Dissertations by our graduates are available through Theses Canada and the University of Toronto library system. Most PhD Dissertations and Master’s theses completed since 2008 are also available on T-Space.
| Graduate Name and Thesis Defence Date | Thesis Title & Supervisor | Graduate's Current Role (If Known) | Graduate's Past Role(s) | |
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| Amin Mansouri (August 2022) |
Azīz-i Nasafī (fl. 7th/13th c.), Hierarchies, and Islamic Cosmopolitanism Supervisor: Shafique Virani |
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| Ariel Peckel (August 2022) |
Irreligious Naturalism in Hume, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein Supervisor: James DiCenso |
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| Suzanne van Geuns (August 2022) |
Seductive Methods: Sexual Success in the Computational Imagination Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
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| Brigidda Bell (August 2022) |
Signs of the Spirit(s): Credibility and the Discernment of Truth in Christian Prophets and other Ritual Experts of the Roman Empire Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
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| Kalpesh Bhatt (August 2022) |
The Internal Turn: Rethinking Autonomy through the Swaminarayan Hindu Tradition Supervisor: Srilata Raman |
Assistant Professor in Asian Religions at the University of Mary Washington | ||
| Judith Ellen Brunton (June 2022) |
Pandemonium of Hope: Oil, Aspiration, and the Good Life in Alberta Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University Weatherhead Center, Canada Program | ||
| Zoe Anthony (January 2022) |
Suffering Time: Nietzsche and the Generativity of Suffering Supervisor: James DiCenso |
Sessional Instructor at University of Toronto | ||
| Adil Mawani (December 2021) |
Devotion in Colonial Islam: Representations of Muḥammad in Urdu Sīra (1842 –1914) Co-supervisors: Walid Saleh and Ayesha Irani |
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| Maria Dasios (December 2021) |
Compound Natures, Cognate Medicines: Material Media and Christian Soul-Direction in Late Antique Anatolia Supervisor: Kyle Smith |
Sessional Instructor at University of Toronto | ||
| Khalidah Ali (December 2021) |
The Early Muslim Brotherhood: Tarbiyah as the Foundation of Hasan al-Banna’s Project of Islamic Revival and Reform Supervisor: Amira Mittermaier |
Postdoc and Lecturer at University of Toronto | ||
| Usmon Boron (November 2021) |
In the Shadow of Tradition: Soviet Secularism, Islamic Revival, and Skepticism in Kyrgyzstan Supervisor: Amira Mittermaier |
Postdoctoral fellow at UC-Berkeley | ||
| Jonathan Peterson (November 2021) |
Polemics and Power in Early Modern South Asia,1550-1700 Supervisor: Ajay Rao |
Postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University | ||
| Alexander O'Neill (November 2021) |
Pustaka Pūjā: A Study of Sūtra Worship in Mahāyāna Buddhism |
Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at SOAS | ||
| Delbar Khakzad (November 2021) |
Iranian Calendric Modernity |
Postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University | ||
| Patrick Stange (November 2021) |
Partakers in Paideia: Representations of Literacy in the Epigraphy of Christians in Central Asia Minor |
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| Nika Kuchuk (September 2021) |
Genealogies of Transnational Religion: Translation, Revelation, and Discursive Technologies in Two Female Gurus of Esoteric Vedanta |
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| Joud Al Korani (August 2021) |
Dubai Detours: Being Muslim after the Islamic Revival and Arab Spring |
Assistant Professor, Department of Islam Studies at Radboud University, Netherlands, and in January 2022 will also start a 6-month postdoctoral fellowship at the Orient-Institut in Beirut | ||
| David Belfon (August 2021) |
Jewish Geographies: Spatial Narratives of Orthodox Jewish Leavetakers in Toronto |
Post-doctoral fellowship at CJS UofT | ||
| Andrew Erlich (August 2021) |
Contextualizing Medicine and its Roles in Seventeenth-Century Tibet |
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| Sean Capener (July 2021) |
The Time That Belongs to God: The Christian Prohibition on Usury in the 12th-13th Centuries and the Making of the Subject of Debt |
Henry N.R. Jackman Junior Fellow in the Humanities at the Jackman Humanities Institute | ||
| Joel Richmond (June 2021) |
Al-Ghazālī’s Moral Psychology: From Self-Control to Self-Surrender |
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Brian Carwana |
Evangelicals, the Liberal State, and Canada’s Family Values Debates: The Struggle to Shape Selves |
Executive Director of Encounter World Religions https://religionsgeek.com | ||
| Meaghan Weatherdon (October 2020) |
The Rise of Nishiyuu: Walking the Land for Self-Determination |
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of San Diego | ||
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Sara Abdel-Latif |
Gendering Asceticism in Medieval Sufism |
Assistant Professor, McGill University | ||
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Rony Kozman |
Adam's Wisdom and Israel's Law: Natural Law in Early Judaism |
Assistant Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies, Samford University, Birmingham Alabama | ||
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Elizabeth Klaiber-Noble |
Book-Burning and the Banning of Books and Authors in England, 1526–1558: A Sixteenth-Century Fire-Library |
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| Gregory Fewster (December 2019) |
Forgers and Critics of the corpus Paulinum: Manuscripts and Critical Scholarship from Ancient Alexandria to the Republic of Letters and Beyond |
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Toronto | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Toronto | |
| Nathan Bonney (December 2019) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
A Figure of Rhetoric: Holiness, Hyperbole, and Embodied Subjectivity in the Later Writings of Emmanuel Levinas |
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| Ian Brown (November 2019) Christianity |
The Pepaideumenoi and Jesus: Ancient Education and Marginal Intellectuals in Paul’s Corinth and the Gospel of Thomas Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, University of Regina | ||
| Ashoor Yousif (November 2019) | Allah’s Caliph and Christ’s Apostle: The Early Abbasid Rulers in Syriac and Syro-Arabic Sources Supervisor: Amir Harrak |
Assistant Professor of Christian History and Director of the MTS Modular Program at Tyndale University |
