McGill Podcasts » Religious Studies

In this panel discussion from Oct. 2013, McGill professor emeritus Charles Taylor and Université de Montréal's Daniel Turp consider Quebec's controversial Charter of Values and the role of religion in secular societies.

McGill's Faculty of Religious Studies welcomes renowned journalist and author Mr. Lawrence Scanlan to share insights from his latest book related to volunteering and philanthropy: A Year of Living Generously.

This lecture was part of the 2010 CREOR Lecture Series, of the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel.

This lecture was part of the 2010 CREOR Lecture Series, of the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel.

This lecture was part of the 2010 CREOR Lecture Series, of the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel.

This lecture was part of the 2010 CREOR Lecture Series, of the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel.

This lecture was part of the 2010 CREOR Lecture Series, of the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel.

This lecture was part of the 2010 CREOR Lecture Series, of the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel.

This lecture is the first of the CREOR Lecture Series, of the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel.

This second talk of the 2010 Birks Lecture Series, from the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel. This year’s featured speaker, Professor Jan Assmann, is a distinguished scholar of cultural memory and Egyptology.

This first talk of the 2010 Birks Lecture Series, from the Faculty of Religious Studies, and was held in the Birks Heritage Chapel. This year’s featured speaker, Professor Jan Assmann, is a distinguished scholar of cultural memory and Egyptology.

Reverend Canon Sally Bingham gives a religious perspective on global warming and climate change. This lecture was presented by the Faculty of Religious Studies and the McGill School of Environment.

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and recent winner of the prestigious Templton and Kyoto prizes. His address offers a succinct summary of the Commission of Inquiry he co-chaired with Gérard Bouchard concerning ‘reasonable accommodation' of religious and cultural diversity in the Province of Quebec.

Daniel Cere is Assistant Professor of Religious Ethics and plays an important role in the new ‘Religion and Globalisation' programme in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill. In his contribution to the series Dr Cere explores the relation between ‘Religion and rights in the public sphere'.

Preston Manning is a former Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and the founder and current President of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy based in Calgary. In his lecture ‘Legitimating the expression of faith in the public square' Mr Manning argues that preservation of Canada's centuries-old cultural heritage entails a healthy respect for the [...]

Lori Beaman holds the distinguished Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion at the University of Ottawa. In her lecture titled ‘Limits on religious freedom' Professor Beaman explores the boundaries of religious freedom and asks to what extent should our public institutions protect religious expression and at what cost?

Douglas Farrow is Professor of Christian Thought in the Faculty of Religious Studies and Director of the recent project on ‘Religion, Pluralism, and Public Policy' at McGill. His lecture ‘Ethics and religious culture: why the fuss?' explores the interface between religious dialogue and public discourse in Canada on matters of ethical concern.

Oliver O'Donovan, sometime Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford, is currently Professor of Christian Ethics and Fellow of New College at the University of Edinburgh. His lecture, second in the series on Religion and the Public Sphere, was also the endowed ‘Birks Lecture' for 2009. His contribution is titled ‘Who can [...]

Margaret Somerville is Samuel Gale Professor of Law and Director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics, & Law and is known as an international leader in the discussion of complex ethical questions surrounding both the legal and ethical aspects of medicine. Her lecture addresses the question ‘Is religion a ‘pink slip'in the public square?'

Society’s rich mixture of religions presents countless opportunities to encounter and explore human culture, history and thought. In Canada and around the world, modern life requires us to consider how people and societies both make and express religious meaning. In this Classes Without Quizzes lecture, Dean Ellen Aitken (Faculty of Religious Studies) looks at religious [...]