![]() She is passionate about finding ways to engage in honest and constructive interfaith dialogue, accounting for both agreements and disagreements between different religious traditions, communities and individuals. She is further interested in how these connections can be understood and explored in an interreligious context. Her other interests include the intersections between soteriology, ethics and theories of justice. She also has four years of experience as a Scriptural Reasoning (SR) facilitator. In her thesis, she explores the connection between Origen and Ibn Taymiyya’s (potentially) universalist ideas on salvation and how to place it within their overall theological ethics of punishment and rehabilitation. She is currently working on her dissertation, which is a comparative study of salvation in the work of Origen of Alexandria and Ahmed Ibn Taymiyya. Įsther Reiser (she/her) is a PhD candidate at Emmanuel College. Bachelor of Arts, 2012, Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University. “George Pidgeon and United Church Evangelism in the 1930s,” Toronto Journal of Theology 12/2, 1996: 213-221.ĮMP2731 Ministry of Governance and Administration Esther Reiser Scott, the Church and the Call for Social Reconstruction,” in Airhart, Legge and Redcliffe, eds., Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World: Essays in Honour of Roger C. ![]() “The United Church and the Second World War,” in Don Schweitzer, ed., The United Church of Canada: a History. In recent years, he’s been exploring the dynamics of mainline Protestant decline in North America, the ways Canada’s churches are working to renew themselves, and the new models of governance that faith communities are developing. His research has focused on the social gospel tradition in Canada, and on the history of the United Church. In addition to his work as a Sessional Lecturer at Emmanuel, he has taught at the University of Winnipeg, served several congregations in Manitoba and Ontario, and supported the work of various Toronto-area churches as Presbytery staff. in the History of Christianity and is an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada. David is excited about teaching that draws out the full range of expertise and experience within a group of learners and about sharing the journey of discovery with others.ĭavid is teaching “Leading Congregations through Conflict and Change” (EMP 1021 HS) Ian Manson Matthew’s United Church in Richmond Hill. He is a contributor to Broadview Magazine and a member of the Canadian Society for Church History. David has taught Modern Canadian History and has published articles in Touchstone, Historical Papers and the Journal of World Christianity. His research interests include historical intercultural encounters with and within the United Church and its predecessors. His soon-to-be-published book entitled Water from Dragon’s Well: The History of a Korean-Canadian Church Relationship (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022) covers the story of the Canadian church’s early mission to Korea and the resulting influence of Korean Christian leadership upon the United Church of Canada. PhD University of Saskatchewan Contact: Kim-Cragg received his PhD in history from the University of Saskatchewan with a major in Modern East Asian history and two minors in Indigenous and Canadian history. In her spare time, Jenny likes to take long hikes and play outside with her family. Jenny’s spiritual community is the Toronto Buddhist Church where she serves as a member of the executive board of directors. Bright’s research interests include spiritually-integrated psychotherapy, spiritual health and moral distress, and Buddhist spiritual care. ![]() Bright works as a spiritual care clinician in the Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and teaches courses on Buddhism and psychotherapy at Emmanuel College in the Master of Pastoral Studies program and in the Buddhism, Psychology, and Mental Health minor at the University of Toronto. She has a PhD in the Study of Religion (Tibetan Buddhism and medicine) with a Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health from the University of Toronto. Muslim Philanthropy in a Canadian Context SymposiumĬontact: Bright is a registered psychotherapist (qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and an Associate Member of the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care (CASC/ACSS). ![]() Committee on Asian/North American Asian Theologies (CANAAT).Continuing Education Events and Courses.The Centre for Religion and Its Contexts.Vision, Mission, Values & Strategic Plan. ![]()
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