Brian Gobbett PhD

Adjunct Professor of History

Department: School of Graduate Studies, MAIH;

Area of Expertise: North American intellectual and religious, Aboriginal issues, science and religion

Education: B.A. (British Columbia); M.A.., Ph.D. (Alberta).

Selected publications

• Introducing Canada: An Annotated Bibliography of Canadian History in English. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998. Magill Bibliographic Series. With Bob Irwin. xvi + 392 pp. Recipient of a 1999 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.
• "Inevitable Revolution and Methodism in Early Industrial England: Revisiting the
  Historiography of the Halvy Thesis," Fides et Historia 29, no. 3 (Winter/Spring 1997): 28-43.
• "The Response of the Church of England to Economic and Demographic Change: the Diocese of Chester, 1818-1851," Past Imperfect 3 (1994): 73-94.

Notable accomplishments and experiences

• 2002-2005, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology Award. This grant will fund a three year programme entitled, Toward a Healing Path: Theological Education and First Nations Issues. ($26,900 US)
• 2000-2001, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Science and Religion Course Program Award, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA Funded by the John Templeton Foundation. ($10,000 US)