I am delighted to welcome you to the DSR, one of the best and most comprehensive religion departments in the world, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our founding. Our community of professors and students fosters critical and creative thinking about religion’s role in the world around us.
The DSR’s award-winning faculty are leaders in their fields, grounding their teaching in interdisciplinary research excellence. Faculty and students study religion with diverse theoretical and methodological approaches—including philosophy, anthropology, text criticism, and history—spanning many traditions and over forty source languages. Our vibrant MA and PhD student community is at the heart of the DSR mission, as the next generation of researchers and teachers. Undergraduate students are flocking to our classes, eager to develop the critical tools to understand the significance of religion, past and present. DSR alumni are renowned scholars in universities and liberal arts colleges around the world; they are also leaders in areas such as education, communications, Indigenous engagement, and journalism.
Explore our website to find out more about what we do. We have many public anniversary events underway in 2025-26—all are welcome!
If you would like to learn more about the DSR, or would like to support our mission, please email chair.religion@utoronto.ca.