Skip to main content

Universal Navigation

U of T
Quercus
ACORN
Feeling Distressed?

Universal Navigation2

DSR SHAREPOINT >

Main menu

Home
About Us
Undergraduate
Graduate
People
- Directories
  Academic Administrators
  
  Faculty
  
  Postdoctoral Fellows
  
  Graduate Students
  
  Staff
News & Events
Alumni & Friends
Contact Us
Donate

Search form

Search

Home
About Us
Undergraduate
Graduate
People
- Directories
News & Events
Alumni & Friends
Contact Us
Donate

Important Link

Faculty Directory
Graduate Courses
Undergraduate Courses

Home
Faculty

Faculty

Futures for the Study of Religion: The Toronto-Tübingen Workshop

June 20, 2025

← Back to June 2025 Newsletter Contents

book cover Unforgivable, author Kevin Lewis O&#039;Neill

Kevin Lewis O’Neill’s new book on the Church’s systematic concealment of sexual abuse

May 29, 2025

← Back to June 2025 Newsletter Contents

Simon Coleman inducted as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

November 15, 2024

← Back to 2024 December Roundup Newsletter Contents

In conversation with Rory Lindsay about his new book, Saving the Dead

June 03, 2024

← Back to Spring 2024 Newsletter Contents

Spotlight on J. Barton Scott's project "The Piercing Virtue: Isherwood’s Guru in Adorno’s Los Angeles"

January 12, 2024

J. Barton Scott (Ph.D. Religion, Duke University, 2009) is Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion (St George) and the Department of Historical Studies (UTM).

J. Barton Scott and book cover of Slandering the Sacred

Slandering the Sacred – Can Secular Law Prevent Religious Insult?

June 15, 2023

J. Barton Scott is a scholar of modern South Asian religions – modern Hinduism in particular – with interests in colonialism, postcolonial theory, and the history of secularism.

Cult of the Dead book cover, and author Kyle Smith

Bloody persuasion, persecution and plague protection

November 04, 2022

We sat down with DSR associate professor and director of the History of Religions program at UTM Kyle Smith to talk about his new book,

The skeletons in Halloween's closet

October 19, 2022

Every October 31, when the pumpkins and black cats emerge, we hear that Halloween owes its origins to Samhain, the old Celtic harvest holiday when the veil separating the living and dead thins enough to be permeable.

Affiliate faculty member Ken Derry wins U of T's highest teaching honour

June 29, 2022

Joy, playfulness and inclusivity – these are the qualities UTM's Ken Derry strives to bring to the classroom and to his collaboration with colleagues, and it’s an approach that has earned the historical studies professor t

"What is happiness? Do you even want to be happy?" Fundamental questions from Kevin O'Neill

April 06, 2022

Kevin O'Neill's “Happiness” course couldn't be timelier in today's unsettled world.

What is happiness? Are you happy? Do you even want to be happy?

Pages

1
2
3
4
5
6

Footer Main-Menu

Home
About Us
Undergraduate
Graduate
People
News & Events
Alumni & Friends
Contact Us
Donate

Footer Secondary Menu

DSR Sharepoint
Webmail
Maps
A-Z Directory
U of T Contacts

U of T
Quercus
ACORN
Feeling Distressed?

Contact Us

Department for the Study of Religion
Jackman Humanities Building
170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8(Map)
416-978-0877
Email Us

Find Us On...

Footer Accessibility Menu

Accessibility Policy
Privacy Policy

2025 Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto

Username *

Password *

Request new password