Featured faculty projects
Learn more about the research projects and scholarship from our faculty in Theological Studies.
Christine Jamieson
Watch a video of Christine Jamieson's talk hosted jointly by the Department of Theological Studies and the Multi-faith and spirituality centre, where she explores the relationship between ethics, as dynamic activity, and the Seven Sacred Teachings (or the Seven Grandfather Teachings).
Christine Jamieson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theological Studies. She is a member of the Boothroyd First Nation, part of the Nlaka’pamux Nation in the Fraser Canyon in B.C. She has taught courses in ethics for over 25 years and Indigenous Spirituality for over ten years. She has published extensively in ethics related to bioethics and Indigenous themes.
André Gagné
Featured publication:
American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times. (Studies in Religion). Milton Park, Milton: UK, Routledge, 2024 [trans. by L. Shanahan].
This book introduces the American Evangelical movement and the role it played in the support of Donald Trump. Specifically, it focuses on the Neocharismatic-Pentecostal (NCP) leaders, their beliefs, and their political strategies. The author examines why 81% of white evangelicals voted for Trump in 2016, and why he still received between 76% and 81% of their vote in 2020 despite losing the presidency. Additionally, the book discusses how NCP leaders are part of the Christian Right, a religious coalition with a political agenda centred on controversial issues such as anti-abortion activism, opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, and the protection of religious freedom.
Lucian Turcescu
Featured publication:
Churches, Memory and Justice in Post-communism Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 [co-editor Lavinia Stan].
This edited volume:
- Explains how civil society (groups such as religious denominations) contributes to transitional justice efforts to address and redress past dictatorial repression
- Ascertains the impact of state-led reckoning programs on religious communities and their members
- Renews the focus on the factors that determine the adoption (or rejection) of efforts to reckon with past human rights abuses in post-communism
