Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 324, 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8
416-798-4438
Ext
84438
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Areas of Interest
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Ancient Christian literature
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Mediterranean identity and race in antiquity
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Slaves in the Greek and Roman world
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Method and theory in the academic study of religion
Biography
Ronald Charles joined the Department for the Study of Religion at U of T in January 2022, coming from St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where he taught for seven years. Prior to that, he was a visiting Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami in Florida and a sessional at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. Charles obtained his PhD from the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. His academic interests are in early Christian literature, Second Temple Judaism, ancient slavery, and in Black diasporic religions.
Education
PhD, University of Toronto
MTS, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
MDiv, Toronto Baptist Seminary
BA, Université d'Etat d'Haiti