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| Andrew Tebbut (November 2019) | The Divinity of Conscience: Forgiveness, Religion, and the Politics of Secularity in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit Supervisor: James DiCenso |
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics at the Institute for Christian Studies | ||
| Sean Hillman (August 2019) South Asian Studies; Religion and Medicine; Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
Religion, Medicine, Bioethics, and the Law in End-of-Life Care: South Asian Religious Adherent Perspectives Supervisor: Frances Garrett |
Clinical Ethicist at the Centre for Clinical Ethics at Lakeridge Health in Oshawa | ||
| Janina Sochaczewski (August 2019) Religion, Ethics, Modern Thought |
Sacred Trauma: Religion, Trauma Transmission, and the Attribution of Meaning in the Age of Totalitarianism Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
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| Marisa Franz (August 2019) Religion, Culture, Politics |
A Gathering of Names: On the Categories and Collections of Siberian Shamanic Materials in Late Imperial Russian Museum, 1880-1910 Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Clinical Assistant Professor of Museum Studies at New York University |
Faculty Fellow in Museum Studies at New York University | |
| Cole Sadler (June 2019) | The Aesthetic Versus Aesthetics: Emmanuel Levinas’ Critique of Mediation Supervisor: David Novak |
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| Tzemah Yoreh (June 2019) Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity |
A Compositional History of Ben Sira in the Context of the Transmission of Instruction Literature in the Ancient Mediterranean Supervisors: John Kloppenborg and Judith Newman |
Leader of the City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in New York | ||
| Christopher Cornthwaite (May 2019) Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity |
A Goddess in the Caravans and a Saviour in the Hulls: Worship and Migration in Athens, Delos, and Corinth Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Founder of Roostervane and co-founder of Think House. | ||
| Nigel Fernando (Jan 2019) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
Thomas Hobbes: The Kingdom of Darkness and the Critique of the Catholic Tradition Supervisor: James DiCenso |
Faculty at Brescia University College | ||
| Catherine Lemieux (Nov 2018) Anthropology |
Mastering the Body: From Experience to Discourse. Shamanic Healing in Urban Canada Supervisors: Kevin O'Neill and Gilles Bibeau |
French Science Editor and Translator, Ontario Science Centre | ||
| Rami Tanous (Sept 2018) Ancient Christianity and Early Islam |
Negotiating the Nativity in Late Antiquity: The Qur’ān’s Rereading of Mary’s Preparation for the Conception of Jesus Supervisor: Walid Saleh |
Visiting Scholar, Haifa University | ||
| Jessica Radin (July 2018) Judaism and Islam |
Excavating the Imagination: The Arabic Afterlife of Aristotle's Phantasia Supervisor: Kenneth Green |
Adjunct Professor at Ryerson University | Assistant Professor, Comparative Liberal Studies, Habib University | |
| Greg Beiles (June 2018) Judaism |
The Parent-Child Relationship as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning in Rosenzweig and Levinas Supervisors: David Novak and Robert Gibbs |
Head of School and Principal, The Toronto Heschel School; Director, The Lola Stein Institute | ||
| Shaftolu Gulamadov (April 2018) Islam |
The Hagiography of Nasir-i Khusraw and the Ismailis of Badakhshan Supervisor: Shafique Virani |
Postdoctoral Fellow in Historical Studies at University of Toronto, Mississauga | ||
| Arun Brahmbhatt (March 2018) South Asian Studies |
Scholastic Publics: Sanskrit Textual Practices in Gujarat, 1800-Present Supervisor: Ajay Rao |
Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions, Department of Religious Studies, St. Lawrence University | ||
| Luiz Felipe Ribeiro (September 2018) Ancient Christianity and Judaism |
"The Wearisome Spectacle of Immortal Sin": an Affect History of the Libidinisation of Desire in Mediterranean Antiquity Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Research Fellow, Ancient Studies Department, Stellenbosch University | ||
| Justin Stein (September 2017) Religion and Medicine |
Hawayo Takata and the Circulatory Development of Reiki in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Faculty Member, Asian Studies, Kwantlen Polytechnic University | ||
| Aldea Mulhern (September 2017) Islam |
Fit for Food: "Eating Jewishly" and the "Islamic Paradigm" as Emergent Religious Foodways in Toronto Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Faculty Member, Philosophy Department, University of California - Fresno | ||
| Jairan Gahan (September 2017) Islam |
Red-Light Tehran: Prostitution, Intimately Public Islam, and the Rule of the Sovereign, 1910-1980 Supervisor: Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi |
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta | ||
| T. Paul York (September 2017) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
Kant's Philosophy of Religion and Climate Change Supervisor: James DiCenso |
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| Dianna Roberts-Zauderer (August 2017) Jewish Studies |
'The Motive for Metaphor': Metaphor and Imagination in Moses ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides and Shem Tov ibn Falaquera Supervisor: Jill Ross |
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| Youcef Soufi (April 2017) Islam |
Pious Critique: Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī and the 11th Century Practice of Juristic Disputation (Munāẓara) Supervisor: Anver Emon |
Assistant Professor, Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia | ||
| Mourad Laabdi (April 2017) Islam |
The Other Averroes: Revealed Law and the Craft of Disagreement Supervisor: Walid Saleh |
Instructor, Religion, Carleton University | ||
| Jennifer Bright (January 2017) Buddhist Studies |
Women and Hormones in Tibetan Medical Literature Supervisor: Frances Garrett |
Spiritual and Religious Care Intern at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) | ||
| Sayeh Meisami (December 2016) Islam |
A Critical Analysis of Shīʿī Epistemology in Relation to Political Authority in the Works of Mullā Ṣadrā and Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī Supervisor: Shafique Virani |
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Dayton | ||
| Ian Richards (October 2016) Hinduism and South Asian Religions |
Poles Apart: Anti-Conversion Legislation in Post Independence India Supervisor: Arti Dhand |
Instructor, Religious Studies, King's University College, University of Western Ontario | ||
| Yaniv Feller (September 2016) Jewish Studies |
Dialogical Apologetics: Leo Baeck and the Task of Jewish Philosophy Supervisor: David Novak |
Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies and Religion, Wesleyan University | ||
| Tenzan Eaghll (August 2016) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
Jean-Luc Nancy and the Deconstruction of Christianity Supervisor: John Paul Ricco |
Lecturer, College of Religions Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand | ||
| Rebecca Bartel (June 2016) Religion, Culture, and Politics |
Card Carrying Christians: Credit, Debt, and Believing in Emerging Colombia Supervisor: Kevin O'Neill |
Assistant Professor in Religious Studies, San Diego State University | ||
| Bonnie de Bruijn (April 2016) Religion, Ethics, and Modern thought |
Julia Kristeva’s ‘Culture of Revolt’ and (Post) Modern Religious Subjectivity Supervisor: James DiCenso |
Writer, Gripped Publishing; Tutor, Quest University Canada | ||
| Nathalie LaCoste (March 2016) Judaism |
Waters of the Exodus: Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt Supervisor: Judith Newman |
Lecturer, Queens College, Memorial University of Newfoundland | ||
| Lindsay Macumber (February 2016) Judaism |
Understanding, Reconciliation, and Prevention: Rethinking Hannah Arendt’s Representation of the Holocaust as a Theodicy Supervisor: David Novak |
Part-time Instructor, Department of Religious Studies, St. Mary's University | Instructor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg | |
| Jade Weimer (December 2015) Christianity |
Musical Assemblies: How Early Christian Music Functioned as a Rhetorical Topos, a Mechanism of Recruitment, and a Fundamental Marker of an Emerging Christian Identity Co-supervisors: John Kloppenborg & Collen Shantz |
Fellow at St. John’s College, University of Manitoba; Instructor, University of Prince Edward Island | ||
| Amy Marie Fisher (September 2015) Early Christianity and Judaism |
Early Christianity and Judaism Celestial Topography: Mapping the Divine Realms in Antiquity Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Operations Coordinater, Health Data Coalition |
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| Amy Elizabeth Fisher (September 2015) Anthropology of Christianity |
'This Place Should (Not) Exist’: An Ethnography of Shelter Workers and the In-Between
Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Social Services Consultant, The Salvation Army in Canada | Director of Education, ALPHA Education; Sessional Lecturer, University of Toronto, Scarborough (Arts, Culture, and Media Department) | |
| Sarah Kleeb (August 2015) Religion, Ethics and Modern Thought |
Gustavo Gutiérrez’s Notion of Liberation and the Legacy of Marx’s Ruthless Criticism Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream | Acting Coordinator, English Language Development Support | Centre for Teaching and Learning | ||
| Usha Khosla (April 2015) Buddhist Studies |
Study of the Tathagatagarbha as True Self and the True Selves of the Brahmanic, Sāṅklorenhya and Jaina Traditions Supervisor: Christoph Emmrich |
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| Norman Tobias (April 2015) Judaism & Christianity |
Jules Isaac and the Roman Catholic Church: Advocate for Scriptural Truth Supervisor: David Novak |
Tobias Tax Professional Corporation | ||
| Syed Adnan Hussain (April 2015) Islam and South Asian Studies |
Negotiating Pakistan: A Genealogy of a Post-colonial Islamic State Supervisor: Mohammad Fadel |
Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Religious Studies, Saint Mary's University | ||
| Callie Callon (October 2014) Christianity |
Physiognomy as a Strategy of Persuasion in Early Christian Discourse Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Adjunct Instructor, Religious Studies, Queen's University at Kingston and Toronto School of Theology | ||
| Erin Vearncombe(September 2014) Christianity |
What Would Jesus Wear? Dress in the Synoptic Gospels Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Writing Integrated Teaching (WIT) at the University of Toronto | ||
| Ryan Stoner (September 2014) Judaism |
A Sacrifice of Time: Work, Worship and the Experience of Sabbath in Ancient Judaism Supervisor: Hindy Najman |
Medical Student, Oregon Health and Science University | ||
| David Kaden (September 2014) Christianity |
Law and Power: Matthew, Paul, and the Anthropology of Law Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Senior Minister, First Congregational Church of Ithaca, New York | ||
| Matthew William King (June 2014) Buddhist Studies |
Writing True Places in the Twilight of Empire and the Dawn of Revolution: The Buddhist Historiography of the Mongol Zawa Damdin Luwsandamdin (1867-1937) Supervisor: Frances Garrett |
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, University of California-Riverside | ||
| Simon Appolloni (April 2014) Christianity |
Convergent Knowing: Explorations of a Sustained – and ‘Sustainable’ – Theological Reflection on Science, Environment and Liberation Supervisor: Stephen Scharper |
Assistant Professor, School of the Environment, University of Toronto, and Associate Publishing Director at Novalis Publishing | ||
| Ronald Charles (February 2014) Christianity |
Paul and Diaspora Politics Supervisors: John Marshall and Terry Donaldson |
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto | ||
| Bryan Levman (January 2014) Buddhist Studies |
Linguistic Ambiguities, the Transmissional Process, and the Earliest Recoverable Language of Buddhism Supervisor: Christoph Emmrich |
Visiting Scholar, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto | ||
| Shari Golberg (September 2013) Judaism and Islam |
When Beruriah Met Aisha: Textual Intersections and Interactions among Jewish and Muslim Women Engaged with Religious Law Supervisor: Robert Gibbs |
Team Lead, Ontario Provincial Government. Legislative and regulatory policy for skilled trades and apprenticeship; anti-racism/equity | ||
| Jodie Boyer (September 2013) Christianity |
Sin and Sanity in Nineteenth-Century America Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Pastor, Erb Street Mennonite Church; Adjunct Professor, North Park Theological Seminary |
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| Timothy Michael James Langille (September 2013) Judaism |
Reshaping the Persistent Past: A Study of Collective Trauma and Memory in Second Temple Judaism Supervisor: Hindy Najman |
Lecturer, Religious Studies, Arizona State University | ||
| Rick Kenneth Last (September 2013) Christianity |
Money, Meals and Honour: The Economic and Honorific Organization of the Corinthian Ekklesia Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Assistant Professor in the Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program at Trent University | ||
| Smita Kothari (September 2013) Hinduism and South Asian Studies |
Dana and Dhyana in Jaina Yoga: A Case Study of Preksadhyana and the Terapanth Supervisors: Christoph Emmrich and Stephen Scharper |
