-305.

“Jung, Carl Gustav,” in Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO Press, 1998. Pp. 341-344.

“Apuleius,” in Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO Press, 1998. Pp. 17-19.

“A Jungian Perspective on Religion and the Ideal Individual,” Dialogue and Alliance 10/2 (Winter 1996), 71-82.

“Carl Jung’s Theory of Mandala Symbolism,” in Art and Interreligious Dialogue. New York: University Press of America, 1995. Pp. 101-122.

"Merlin as Psychological Symbol," in Comparative Studies in Merlin From the Vedas to C.G. Jung. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991. Pp. 111-31.

"The Merlin Archetype and the Transformation of the Self," Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 19/3 (1990), 319-329.

"The Dream as Medium of the Divine," Dialogue and Alliance I/4 (Winter, 1988), 65-73.

"Jungian Reflections on Transformation in St. Anselm's Theology," The American Benedictine Review 36/4 (Dec., 1985), 353-371.

Courses regularly taught at the University of Waterloo:

RS = Religious Studies

SPD = Spiritual and Personal Development


• RS 270/SPD 270 Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

• RS 271/SPD 271 Personality and Religion

• RS 370 Dreams in the Religious Experience of Humankind

• RS/SPD 380 Carl Jung’s Theory of Religion

Doris Jakobsh

Professor
Doris Jakobsh
519-888-4567 x43565
Location: PAS 1054A

Areas of interest:

  • Sikhism
  • Gender and Sikhism
  • Eastern Religions
  • Women and Religion
  • Religion in Canada

Watch a video of Dr. Jakobsh talking about the relevance of Religious Studies

Link to profile: Doris Jakobsh
Link to personal webpage: Doris Jakobsh

Scott Kline

Department Chair and Associate Professor
Scott Kline.
519-884-8110 x28289
Location: PAS 1054 /SH 1201

Areas of Interest:

  • Religious ethics and politics
  • Christian ethics
  • Religion and armed conflict
  • Catholic social teaching
  • Religion and popular culture in approaches to homelessness
Link to profile: Scott Kline

Jane Kuepfer

Schlegel Specialist in Spirituality and Aging, and Adjunct Professor
Jane Kuepfer
519-885-0220 x 24232
Location: CGUC 2124

Areas of interest:

  • Spirituality & aging
  • Spiritual care in residential care
  • Spiritual resources
  • Baby boomers
Link to profile: Jane Kuepfer

Elliott Malamet

Contract Administrative Staff
Location: PAS 1058
Contact for: Sessional Instructor

Courses taught:

  • RS 230 / JS 215 Visions of Israel in Judaism: From Biblical to Modern Times

Priti Nayak

Administrative Manager, Graduate and Undergraduate Coordinator
519-888-4567 x43497
Location: PAS 1055

David Perrin

Professor Emeritus
David Perrin.

Teaching/Research Areas:

  • Religious Ethics
  • Christian Spirituality
  • Catholic Studies
Link to profile: David Perrin

David Seljak

Professor
David Seljak.
519-888-4567 x 28232
Location: SH 2028

Areas of interest:

  • Religion, Multiculturalism, and Identity
  • Sociology of Religion
Link to personal webpage: David Seljak's profile

Derek Suderman

Associate Professor
Derek Suderman
519-885-0220 x 24212
Location: CGR 2111

Areas of interest:

  • Biblical Studies (Old Testament)
  • Biblical Methodology
  • Christian Biblical Interpretation
Link to profile: Derek Suderman

Myroslaw Tataryn

Professor Emeritus
Myroslaw Tataryn.

Areas of interest:

  • Eastern Christians in Canada
  • Eastern Christian Theology
  • Religion and Disability

Cristina Vanin

Associate Professor
Cristina Vanin.
519.884.8111 Ext. 28266
Location: SH 2030

Areas of interest:

  • Theology
  • Ethics
  • Ecology
  • Women and Christianity
Link to profile: Cristina Vanin

Jeff Wilson

Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Graduate Officer, and Professor
Jeff Wilson.
519-884-4404 x28625
Location: REN 1113

Areas of interest:

  • Japanese Religions
  • Buddhism
  • Religion in North America

Watch a video of Dr. Wilson on the relevance of Religious Studies

Link to profile: Jeff Wilson
Link to personal webpage: Jeff Wilson

Carmen Celestini

Definite-Term Lecturer
Carmen Celestini Picture
519-888-4567 x41329
Location: PAS 1051D

Research and teahing areas

Reseach: Religion and social theory, with a focus on improvisational conspiracy

Teaching: Religion and Politics, Conspiracy theories, Western Religions

Link to profile: Carmen Celestini

Sukshmadarshi Maharaj

Contract Administrative Staff

Marybeth White

Contract Administrative Staff
Marybeth
Location: PAS 1052