Concordia University (Canada)

Alumnus, Religion

part-time lecturer

Thesis Title: Secrecy and the social construction of heresy in Medieval Languedoc

About

I'm a recent graduate of the department of Religion at Concordia University. My doctoral thesis work uses the sociology of religion to examine the use of secrecy in religious conflict. In the face of credulous and uncritical representations of the conflict in medieval Languedoc, my thesis focuses in on how secrecy and suspicion warp our perceptions of the 13th century war in Languedoc, the development of the Church's inquisitorial process, and the transformation of the religion of the lands around Toulouse in the 12th and 13th centuries.   

My broader interests include social construction theory, minority religious identity and practice, etc... Generally, any issues that bring together the sociology of information and the creation of religious identities.

My thesis work is focused on the historical situation in medieval Languedoc ( the conflict between the Good Christians and the Church), but my other interests have led me into examination of the representations of modern evangelical Christians on the topic of conversion/mission (specifically Joel's Army & the New Apostolic Reformation), and analysis of the representations of folk belief in my native province, Quebec (specifically in the works of Honore Beaugrand).

I am currently looking for a full-time teaching position.