McMaster University Department of Religious Studies

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Information on departmental events and classes will be posted here. Please note that this account is not monitored 24/7 and we will not reply to direct messages nor provide student advising through our page. If you are a current or prospective student, or have a general interest in our department and programs, please email [email protected].

This May, Elaine Michalicka (BA 2024) completed the Master of Divinity, with a focus on counselling and spiritual care, ...
06/03/2026

This May, Elaine Michalicka (BA 2024) completed the Master of Divinity, with a focus on counselling and spiritual care, at McMaster Divinity College. She plans on working in chaplaincy within the Catholic District School Board.

Congratulations to PhD student Pema Sherpa, on being awarded a prestigious Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertatio...
06/02/2026

Congratulations to PhD student Pema Sherpa, on being awarded a prestigious Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Buddhist Studies! Pema was one of eight doctoral students worldwide and the only one based in Canada to receive this fellowship. Click on the following link for more information about Pema’s research project, being conducted under the supervision of Shayne Clarke:
https://www.acls.org/fellows-grantees/?_fellow_year=2026&_fellow_program=412.

Today is the final day of the CSBS annual meeting in beautiful Sackville, New Brunswick! And it's a big day for McMaster...
05/30/2026

Today is the final day of the CSBS annual meeting in beautiful Sackville, New Brunswick! And it's a big day for McMaster presenters…

Dr. Hanna Tervanotko presents “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, the birds of the air, and they will tell you” (Job 12:7): Bird Divination in Ancient Jewish Texts.”

Matthew Walsh (Acadia University, McMaster PhD 2016) presents “Context and Combinations: Daniel 7:13–14 in the Synoptic Gospels.”

Ken Penner (St. Francis Xavier University, McMaster PhD 2006) presents “Canadian Social Activists Inspired by the Bible.”

Rob Jones (Penn State University, McMaster PhD 2020) presents “Becoming Nonhuman: Revelation 13 and the Transhuman Apocalypse in Evangelical Christianity.”

And PhD student Eduardo Folster-Eli presents “The God of This Age: Nonhuman Agency in Comparative Perspective within the Ancient World.”

The annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies continues today in beautiful Sackville, New Brunswick! To...
05/29/2026

The annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies continues today in beautiful Sackville, New Brunswick! Today, PhD student John Ottuh presents “Reading 1 Samuel 28 in Ancient Jewish and African Medium Contexts.”

The annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies will take place at Mount Allison University and numerous ...
05/28/2026

The annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies will take place at Mount Allison University and numerous current and former members of McMaster's Religious Studies Department will be presenting.

Today, Michael Johnson ( PhD 2019) presents “Just How ‘Hodayot-like’ is 1QS 9–11? A Generic Reassessment of the ‘Maskil Hymn’ in 1QS” and Robert Revington (MA 2018) presents “Which Books and Scholars Have Been the Most Influential in Contemporary Canadian Biblical Studies?: Analyzing the Results of a 2024 Survey."

Happy 60th Anniversary to Us!We are all set and ready to celebrate with current and former graduate students and faculty...
05/23/2026

Happy 60th Anniversary to Us!
We are all set and ready to celebrate with current and former graduate students and faculty!

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McMaster University's Graduate Program in Religious Studies turns 60 and we are looking forward to celebrating with so m...
05/22/2026

McMaster University's Graduate Program in Religious Studies turns 60 and we are looking forward to celebrating with so many former and current members of the department tomorrow!

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