On Thursday, October 24, 2024, the Religious Studies department held a student event.
An opportunity for students and professors connected to the program to get to know each other. More than twenty people came out for pizza and great conversation!
Congratulations to Tucker Finch, winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award in Religious Studies for 2023 - 2024.
Dr. Carmen Celestini will be talking on the topic “What’s with Christian Nationalism?” on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 7:00-8:30 pm at Christ’s Church Cathedral, in Hamilton. The event is being livestreamed on YouTube at youtube.com/@cathedralhamilton.
Congratulations to Peter Frick on his new book entitled Understanding Paul: The Existential Perspective
Thanks to a scholarship from the Canadian Friends of the École biblique, Alicia Batten is spending two weeks doing research on the Letter of James at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem.
Congratulations to Jess Gilbert, winner of the Distinguished Academic Achievement Award in Religious Studies for 2022- 2023.
Dr. David Seljak delivered the opening lecture at the "Land, Law, Religion, and Reconciliation" colloquium hosted by university of Victoria, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.
We are very proud and pleased to announce that Dr. Doris Jakobsh received a lifetime achievement award from Sikh Studies, in honour of her contributions.
This book brings a broad, holistic approach to the study of the phenomena of the global Sikh community referred to collectively as the Panth.
Living Nembutsu is a sourcebook for Jodo Shinshu Buddhists and other interested readers looking to apply Pure Land perspectives to the problems of contemporary society.