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| Sarah Rollens (August 2013) Christianity |
Framing Social Criticism in the Jesus Movement: The Ideological Project in the Sayings Gospel Q Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Rhodes College |
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| Alexander Green (July 2013) Judaism |
Luck, Beneficence and Conflict in the Ethics of Levi Gersonides Supervisor: David Novak |
Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Jewish Thought, University of Buffalo | ||
| Paul Nahme (June 2013) Judaism |
From Critical to Prophetic Idealism: Ethics, Law and Religion in the Philosophy of Hermann Cohen Supervisor: David Novak |
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and Judaic Studies, Brown University | ||
| John Lorenc (April 2013) Medieval Christianity |
John of Freiberg and the Usury Prohibition in the Late Middle Ages: A Study in the Popularization of Medieval Canon Law Supervisor: Joseph Goering |
Director of Sales Operations, PointClickCare |
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| Jenn Cianca (January 2013) Christianity |
Sacred Ritual, Profane Space: The Roman House as Early Christian Meeting Place Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies, Bishop's University | ||
| Rebekka King (September 2012) Christianity |
The New Heretics: Popular Theology, Popular Christianity, and Protestant Language Ideologies Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Associate Professor of Religion, Department of Philosophy, Middle Tennessee State University | ||
| Edith Szanto (September 2012) Islam |
Following Sayyida Zaynab: Twelver Shi’ism in Contemporary Syria Supervisor: Amira Mittermaier |
Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Alabama | ||
| Nicholas Dion (September 2012) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
Spacing Freud: Space in the Psychoanalytic Critique of Religion Supervisors: James DiCenso and Marsha Hewitt |
Chief of Staff, Office of the President, Brock University | ||
| Ben Wood (August 2012) Buddhist Studies |
The Jeweled Fish Hook: Ecclesiastical Exemplarity in the Shalu Abbatial History Supervisor: Frances Garrett |
Instructor, Langara College, Vancouver BC | ||
| Barbara Greenberg (June 2012) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
Kleinian Reparation: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Residential School Apology in Canada Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
Research Assistant, University of Ottawa, for the Ontario Looking After Children Project | ||
| Eva Mroczek (May 2012) Judaism |
Psalms Unbound: Ancient Concepts of Textual Tradition in 11QPsalms and Related Texts Supervisor: Hindy Najman |
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of California-Davis | ||
| Jason McKinney (December 2011) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
On the Metapolitics of Decay: Walter Benjamin’s Will to Happiness Supervisor: James DiCenso |
Adjunct Professor, Toronto School of Theology Priest-Missioner to Parkdale, Anglican Diocese of Toronto |
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| Christina Reimer (October 2011) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
A Fountain Sealed: Virginity and the American Evangelical Family Supervisor: James DiCenso |
ACHIEVE Leadership Trainer | ||
| Kathleen Gibbons (September 2011) Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity |
Vice and Self-Examination in the Christian Desert Supervisor: Robert Sinkewicz |
Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies and Classics at Washington University in St. Louis | ||
| Keir Hammer (August 2011) Early Christianity |
Disambiguating Rebirth: A Socio-rhetorical Exploration of Rebirth Language in 1 Peter Supervisor: Peter Richardson |
Director, White Cross Canada, Taylor Seminary and College | ||
| Fei Lan (April 2011) Religion, Ethics, and Modern Thought |
Desire Viewed Through Ethical Optics: A Comparative Study of Dai Zehn and Levinas Supervisor: Vincent Tsing-song Shen |
Associate Professor of Religion, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mississippi |
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| Mona Tokarek LaFosse (November 2010) Early Christianity |
Age Matters: Age, Aging and Intergenerational Relationships in Early Christian Communities, with a Focus on 1 Timothy 5 Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Assistant Professor, Martin Luther University College | ||
| Alexander Damm (March 2010) Gospels |
Ancient Rhetoric and the Synoptic Problem Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Assistant Professor, Martin Luther University College | Instructor, Wilfrid Laurier University | |
| Karen Cheatham (February 2010) Medieval Christian History |
They Hasten toward Perfection: Virginal & Chaste Monks in the High Middle Ages Supervisor: Isabelle Cochelin |
Owner / Technical Writer and Marketing Writer, Nimble Ink in Bend, Oregon | ||
| Maithili Thayanithy (March 2010) South Asian Studies |
The Concept of Living Liberation in the Tirumantiram Supervisor: Chelva Kanaganayakam |
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| Arlene Macdonald (June 2009) Lived Religion and the Body in North America |
Resurrected Bodies: Individual Experiences and Collective Expressions of Organ Transplant in North America Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Humanities, University of Texas - Medical Branch | ||
| Lincoln Blumell (June 2009) Early Christianity |
Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, & Late Antique Oxyrhynchus Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Associate Professor, Department of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University |
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| Atif Khalil (May 2009) Islam |
Sufi Approaches to Tawba (‘Repentance’): From the Qur’an to Abu Talib alMakki Supervisor: Todd Lawson |
Faculty, Department of Religious Studies, University of Lethbridge |
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| Santiago Slabodsky (April 2009) Jewish Studies |
Emmanuel Levinas’ Barbarisms: Adventures of Talmudic Readings Traveling South Supervisor: Robert Gibbs |
Associate Professor of Religion, Hofstra University | ||
| Janna Rosales (April 2009) Religion, Ethics, and Critiques of Technology |
When the ‘Twilight of Justice’ Meets the Dawn of Nanotechnology: A Critique of Transhumanism and the Technological Imperative in the Light of George Grant’s Moral Philosophy Supervisor: Larry Schmidt |
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland | ||
| Jonathan Crane (April 2009) Jewish Studies |
Rhetoric of Modern Jewish Ethics Supervisors: Robert Gibbs and David Novak |
