Love and the World's Religions
Unitarian congregation, Winnetka, Illinois We explored the role of love in some of the world's major religious traditions.
American Exceptionalism
The Meeting House, Oakville - Hosted by Sheridan Probus Club. While religion has declined massively in almost all Western countries, the...
Panel on Alums Outside Academia - University of Toronto
University of Toronto on "Alums Outside Academia." Brian was part of a panel that explored how PhDs find work outside of academia that...
Forum on Workplace Inclusion - 2023 Conference
Session: Exploring Religious Literacy and Inclusion. A full day session that combined religious literacy training for professionals with...
A Boat, A Buddha, and Big Lessons from My Trip Abroad
Brian had a wonderful opportunity to travel to Egypt, the Gulf States and Southeast Asia visiting mosques, Buddhist temples and other...
Rastafari - Probus Club of Stouffville
We will explored the often misunderstood tradition of Rastafari and its roots in Black power and Biblical messianism.
Policing and Religious Literacy
Halton Police Services Religiously motivated hate crimes have driven a surge in hate crime stats in recent years. Religiously illiteracy...
From Jerusalem to Rome
How did a Jewish movement led by a Jewish man with only Jewish followers quite quickly become a movement of non-Jews? In this lecture,...
Exploring the World's Religions
Over 5 weeks, we explored four major religions (Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism) and opened the series with our most popular talk...
Santa Muerte and the Day of the Dead
We explored what some scholars call ""the fastest growing religion in the Americas,"" the devotion to Santa Muerte or Saint Death. We...
