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Department of Religious Studies


 

http://www.religiousstudies.mcmaster.ca
Faculty as of January 15, 2018

CHAIR

Daniel Machiela

PROFESSORS

Ellen Badone/B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)
James Benn/B.A., M.A. (Cambridge), M.A. (London), Ph.D. (California-Los Angeles)
P. Travis Kroeker/B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Chicago)
Liyakat Takim/B.Sc. (City University, London), M.A. (Virginia), Ph.D. (London)
Stephen R. Westerholm/B.A., M.A. (Toronto), D.Th. (Lund)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Shayne Clarke/B.A., M.A. (Canterbury), Ph.D. (California-Los Angeles)
Dana Hollander/B.A. (Oberlin College), M.A., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
Daniel Machiela/B.A. (Grand Valley State), M.A. (Jerusalem University College), Ph.D. (Notre Dame)
Zdravko Planinc/B.A., M.A. (York), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)
Celia Rothenberg/B.A. (Wellesley College), M.S. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Mark Rowe/B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
Matthew Thiessen/B.R.S. (Tyndale), M.A. (Trinity Western), M.St. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Duke)
Peter Widdicombe/B.A. (Manitoba), M.Phil. (Oxford), M.Div. (Toronto), D.Phil. (Oxford)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Philippa Carter/B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Hanna Tervanotko/B.A., M.A.(Helsinki), Ph.D. (Vienna), Th.D. (Helsinki)

LECTURER

Joseph LaRose/ B.A., M.A. (McMaster), B.Ed. (Brock)

Areas of Study

(Applicable to all Religious Studies programs)

The Department offers courses in five Areas of Study. Students may focus in any one of these Areas. Courses are allocated to the Areas as follows:

I. Asian Religious Traditions
II. Biblical Studies
III. Religion and Culture
IV. Religion, Philosophy, and Politics
V. Western Religious Traditions
i) Judaism
ii) Christianity
iii) Islam

Programs

    Bachelor of Arts (Honours)Bachelor of ArtsMinor(s):