Raymond F. Schinzai Junior Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought, Center for Ethics, Emory University | ||
| Geraldine Fogarty (February 2009) Psychology of Religion |
Madness and Transformation in Early Irish Literature: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Supervisors: Ann Dooley and James DiCenso |
Professor of Religion, Emory College of Arts and Sciences ; Raymond F. Schinzai Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought, Center for Ethics, Emory University | Psychotherapist, Psychoanalyst | |
| Kerry Fast (November 2008) North American Religion |
“But what a strange commixture am I”: Borders of Self and Religion in the Making of Women’s Lives Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Co-chair of Editors Toronto; professional editor, writer, researcher |
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| Ken Derry (November 2008) Religion and Literature |
Uncomfortable Mirrors: Religion and Mimetic Violence in Contemporary Canadian Native Literature Supervisor: Chelva Kanaganayakam |
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto - Mississauga | ||
| Matthew LaGrone (July 2008) Modern Judaism and Christianity |
Between Fire and Ice: Studies in Jewish and Christian Centrism Supervisor: David Novak |
Assistant Program Head, Electives, University of Guelph-Humber | ||
| Siphiwe Dube (June 2008) Religion and Literature |
TRC of South Africa: A Dialectical Critique of its Core Concepts Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
Lecturer and Head of Political Studies Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Associate Professor, Religion, Carleton University | |
| Aisha Geissinger (May 2008) Islamic Studies |
Gendering the Classical Tradition of Quran Exegesis Supervisor: Sebastain Guenther |
Associate Professor, Religion, Carleton University |
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| Andre Maintenay (May 2008) Religion, Ethics and Environment |
Green Ethics and Green “Faith”: An Exploration of Environmental Ethics and Spirituality in a Technological Age Supervisors: Larry Schmidt and Stephen Scharper |
Professor, Liberal Studies, Humber College, Toronto |
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| Laurel Zwissler (May 2008) North American Religion |
Demonstrations of Faith: Religious and Political Identity among Feminist Political Activists in North America Supervisor: Pamela Klassen |
Associate Professor of Religion, Central Michigan University |
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| Michael Ostling (January 2008) Early Modern Religion |
Imagining Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland (Governor General’s Gold Medal) Supervisor: Jonathan Pearl |
Honorary Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, the University of Queensland, Australia | ||
| Sarah King (November 2007) Religion and the Environment |
Contested Place: Religion and Values in the Dispute, Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj, New Brunswick Supervisor: Ingrid Stefanovic |
Associate Professor, Liberal Studies Department, Grand Valley State University |
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| Jeffrey Sims (June 2007) Philosophy of Religion |
Hermeneutics and the Reconstitution of Universal Memory Supervisor: Graeme Nicholson |
Instructor, Vanier College | ||
| Elaine Myers (April 2007) Religion and Archaeology |
The Ituraeans: Challenging Misconceptions and Evaluating the Primary Sources Supervisor: Peter Richardson |
Passed away | ||
| David Lawrence Penner (March 2007) Religion, Ethics and Modern Thought |
Christian Existence and Failure Supervisor: Graeme Nicholson |
Contract and Sessional Faculty Department of Religious Studies |
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| Ruth Mas (September 2006) Islamic Religious Thought (Modern) |
Margins of Tawhid: Liberalism and the Discourse of Plurality in Contemporary Islam Supervisors: Charles Hirschkind and James DiCenso |
Associate Member, Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS), SOAS University of London | ||
| Henry Shiu (December 2005) Buddhism |
The Nonduality of Nonconceptual Wisdom and Conceptual Cognition: A study of the Tathagatagarbha Teaching in the Anunatvapurnatvanirdesa-parivarta Supervisor: Leonard Priestley |
Shi Wu De Professor in Chinese Buddhist Studies at Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology | ||
| William Wahl (December 2005) Philosophy of Religion |
Suffering Truth: Interpretation, Religion and Science in Nietzsche and Freud Supervisor: James DiCenso |
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| David Buyze (May 2005) Religion and Culture, Postcolonial Comparative Literatures |
The Aftertastes of Colonialism: Latin Americanism and Cultural Meaning Supervisor: Rosa Sarabia |
Lecturer, John Hopkins University; Associate Graduate Faculty, Texas Christian University |
Adjunct Faculty, University of Denver Adjunct Faculty, Manhattan College |
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| Aubrey Glazer (April 2005) Jewish Thought/Hebrew Hermeneutics |
Afterwords on (Re)birthing Redemption in Hebrew Hermeneutics Supervisor: Harry Fox |
Director of Panui; Senior Rabbi, Congregation Shaare Zion, Montreal | ||
| Tanja Juric (November 2004) Philosophy of Religion |
The Ethics of Ethical Subjectivity: Ethics and Aesthetics in the work of Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche and Theodor Adorno Supervisors: Graeme Nicholson and Amy Mullin-Cuthbert |
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, York University | ||
| Kenneth MacKendrick (October 2004) Philosophy of Religion |
Discourse, Desire and Fantasy: A Psychoanalytic and Philosophical Study of the Foundation of Jurgen Habermas’s Critical Social Theory Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
Associate Professor, Department of Religion, University of Manitoba | ||
| Zhonghu Yan (July 2004) Philosophy of Religion |
Self-Cultivation, Society and Metaphysics: an Existential Reading of the Analects Supervisor: Vincent Shen |
Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Hangzhou Normal University | Sessional Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto | |
| David Perley (June 2004) Philosophy of Religion |
Articulation and Mysticism in the Thought of William James (1842 – 1910) Supervisor: Graeme Nicholson |
Sessional Lecturer, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto | ||
| Mark Chapman (May 2004) Modern Canadian Religion & Society |
No Longer Crying in the Wilderness: Canadian Evangelical Organizations and their Networks Supervisor: John Simpson |
Associate Professor, Director of DMin Program, Tyndale Seminary | ||
| Christopher Helland (April 2004) Sociology of Religion |
