Dr. André Gagné
André Gagné, PhD
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- Professor and Chair, Theological Studies
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Supervised programs: Theological Studies (MA), Individualized Program (PhD)
Research areas: Christian Political Thought, Neocharismatic-Pentecostalism, Spiritual Warfare, Prophecy, Reception of the Bible
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Biography
Biography
André Gagné is Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Theological Studies. He has a conjoint PhD from l'Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) and l'Université de Montréal, a M.A. and B.Th. from l'Université de Montréal.
His teaching and scholarship focus on Christian Political Thought, Neocharismatic-Pentecostalism, Spiritual Warfare, Prophecy and the Reception of the Bible. For research updates, visit Dr. Gagné's Substack, YouTube channel, and/ or Bluesky account.
Dr. Gagné is a member of the National Expert Committee on Countering Radicalization to Violence with Public Safety Canada. He is also member of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (Concordia), a research associate with the Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religions (Université de Sherbrooke), and a member of the Political Theology Research Group (McGill, Concordia, Université de Montréal, and Université Laval).
Professor Gagné has published 8 books, multiple academic articles (see his CV for details), and his work has been featured over 350 times in media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, The New Republic, Al-Jazeera, GQ, Salon, Mother Jones, Montreal Gazette, Religion News Services, Religion Dispatches, Daily Kos, Le Monde, Libération, France Inter, Les Grands reportages RFI, Médiapart, France Culture, Le Figaro, Paris Match, Le Parisien, Le Devoir, La Presse, CTV W5, RDI 24/60, etc.
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Teaching 2024-2025
Fall 2024
THEO 343/ POLI 389 - Religion and Politics
Winter 2025
THEO 655 - Christian Faith in Postmodern Context
Selected publications
Books (consult CV for the complete list of publications)
Ces évangéliques derrière Trump. Hégémonie, démonologie et fin du monde. (Enquêtes 6). Genève, Labor et Fides, 2020.
The Gospel according to Thomas. Introduction, Translation and Commentary. (Apocryphes 16). Turnhout, Brepols Publishers, 2019.
The Global Impact of Religious Violence. Eugene, OR., Wipf and Stock, 2016 [co-ed. with S. Loumakis and C. Miceli].
Constructing Religious Identities during the Second Temple Period / Construction des identités religieuses à l’époque de la période du Second Temple. (Biblical Tools and Studies 24). Louvain, Peeters, 2016 [co-ed. with A. Gignac and G. Oegema].
En marge du canon: études sur les écrits apocryphes juifs et chrétiens. (Coll. L’écriture de la Bible 2). Paris: Cerf, 2012 [co-ed. with J.-F. Racine].
Le Vivant qui fait vivre. Esprit, éthique et résurrection dans le Nouveau Testament. (Sciences bibliques; études 22). Montréal: Médiaspaul, 2011 [co-ed. with A. Gignac and S. Paquette Lessard].