Religious Studies

Date of Posting:                       January 30, 2017 

Title of Position:                       Contract Lecturer to teach: 

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3501 YDE:  Special Topics:  Religion and Film

Course Description:  Religious Studies 3501 YDE: This course will look at the religious dimension of films from two perspectives:  1) the representational, in which the film represents a theme or principle from a specific religious tradition (Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, for example); and 2) the cultural, in which the film shows how there is a religious dimension in all of life’s experiences.  The narrative nature of religion, the search for deeper meaning in life, the relationship between science and religion, the quandary of good and evil, suffering and joy, the incarnation of awe, wonder and imagination, will be explored in an attempt to discover what Mircea Eliade calls “heirophanies” - disclosures of the transcendent and sacred in everyday life."

Credit Weight:              1.0 FCE

Prerequisite(s): None

Starting Date:               May 1, 2017

Applications Should Include: Applicants should submit the following in a single PDF file:  A letter of application and a curriculum vitae which should include the following information:  (a) academic qualifications; and (b) evidence of ability to perform the various duties of the position; and (c) teaching evaluations, if available.

The successful candidate will be responsible to the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities on academic matters and to the Director of the Office of Continuing Education and Distributed Learning on budgetary and administrative matters.

Apply by email to: ssh@lakeheadu.ca (Please include “Religious Studies’’ in header line)

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Lakehead University

955 Oliver Road

THUNDER BAY, ON   P7B 5E1 

Application Deadline:   Friday, February 17, 2017

Lakehead University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons and persons with disabilities. We appreciate your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.

This position is subject to final budgetary approval.