Darren Dias
Biographic Data
| ID | 9627445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Darren Dias |
| GIVEN NAMES | Darren |
| FAMILY NAME | Dias |
| SIGNATURE | DIAS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Colonizing Salvation
This article argues that if the Canadian state forced “civilization” on Indigenous Peoples, Churches involved in the colonial policy of the state offered “salvation” through various strategies. Through the use of an important cultural artefact and narratives of residential school survivors, this article explores some of these strategies. The result of this exploration reveals the deep entanglements between modernity and Christianity, and the natu…
Shaping Curriculum
This essay explores interreligious education at the Toronto School of Theology (TST) through a survey of some recent programs and curricular offerings, ecclesial commitments, sociological trends, and developments in scholarship. These contextual realities continue to shape theological education at TST especially as they relate to cultural texturality and post-coloniality. The article demonstrates that interreligious engagement, as much as it has …
A Province of Their Own
This article explores the growth of the Canadian province of the friars of the Order of Preachers in the midst of major shifts in the social-political reality and in the church through the leadership of one of the first Canadian friars, Dominique-Ceslas Gonthier. In his own unique and particular way he is implicated in, and sheds light on, significant social and ecclesial issues: the Manitoba schools question; the growth of the ultramontane churc…
Interreligious Dialogue as Language Negotiation
This article expresses suspicion over theories and theologies of dialogue that slip too easily into explanations of dialogue as neutral information exchange between dialogue partners. Such an understanding ignores evolving historical developments in dialogues as well as the history of colonialism that shapes relationships between Christians and other religious believers. The article establishes that Christians are living a new and complicated mom…
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A Province of Their Own
This article explores the growth of the Canadian province of the friars of the Order of Preachers in the midst of major shifts in the social-political reality and in the church through the leadership of one of the first Canadian friars, Dominique-Ceslas Gonthier. In his own unique and particular way he is implicated in, and sheds light on, significant social and ecclesial issues: the Manitoba schools question; the growth of the ultramontane churc…
Interreligious Dialogue as Language Negotiation
This article expresses suspicion over theories and theologies of dialogue that slip too easily into explanations of dialogue as neutral information exchange between dialogue partners. Such an understanding ignores evolving historical developments in dialogues as well as the history of colonialism that shapes relationships between Christians and other religious believers. The article establishes that Christians are living a new and complicated mom…
Shaping Curriculum
This essay explores interreligious education at the Toronto School of Theology (TST) through a survey of some recent programs and curricular offerings, ecclesial commitments, sociological trends, and developments in scholarship. These contextual realities continue to shape theological education at TST especially as they relate to cultural texturality and post-coloniality. The article demonstrates that interreligious engagement, as much as it has …
Colonizing Salvation
This article argues that if the Canadian state forced “civilization” on Indigenous Peoples, Churches involved in the colonial policy of the state offered “salvation” through various strategies. Through the use of an important cultural artefact and narratives of residential school survivors, this article explores some of these strategies. The result of this exploration reveals the deep entanglements between modernity and Christianity, and the natu…
Philosophy (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · Christian Theology and Mission (1 work)