Religion on the Internet: A Sociological Inquiry into Participation and Community Online Supervisor: John Simpson |
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University | ||
| Russell Martin (April 2004) Early Christianity |
Towards an Understanding of Local Autonomy in Judaea between 6 and 66 CE Supervisor: Peter Richardson |
Happily retired | ||
| Albert Wuaku (January 2004) South Asian Religions & Africa |
Tapping into Hindu Powers: The Local Factor in Shiva and Krishna Worship in Ghana Supervisor: Martin Klein |
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University | ||
| Mark Leuchter (May 2003) Religion in Ancient Israel |
Jeremiah, the First Jew Supervisor: Brian Peckham |
Professor, Director of Jewish Studies, Department of Religion, Temple University | ||
| Elizabeth Davies-Stofka (April 2003) Religion and Ethics |
Toward a jus in bello of Guerilla Warfare: A Case Study in Comparative Ethics Supervisor: Roger Hutchinson |
Program Chair, Liberal Studies and College Prep, Colorado Community Colleges Online | ||
| Peter Gilbert (March 2003) Modern Christian-Jewish Relations |
The Analysis of Antisemitism in the Theological, Historical and Sociological Criticism of James Parkes Supervisor: Alan Davies |
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| Adam Lehto (December 2002) Early Eastern Christianity |
Divine Law, Asceticism and Gender in Aphrahat’s Demonstrations, with a Complete Annotated Translation of the Text and Comprehensive Syriac Glossary Supervisor: Harry Fox |
Sessional Instructor, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga | ||
| Gillian McCann (December 2002) South Asian Religions |
A New Dharma for the Nation: The Toronto Theosophical Society and Albert Smythe 1891-1945 Supervisor: Naranda Wagle |
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts & science, Nipissing University | ||
| John David Scully (September 2002) Sociology of Religion |
Consent and Dissent on Evangelical Talk Radio Supervisor: John Simpson |
Professor, Algonquin College (Ottawa) | ||
| Eleanor Pontoriero (February 2002) Psychology and Philosophy of Religion |
On “Loving the Neighbour”: The Implications of Emmanuel Levinas’ Intensification of Ethics after the Shoah Supervisors: James DiCenso and Robert Gibbs |
Sessional Lecturer, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto | ||
| Anthony Chartrande-Burke (September 2001) Early Christianity |
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: The Text, Its Origins, and Its Transmission Supervisors: Robert Sinkewicz and Leif Vaage |
Associate Professor, Department of the Humanities, York University | ||
| Paulino Belamide (August 2001) Chinese Religions |
Self-Cultivation in Quanzhen Taoism with Special Reference to the Legacy of Qiu Chuji Supervisor: Julia Ching |
Priest, San Sebastian Parish, Phillipines | ||
| Amir Hussain (June 2001) Modern Islamic Religion |
The Canadian Face of Islam: Muslim Communities in Toronto Supervisor: Willard Oxtoby |
Professor, Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University | ||
| Dana Sawchuk (April 2001) Sociology of Religion, Christianity in Latin America |
The Costa Rican Catholic Church, Social Justice, and the Rights of Workers, 1979-1996 Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University | ||
| Catherine Ludvik (January 2001) South and East Asian Religions |
From Sarasvati to Benzaiten (Governor General’s Gold Medal) Supervisor: David Waterhouse |
Professor, Stanford University | ||
| Catherine Caufield (March 2000) Religion, Hermeneutics, and Literature |
Hermeneutics of Written Text: Religious Discourse in Mexican Literature Supervisor: Mario Valdes |
Sessional Instructor, Department of Literature and Language, Concordia University of Edmonton | ||
| Keith Haartman (December 1999) Psychoanalysis and Religion |
Watching and Praying: A Psychoanalytic View of Personality Change, 18th Century British Methodists Supervisor: Morris Eagle |
Psychotherapist | ||
| Tim Hegedus (December 1999) Early Christianity |
Graeco-Roman Religions Attitudes to Astrology in Early Christianity: A Study Based on Selected Sources Supervisor: Roger Beck |
Professor, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Wilfrid Laurier University | ||
| Michele Murray (December 1999) Early Christianity and Judaism |
“Playing a Jewish Game:” Gentile Christian Judaizing in the First and Second Centuries CE Supervisor: Peter Richardson |
Professor, Dean of Arts and Science, Bishop's University | ||
| Tak-Ling Terry Woo (December 1999) Women in Chinese Religions |
The Religious Values, Beliefs and Practices affecting the Lives of Women during the Reign of T’ang Ming-Huang Supervisor: Richard Guisso |
Faculty, York University | ||
| Phil Harland (July 1999) Early Christianity |
Claiming a Place in Polis and Empire: The Significance of Imperial Cults and Connections among Associations, Synagogues, and Christian Groups in Roman Asia Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Professor, Department of the Humanities, York University | ||
| James Diamond (June 1999) Medieval Jewish Philosophy |
Prooftext and Pretext: The Strategem of Biblical and Midrashic Citations in Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed Supervisor: David Novak |
Professor, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Waterloo | ||
| Husein Khimjee (April 1999) Islamic Religion |
The Legacy of the Early Twentieth-Century Khilafat Movement in India Supervisor: Willard Oxtoby |
Instructor, Laurier University | ||
| Bruce Power (April 1999) Ancient West Asian Religions |
Ancient Israel Iconographic Windows to Ezekiel’s World Supervisor: Brian Peckham |
Adjunct Faculty Member, Tyndale University College | Adjunct Professor, Booth University College |
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| Scott Brown (February 1999) Early Christianity |
The More Spiritual Gospel: Markan Literary Techniques in the Longer Gospel of Mark Supervisor: Leif E. Vaage |
Independent Scholar | ||
| Helen-May Eaton (August 1998) Religion and Women |
Latin American Christianity Speaking of Liberation: The Emancipatory Limits of Gustavo Gutierrez’s Liberation Theology for Latin American Women Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
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| Darlene Juschka (June 1998) Phenomenology of Religion, Religion and Feminism |
Feminist Encounters with Symbol, Myth, and Ritual: Mary Daly, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, and Rosemary Radford Reuther Supervisor: Roger Hutchinson |
Associate Professor, Coordinator, and Department Head, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Regina; Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of Regina | ||
| Becky R. Lee (June 1998) Late Medieval European Popular Religion |
