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Dr. André Gagné

André Gagné, PhD

  • Professor and Chair, Theological Studies

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Biography

Biography

André Gagné is Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Theological Studies. He has a conjoint PhD from l'Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) and l'Université de Montréal, a M.A. and B.Th. from l'Université de Montréal.


His teaching and scholarship focus on political theology, religion and violence, and the interpretation and reception of Scripture.


In 2023, Dr. Gagné was appointed as member of the National Expert Committee on Countering Radicalization to Violence with Public Safety Canada. He is also member of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (Concordia), a research associate with the Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religions (Université de Sherbrooke), and a member of the Political Theology Research Group (McGill, Concordia, Université de Montréal, and Université Laval).


Dr. Gagné has published 8 books, multiple academic articles (see his CV for details), and his work has been featured over 350 times in media outlets such as the New York TimesWashington PostHuffington PostThe GuardianThe Times Literary Supplement, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, The New Republic, Al-JazeeraGQ, Salon, Mother Jones, Montreal Gazette, Religion News Services, Religion Dispatches, Daily Kos, Le MondeLibérationFrance Inter, Les Grands reportages RFI, Médiapart, France Culture, Le FigaroParis MatchLe Parisien, Le DevoirLa PresseCTV W5, RDI 24/60, etc.

View André Gagné's CV

Video Interviews

Some recent Interviews



Teaching 2024-2025

Fall 2024

THEO 343/ POLI 389 - Religion and Politics

Winter 2025

THEO 655 - Christian Faith in Postmodern Context

Selected publications

Books (consult CV for the complete list of publications)

American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times. (Studies in Religion). Milton Park, Milton: UK, Routledge, 2024 [trans. by L. Shanahan].

Religion and Violence in Western Traditions. Selected Studies. (Studies in Religion). Milton Park, Milton: UK, Routledge, 2021 [co-ed. with J. Guyver and G. Oegema].

Ces évangéliques derrière Trump. Hégémonie, démonologie et fin du monde
. (Enquêtes 6). Genève, Labor et Fides, 2020.

The Gospel according to Thomas. Introduction, Translation and Commentary
. (Apocryphes 16). Turnhout, Brepols Publishers, 2019.

The Global Impact of Religious Violence. Eugene, OR., Wipf and Stock, 2016 [co-ed. with S. Loumakis and C. Miceli].

Constructing Religious Identities during the Second Temple Period / Construction des identités religieuses à l’époque de la période du Second Temple(Biblical Tools and Studies 24). Louvain, Peeters, 2016 [co-ed. with A. Gignac and G. Oegema].

En marge du canon: études sur les écrits apocryphes juifs et chrétiens(Coll. L’écriture de la Bible 2). Paris: Cerf, 2012 [co-ed. with J.-F. Racine].

Le Vivant qui fait vivre. Esprit, éthique et résurrection dans le Nouveau Testament(Sciences bibliques; études 22). Montréal: Médiaspaul, 2011 [co-ed. with A. Gignac and S. Paquette Lessard].

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