School of Religion Faculty Publications
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Popular Journalism, Religious Morality, and the Canadian Imaginary: Queers and Immigrants as Threats to the Public Sphere
(Journal and Religion and Popular Culture, 2014)In Canada, opposition toward GLBQ identities and practices has been almost entirely religious in nature. On the other hand, antipathy toward "undesirable" immigrant profiles--ironically, often those perceived as homophobic ... -
South Korean Cort/Cor-tek Guitar Workers’ Action and the Politics of Digital International Solidarity Introduction
(Topia (Montreal), 2019-05)I play a Cort guitar. I inherited it from my mother when she gave up on learning campfire songs. When she gave it to me, she said she had been told that Corts were known for having impressive sound quality for a surprisingly ... -
Overload, Boredom, and the Aesthetics of Texting
(Routledge, 2019-12-12) -
The dance between artefact, commodity and fetish: a case study of Brendan Fernandes’ Lost Bodies
(Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 2017-05-02)In 2015, artist Brendan Fernandes was invited to interpret ‘African collections’ from the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Textile Museum of Canada. The result, Lost Bodies, critiques racist ideologies that justified ... -
Desiring, Departing, and Dying, Affectively Speaking: Epithymia in Philippians
(The Bible and Critical Theory, 2019)In a text that has caused no shortage of speculation and consternation, Paul links “desire” (epithymia) with “death” in writing of his “desire to depart and be with Christ” (Phil. 1:23). While “desire” has mostly negative ... -
For Boredom: A Conceptual Network of Cultural Objects
(Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry, 2020)