“Women ben purifyid of her childeryn”: The Purification of Women After Childbirth in Medieval England (Nominated, Governor General’s Gold Medal) Supervisor: Joseph Goering |
Professor Emerita, York University | ||
| Ronald Polster (June 1998) Philosophy of Religion |
Evil and the Biblical Discourse of Lament Supervisor: Paul Gooch |
Executive Director, Holy Blossom Temple | ||
| Thomas Vettickal (January 1998) South Asian Religions |
Sarvodaya of Mahatma Gandhi: Realistic Utopia Supervisor: Joseph O’Connell |
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| William Arnal (October 1997) Early Christianity |
The Rhetoric of Deracination in Q: A Reassessment (Governor General’s Gold Medal) Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Professor and Department Head, Religious Studies, University of Regina | ||
| Bernadette McNary-Zak (September 1997) Christianity in Late Antiquity |
Ascetic Piety in Fourth Century Egypt: A Study of the Ascetical Letters of Bishops Supervisor: Timothy Barnes |
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Rhodes College | ||
| Bruce MacKay (February 1997) Religion of Ancient Israel |
Ethnicity and Israelite Religion: The Anthropology of Social Boundaries in Judges Supervisors: Ernest Clarke and Shuichi Nagata |
Faculty, School of Liberal Education, University of Lethbridge | ||
| William Smyth (January 1997) Religion and Literature |
Rudy Wiebe as Novelist: Witness and Critic, Without Apology Supervisor: Charles Lock |
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| Cheryl Nafziger-Leis (December 1996) Religion and Aesthetics |
Art … Even After Auschwitz: Adorno’s Critical Theory of Art, Religion and Ideology Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
Retired, Writer | ||
| Herbert Berg (October 1996) Islamic Religion |
The Use of Ibn ‘Abbas in Al-Tabari’s Tafsir and the Development of Exegesis in Early Islam Supervisor: Jane McAuliffe |
Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Carolina-Wilmington | ||
| Christopher Buck (June 1996) Comparative Religion |
Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in ‘Persian’ Christianity and the Baha’i Faith Supervisor: Willard Oxtoby |
Attorney & Independent Scholar | ||
| Alan Kirk (June 1996) Early Christianity |
The Structure of Q: Genre, Synchrony, and Sapiental Composition in the Synoptic Sayings Source Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religion, James Madison University | ||
| Young-Sik Yoo (February 1996) Christianity in East Asia |
The Impact of Canadian Missionaries in Korea: A Historical Survey of Early Canadian Mission Work, 1999-1898 Supervisor: Richard Guisso |
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| Alexander Marusich (January 1996) Sociology of Religion |
Religious Conversion: A Biogenetic Structuralist Model Supervisor: Michael Hammond |
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| Simon Young-Suk Moon (January 1996) Comparative Study of Religion |
A Case Study in Comparative Monasticism: Songgwang-Sa Son/Zen Buddhist Monastery, Korea and the Abbey of the Genesee, Cistercian Monastery, USA Supervisor: Peter Slater |
Professor Emeritus, Kangnam University | ||
| Philip Smith-Eivemark (January 1996) Philosophy of Religion and Mysticism |
Beyond Language: Mystics and the Language Trap Supervisor: David Turner |
English Language Instructor, Copyeditor | ||
| Renia Tyminski (December 1995) Religion and Feminist Theory |
Divinity, Transcendence and Female Subjectivity in the Works of Mary Daly Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt |
Language Training Director, Hallowell Gardens |
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| Jill J. Anderson (May 1995) Celtic Religion |
A History of Women in the Early Irish Church: The Hagiographical Evidence Supervisor: Harry Roe |
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| Russell McCutcheon (January 1995) Method and Theory of Religion |
Manufacturing Religion: The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia Supervisor: Neil McMullin |
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Religious Studies, University of Alabama | ||
| A. Ellen Goldberg (December 1994) South Asian Religions |
Ardhanarisvara: An Indian and Feminist Perspective Supervisor: Narendra Wagle |
Faculty, Queen's University | ||
| Debra J. Jensen (December 1994) Religion and Social Ethics |
Mysticism and Social Ethics: Feminist Reflections on Their Relationship in the Works of Evelyn Underhill, Simone Weil and Meister Eckhart Supervisor: Donald D. Evans |
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| Jinfen Yan (December 1994) Chinese Religions |
Utilitarianism in Chinese Thought Supervisor: Julia Ching |
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| Barbara J. Whitmer (October 1994) Religion and Ethics |
Beyond the Violence Mythos to the Interactive Organism: Remythologizing Violence, the Body, Trust, and Technology in Western Culture Supervisor: Roger Hutchinson |
Information Technology Field | ||
| Ann Baranowski (June 1994) Religion and Cognition |
Ritual Alone: Cognition and Meaning of Patterns in Time Supervisor: Donald Wiebe |
Instructor, Laurier University; Psychoanalyst |
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| Ronald Wallace (June 1994) Modern Western Christianity |
Inter-Faith Dialogue as a Method for the Scientific Study of Religion Supervisor: Willard Oxtoby |
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| Daniel McBride (April 1994) Ancient Egyptian Religions |
The Egyptian Foundations of Gnostic Thought Supervisor: D. B. Redford |
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| Stephanie K. Walker (May 1993) Religion and Literature |
This Woman in Particular: Contexts for the Biographical Image of Emily Carr Supervisor: Johan Aitken |
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| Willi Braun (January 1993) Early Christianity |
The Use of Mediterranean Banquet Traditions In Luke 14:1-24 Supervisor: John Kloppenborg |
Professor of Religious Studies, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta | ||
| Wayne H. Harter (January 1993) Philosophy of Religion |
Thomistic Ontology as Critical Enquiry into Religion Supervisor: Neil McMullin |
Faculty, St. Mary's College of California | ||
| Reena L. Zeidman (June 1992) Early Judaism |
A View of Celebrations in Early Judaism: Tosefta Avodah Zarah [Idolatry] Supervisor: Harry Fox |
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| Arthur McCalla (April 1992) Modern Western Christianity |
Expiation and Progress: Religion and Society in the Thought of Pierre-Simon Ballanche(Nominated, Governor General’s Gold Medal) Supervisor: C. Thomas McIntire |
Faculty, Mount St. Vincent University | ||
| Pashaura Singh (September 1991) South Asian Religions |
The Text and Meaning of the Adi Granth Supervisor: W. H. McLeod |
