The Canadian Theological Society (CTS) is a

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and s ...

founded in 1955 to promote the study of

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

. The society is a member of the

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

(CCSR) and the

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (french: Fédération canadienne des sciences humaines), also known as the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, is a member-based organization and the national voice for r ...

(CFHSS). As a member of the CCSR, the Canadian Theological Society sponsors ''

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses ''Studies in Religion/'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in English and French in the field of theology. The editors-in-chief are Alain Bouchard () and Patricia Dold ( Memorial University of Newfoundland). It wa ...

'', a bilingual journal that addresses a wide range of topics in religious studies and theology. It also supports and contributes to the book series published by the CCSR. The society meets annually at the Canadian Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences, which is sponsored by the CFHSS.

Presidents

* 1955–1957: James S. Thomson * 1957–1958: Eugene Fairweather * 1958–1959: David Hay * 1959–1960: Alistair McKinnon * 1960–1961: Russell Aldwinckle * 1961–1962: David Hay * 1962–1963: William Fennell * 1963–1964: Joseph McLelland * 1964–1965:

Eric Jay Eric George Jay (1 March 1907 – 7 February 1989) was a British Anglican priest, academic and author. Jay was educated at the University of Leeds and the College of the Resurrection; and ordained in 1931. After a Curate, curacy in Stockport he ...

* 1965–1966: George Johnston * 1966–1967:

Gregory Baum Gerhard Albert Baum (June 20, 1923 – October 18, 2017), better known as Gregory Baum, was a German-born Canadian priest and theologian in the Catholic Church. He became known in North America and Europe in the 1960s for his work on ecumenism, ...

* 1967–1968: Ronald Reeve * 1968–1969: John Hoffman * 1969–1970: David Demson * 1970–1971: Walter Principe * 1971–1972: Kenneth Hamilton * 1972–1973: Martin Rumscheidt * 1973–1974: David Lochhead * 1974–1975: Frederick Crowe * 1975–1976: Arne Siirala * 1976–1977: Dale Stover * 1977–1978: Charles Paris * 1978–1979: Norman King * 1979–1980:

Wilfred Cantwell Smith Wilfred Cantwell Smith (July 21, 1916 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian Islamicist, comparative religion scholar, and Presbyterian minister. He was the founder of the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Quebec and later th ...

* 1980–1981: Joanne McWilliam Dewart * 1981–1982: Kenneth Hamilton * 1982–1983:

Donald Evans Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) is an American businessman. He was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed by his longtime friend George W. Bush and sworn into office on January 20, 2001. On November 9, 2004, the White House ...

* 1983–1984: Mac Watts * 1984–1985: Donna Geernaert * 1985–1986: Abrahim Khan * 1986–1987: Elizabeth Bellefontaine * 1987–1988: Ray Whitehead * 1988–1989: James Horne * 1989–1990: Ellen Leonard * 1990–1991:

Jay Newman Jay Newman (February 28, 1948 – June 17, 2007) was a philosopher and Professor at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. Biography Newman was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Lou Newman and his wife, Kitty. He received his B.A. f ...

* 1991–1992: Pamela Dickey Young * 1992–1993:

James Olthuis James Herman Olthuis (born 1938) is an interdisciplinary scholar in ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical theology, as well as a theorist and practitioner of psychotherapy of a kind he calls "relational psychotherapy". Life Olthuis studied und ...

* 1993–1994: Peter Slater * 1994–1995: Doris Dyke * 1995–1996: Mary Schaefer * 1996–1997: Marilyn Legge * 1997–1998: Harold Wells * 1998–1999: George Schner * 1999–2000: Anne Marie Dalton * 2000–2001: Douglas Harink * 2001–2002: Cynthia Crysdale * 2002–2003: Eric Beresford * 2003–2004: Brenda Appleby * 2004–2005: Don Schweitzer * 2005–2006: Heather Eaton * 2006–2007: John Franklin * 2007–2008: Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd * 2008–2009: Michael Bourgeois * 2009–2010: Alyda Faber * 2010–2011: Lee Cormie * 2011–2012: Kathleen Skerrett * 2012–2013: Doris Kieser * 2013–2014: Allen Jorgenson * 2014–2015: Robert Fennell * 2015–2016: Cristina Vanin * 2016–2017: Jeremy Bergen * 2017–2018: Timothy Harvie * 2018–2019: Catherine MacLean * 2019–2021:

William Sweet William Sweet (born 1955) is a Canadians, Canadian philosopher, and a past president of the Canadian Philosophical Association and of the Canadian Theological Society. Biography Sweet was born in St. Albert, Alberta, St. Albert near Edmonton, ...

* 2021–2022: Jane Barter * 2022–2023: Darren Dias

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