Canadian Society for the Study of Religion
- AR-035
- Collectivité
- 1974-2004
The Canadian Society for the Study of Religion was founded in 1966. Its objectives are as follows: the society provides a meeting place for all who are involved in the academic study of religion, for example, anthropologists, historians, phenomenologists, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, theologians; the Society fosters an interdisciplinary discourse in order to arrive at a better, integrated understanding of religious phenomena; the Society encourages research in the development of the study of religion with particular reference to the Canadian scene and the Society promotes a critical examination of the goals, methods, and styles of teaching demanded by
the discipline. (Constitution adopted 1977) The business of the Society is transacted by an Executive Committee, composed of the following members: a) a President who shall be elected for a two-year term at the Annual General Meeting of the Society; b) a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Membership Secretary, each of whom shall be elected for a three-year term at the Annual General Meeting of the Society; c) a Past-President whose term shall be for two years; d) three members-at-large elected to a three-year term of office at the Annual General Meeting of the Society. Election of members-at-large will follow a pattern in which one member will be elected each year and one will retire.
Presidents of the Society have included: 2003-2004 Dr. Andre Couture (Universite Laval); 2000-2002 Randi R. Warne (Mount St. Vincent University); 1998-2000 Paul Bowlby (St. Mary' s University) ; 1996- 1998; William Closson James (Queen's); 1994- 1996 Morny Joy (University of Calgary); 1992-1994 Jacques Goulet (Mount St. Vincent University); 1990-1992 Martin
Rumscheidt (Atlantic School of Theology); 1988-1990 Monique Dumais (Universite de Quebec -Rimouski); 1986-1988 Bruce Alton (University of Toronto); 1984- 1986 Roger Lapointe (St. Paul’s University); 1982- 1984 Harold Coward (University of Calgary); 1980- 1 982 Jacques Langlais (Champlain College); 1978-1980 Peter Slater (Carleton); 1976- 1978 Louis Rousseau (UQAM); 1974- 1976 Cathleen Going (Thomas More Institute); 1971-1974 Charles Davis (Concordia); 1969-1971 Fr. Simon Davis (Laurentian); 1967- 1969 Eugene Combs (McMaster); 1966- 1967 M. Giroux (University of Ottawa).
(UQAM); 1974- 1976 Cathleen Going (Thomas More Institute); 1971-1974 Charles Davis (Concordia); 1969-1971 Fr. Simon Davis (Laurentian); 1967- 1969 Eugene Combs (McMaster); 1966- 1967 M. Giroux (University of Ottawa).