Professor and Department Chair, University of California - Riverside | ||
| Barry W. Henaut (March 1991) Early Christianity |
Oral Tradition Behind the Written Gospel Texts? Mark 4: 1-34 and the Problem of Orality Supervisor: H. O. Guenther |
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| Roman Garrison (December 1990) Early Christianity |
Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity Supervisor: Peter Richardson |
Ordained in the PCUSA and has served many churches as Minister; Taught religion courses at Westminister College, Buena Vista University and Thiel College | ||
| Edward Yong-Joong Chung (November 1990) East Asian Religions |
Neo-Confucian Understanding of Human Nature and Emotions: A Study of the Four-Seven Thesis in Two Korean Thinkers: Yi T’oegye and Yi Yulgok Supervisor: Julia Ching |
Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies Director, University of Prince Edward Island | ||
| Daniel H. Williams (November 1990) Early Christianity |
Nicene Christianity and its Opponents in Northern Italy: An Examination of Late 4th Century Anti-Arian Polemics and Politics with Particular Emphasis on the Early Career of Ambrose of Milan Supervisors: Timothy Barnes and Joanne McWilliam |
Professor, Baylor University | ||
| Joseph P. L’Abbé (October 1990) Modern Western Christianity |
Catholic Critics on Religious Art in France 1870-1920 Supervisor: Giorgio Scavizzi |
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| Lee D. Rainey (October 1990) Chinese Religions |
Life After Death: Some Early Confucian Views Supervisor: Julia Ching |
Passed Away | Associate Professor, Memorial University | |
| Kelley M. Spoerl (September 1990) Early Christianity |
A Study of the Kata Meros Pistis by Apollinarius of Laodicea Supervisor: Robert Sinkewicz |
Professor, Saint Anselm College | ||
| Michael Farris (May 1990) Early Christianity |
The Formative Interpretations of the Seventy Weeks of Daniel Supervisor: Stanley D. Walters |
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| Michael F. Stoeber (June 1990) Philosophy of Religion |
Evil and the Mystics’ God: Towards a Mystical Theodicy Supervisor: Donald D. Evans |
Professor of Theology & Director of Advanced Degrees, Regis College | ||
| John B. Roney (September 1989) Modern Western Christianity |
Jean Henri Merle D’Aubigné: Historian of Christianity in an Age of Revolution Supervisor: C. Thomas McIntire |
Professor, Sacred Heart University | ||
| Douglas A. Campbell (November 1989) Early Christianity |
The Rhetoric of Righteousness: An Analysis of Rom. 3:21-26 in Context Supervisor: Richard N. Longenecker |
Professor of New Testamnents, Duke Divinity School | ||
| John Valk (October 1989) Modern Western Christianity |
Religion and the Schools: The Struggle for Protestant Christian Education in Utrecht in the Nineteenth Century Supervisor: C. Thomas McIntire |
Professor, University of New Brunswick | ||
| James McLachlan (January 1989) Philosophy of Religion |
Existentialist Interpretations of the Desire to be God: Radical Freedom in Sartre and Berdyaev Supervisor: Donald D. Evans |
Professor, Western Carolina University | ||
| Michael Cuneo (June 1988) Modern Western Christianity |
Catholics Against the Church: Anti-Abortion Protest in Toronto, 1969-1985 Supervisor: Roger O’Toole |
Author; Professor (Retired), Sociology and Anthropology, Fordham University | ||
| Peter D. Gooch (June 1988) Early Christianity |
Food and the Limits of Community: 1 Corinthians 8:1 to 11:1 Supervisor: Peter Richardson |
Senior Director of Policy and Analysis, Council of Ontario Universities | ||
| Randi R. Warne (April 1988) Religion and Culture |
Literature as Pulpit: Narrative as a Vehicle for the Transmission and Transformation of Values in the Christian Social Activism of Nellie McClung Supervisor: Roger Hutchinson |
Professor, Religious Studies; Coordinator, Cultural Studies Program & Women and Gender Studies Program, Mount Saint Vincent University | ||
| Antonio Perez-Romero (February 1988) Early Modern Western Christianity |
Juan De Valdes and Sixteenth-Century Spanish Religious Thought as Expressed in the Religious Literature in Castilian Supervisor: J. I. Chicoy-Daban |
Associate Professor, Spanish, John Carroll University |
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| Michel Desjardins (June 1987) Christianity in Late Antiquity |
Sin in Valentinianism Supervisor: Heinze Guenther |
Retired; formerly Associate Dean, Research and Curriculum, Faculty of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University; and Professor, Department of Religion and Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University | ||
| P. Lyndon Reynolds (November 1986) Medieval Western Christianity |
God, Cosmos and Microcosm: Comparisons Between the Relation of God to the Cosmos and the Relation of the Soul to Man, From Greek Philosophy to the Thirteenth Century Supervisor: Walter Principe |
Professor, Emory University | ||
| Alan Kam-Leung Chan (December 1985) Chinese Religions |
Two Visions of the Way: A Study of Wang Pi’s and Ho-Shang Kung’s Commentaries on the Lao-Tzu Supervisor: Julia Ching |
Researcher & University Administrator, University of Winnipeg | ||
| Ronald G. Sawatsky (December 1985) Modern Western Christianity |
“Looking For That Blessed Hope”: The Roots of Fundamentalism in Canada, 1878-1914 Supervisor: John S. Moir |
Passed Away | ||
| Steven M. Wasserstrom (October 1985) Islamic Religion |
Species of Misbelief: A History of Muslim Heresiography of the Jews Supervisor: G. M. Wickens |
Moe and Izetta Tonkon Professor of Judaic Studies and Humanities, Department of Religion, Reed College | ||
| Jane D. McAuliffe (October 1984) Islamic Religion |
Perceptions of the Christians in Qur’anic Tafsir Supervisor: G. M. Wickens |
Senior Research Fellow, Georgetown University |
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| Marilyn F. Nefsky (September 1984) Japanese Religions |
Women and the Religious Character of Contemporary Japan Supervisor: Cyril Powles |
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Religion. University of Lethbridge | ||
| Donald Merriell (January 1984) Medieval Western Christianity |
The Image of the Trinity in Man According to St.Thomas Aquinas Supervisor: Walter Principe |
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| Herbert Basser (June 1983) Early Judaism |
Sifre Ha’azinu: Rabbinic Interpretations of the Song of Moses Supervisor: L. H. Silberman |
Professor Emeritus, Queen's University | ||
| James K. Hoffmeier (October 1982) Ancient Egyptian Religions |
‘Sacred’ in the Vocabulary of Ancient Egypt: The Term DSR, with Special Reference to Dynasties I-XX Supervisor: R. J. Williams |
Professor, Old Testament & Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School |