Steven Engler

Steven Joseph Engler (born 1962) is a Canadian scholar of religion, specializing in the areas of religion in Brazil, science and religion, and theory of religion. He is currently a Religious Studies instructor at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Canada.

Professional activities

*Co-editor (with Michael Stausberg) of the journal [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622940/description#description Religion] .
*Co-editor (with [http://home.kpn.nl/stuck008/ Kocku von Stuckrad] , [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool/religion/faculty/facultypages/king.htm Richard King] and [http://www.ru.nl/aspx/get.aspx?xdl=/views/run/xdl/page&SitIdt=196&VarIdt=164&ItmIdt=646933 Gerard Wiegers] ) of the Numen Book Series, [http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=7405 Studies in the History of Religions] (Brill).
*Editor of the NAASR Book Series [http://www.equinoxpub.com/books/browse.asp?serid=38 Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion] (Equinox).
*Member of the editorial board of the Brazilian journals [http://www.pucsp.br/rever/ "Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever)"] and [http://pepsic.bvs-psi.org.br/revistas/ima/pedboard.htm#2 "Imaginário"] .
*Past Co-Chair (2001-2007) of the [http://www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/Program_Units/PUCS/Website/main.asp?PUNum=AARPU018 Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion] group of the [http://www.aarweb.org American Academy of Religion] .

Select bibliography

* Engler, S. 2008. “Religious Studies in Latin America.” (Chapter editor; author of introduction and of section on Brazil; with coauthors Anatilde Idoyaga Molina, Renée de la Torre, Pablo Barrera Rivera and Sylvia Marcos) In Gregory D. Alles, Ed. [http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=9780415397438&parent_id=&pc=/shopping_cart/search/search.asp?search%3Dreligious%2Bstudies%26sortBy%3D1%26pn%3D2 "Religious Studies: A Global View".] London and New York: Routledge. 269-300.
*--- 2008. “Science Fiction, Religion and Social Change.” In Lee Easton and Randy Schroeder, Eds. [http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/contents-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3230-1 "The Influence of Imagination: Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy as Agents of Change".] Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. 108-117.
*--- 2007. “ [http://www.pucsp.br/rever/rv2_2007/t_engler.htm Tipos de Criacionismos Cristãos] ” [Types of Christian Creationisms] . "Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever)" 6/2. 83-107.
*--- 2005. [http://www.degruyter.com/cont/fb/th/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110188752-1 "Historicizing “Tradition” in the Study of Religion"] . Religion and Society 43. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter. (Co-edited with Gregory P. Grieve, University of North Carolina)
*--- 2005. " [http://www.pucsp.br/rever/rv4_2005/t_engler.htm Two Problems with Constructionism in the Study of Religion] ". "Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever)" 5/4. 28-34.
*--- 2005. “ [http://www.brillonline.nl/public/discourse.html Discourse] ,” “Tradition,” and “Translation.” In Kocku von Stuckrad, Ed. "The Brill Dictionary of Religion". Leiden: Brill. 1: 516-519, 4:1907-1911, 4:1916-1920.
*--- 2004. “ [http://www.naasr.com/englerconstruction.pdf Constructionism vs. What?] ” "Religion" 34/4. 291-313.
* --- 2004. “ [http://www.pucsp.br/rever/rv4_2004/t_engler.htm Teoria da Religião Norte-americana] : Alguns Debates Recentes [Recent Debates in North American Theory of Religion] .” "Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever)" 4/4. 27-42.
* --- 2003. 2003. “ [http://www.naasr.com/englerbourdieu.pdf Modern Times] : Religion, Consecration, and the State in Bourdieu.” "Cultural Studies" 17/3&4. 445-467.
* --- 2003. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/num/2003/00000050/00000004/art00003?token=00621707b26c8a3266d6546592f653b672c57582a72612d58464340595c5f3b3b476728483f3c25452379607b403bd7d3a “‘Science’ vs. ‘Religion’ in Classical Ayurveda.”] "Numen" 50/4. 416-463.

External links

* [http://www.pucsp.br/rever/rv4_2005/index.html Theoretical Issues in the Study of Religion] - Special issue of the Brazilian on-line journal [http://www.pucsp.br/rever/ "Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever)"] on theory of religion, edited by S. Engler.