Steven Joseph Engler (born 1962) is a Canadian scholar of religion, Professor at Mount Royal University, Professor Colaborador in the Graduate Program in Ciêncas da Religião at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Brazil), and affiliate Professor in the Department of Religion at Concordia University. Engler is the co-editor of leading journals and book series in the field of religious studies. In his work, he has analyzed major publications of the field and the academic landscape of religious studies in Latin America. His research focuses on Christianity in Latin America, especially Brazil, and on related religions such as Kardecism and Umbanda. His work on theories of religion engages semantic holism, a philosophical position in the area of semantics.

Biography

Engler was born and raised in the interior of British Columbia. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of British Columbia in 1986; a Master of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1989; and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in religion from Concordia University in 1999. When he was 15 years old he travelled to Brazil as an exchange student.

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