Department of Religious Studies

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http://www.religiousstudies.mcmaster.ca
Faculty as of January 15, 2024

CHAIR

Celia Rothenberg

PROFESSORS

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)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Ellen Amster/B.A. (Chicago), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Shayne Clarke/B.A., M.A. (Canterbury), Ph.D. (California-Los Angeles)
Dana Hollander/B.A. (Oberlin College), M.A., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
Zdravko Planinc/B.A., M.A. (York), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)
Celia Rothenberg/B.A. (Wellesley College), M.St. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Mark Rowe/B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
Hanna Tervanotko/B.A., M.A. (Helsinki), Ph.D. (Vienna), Th.D. (Helsinki)
Matthew Thiessen/B.R.S. (Tyndale), M.A. (Trinity Western), M.St. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Duke)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Philippa Carter/B.A. (Toronto), M.A., (McMaster), M.A. (Sheffield), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jeremy Cohen/B.A., M.A. (Concordia), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Meirav Jones/ B.A., M.A., PhD. (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Basit Iqbal/(Anthropology) B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)
Daniel Machiela/(Notre Dame) B.A. (Grand Valley State), M.A. (Jerusalem University College), Ph.D. (Notre Dame)
Dilyana Mincheva/(Communication Studies and Multimedia) B.A., M.A. (Sofia), Ph.D. (Trent)

Programs

• Combined Honours in Society, Culture & Religion and Another Subject (B.A.)
• Honours Society, Culture & Religion (B.A.)

• Society, Culture & Religion (B.A.)

• Minor in Asian Studies
• Minor in Health, Well-Being & Religion
• Minor in Religion & Diversity
• Minor in Society, Culture & Religion

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