About Me

It wasn’t until I studied other religions that I realized I had a body—or, at least, that bodies matter religiously. My Christian upbringing gave me the impression that my soul and my beliefs were all that counted. Encountering Hindu traditions in a university course introduced me to smells and chants, gestures and bright Goddesses. My religious imagination caught fire. Now I teach and write so that others can imagine themselves in relation to larger religious worlds, in which particularities of embodiment—gender, sexuality, race, ability, and culture—matter.

My scholarship creates new inroads into traditional doctrines through collaboration with other scholars (Comparing Faithfully: Insights for Systematic Theological Reflection) and award-winning works of comparative theology (Dualities: A Theology of Difference; Tastes of the Divine: Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion). My latest research project, Body Parts: A Theological Anthropology, is inspired by non-dual Saiva views of the body to integrate neglected dimensions of human being into a Christian theological anthropology.

As Professor of Theology and Past Principal at Emmanuel College in Toronto, I help to train a generation of leaders who approach religious diversity, gender, race, and disability with curiosity and respect. I invite you to explore the ideas I've shared here. 

If you are a graduate student interested in working with me for a PhD in comparative theology or religious pluralism, please check out the graduate programs at the Toronto School of Theology.