Douglas E. Cowan

The Reverend
Douglas E. Cowan
Born
Douglas Edward Cowan

(1958-08-14) 14 August 1958
Canada
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
ChurchUnited Church of Canada
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis"Bearing False Witness"[1] (1999)
Doctoral advisorIrving Hexham
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-disciplineSociology of religion
Institutions
Main interests
Websiteartsweb.uwaterloo.ca/~decowan

Douglas Edward Cowan (born 14 August 1958) is a Canadian academic in religious studies and the sociology of religion and currently holds a teaching position at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.[2] Prior to this appointment he was Assistant Professor of Sociology & Religious Studies at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.[3]

Education and career

Cowan was born in Canada and received his undergraduate education at the University of Victoria where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. He then proceeded to theological studies and received a Master of Divinity degree from St. Andrews Theological College. His doctoral work, which involved an examination of the Christian countercult movement through the prism of the sociology of knowledge and propaganda theory, was undertaken through the University of Calgary.[3]

While Cowan currently describes himself as a methodological agnostic, he was ordained to the Christian ministry in the United Church of Canada, and held pastoral positions during his doctoral studies. After graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1999 Cowan received a joint appointment in the Department of Sociology/CJC and the UMKC Center for Religious Studies.[3] During 2005 he relocated from the US to his current teaching post at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Bibliography

  • Haddon, Jeffrey K. (1 November 2000). Cowan, Douglas E. (ed.). Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises (1st ed.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: JAI. ISBN 978-0762305353.[4][5]
  • Cowan, Douglas E. (30 November 2003). The Remnant Spirit: Conservative Reform in Mainline Protestantism. Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Praeger. ISBN 978-0275974497.[6][7]
  • Cowan, Douglas E. (30 May 2003). Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult. Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Praeger. ISBN 978-0275974596.[8]
  • Dawson, Lorne L.; Cowan, Douglas E., eds. (22 July 2004). Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415970228.[9]
  • Cowan, Douglas E. (18 November 2004). Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415969116.[10][11]
  • Cowan, Douglas E.; Bromley, David G. (24 September 2007). Cults and New Religions: A Brief History. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405161282.[12]
  • Cowan, Douglas E. (1 October 2008). Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen. Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press. ISBN 978-1602580183.[13]
  • Sacred Space: The Quest for Transcendence in Science Fiction Film and Television (2010). Waco,: Baylor UP[14][15][16]
  • America’s Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King. (2018) New York University Press.[17][18][19]
  • Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture (2019)[20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cowan, Douglas Edward (1999). 'Bearing False Witness': Propaganda, Reality-maintenance, and Christian Anticult Apologetics (PDF) (PhD thesis). Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary. ISBN 978-0-612-38462-0. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ Cowan, Douglas E. "Staff Page". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Cowan, Douglas E. "curriculum vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012.
  4. ^ Clark, Lynn Schofield (2002). "Review of Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises". Sociology of Religion. 63 (4): 540–541. doi:10.2307/3712307. ISSN 1069-4404.
  5. ^ Beckford, James A. (2003). "Review of Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises". Archives de sciences sociales des religions. 48 (124): 98–99. ISSN 0335-5985.
  6. ^ Johnson, Benton (2004). "Review of The Remnant Spirit: Conservative Reform in Mainline Protestantism". Contemporary Sociology. 33 (6): 688–689. ISSN 0094-3061.
  7. ^ Purves, Andrew (2005). "Review of The Remnant Spirit: Conservative Reform in Mainline Protestantism". The Journal of Presbyterian History. 83 (1): 92–93. ISSN 1521-9216.
  8. ^ Ashcraft, W. Michael (2010). "Review of Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 13 (3): 128–131. doi:10.1525/nr.2010.13.3.128. ISSN 1092-6690.
  9. ^ Flory, Richard (2005). "Review of Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44 (3): 364–365. ISSN 0021-8294.
  10. ^ Berger, Helen A. (2005). "Review of Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44 (3): 365–366. ISSN 0021-8294.
  11. ^ Ellwood, Robert (2006). "Review of Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 9 (3): 119–120. doi:10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.119. ISSN 1092-6690.
  12. ^ Chryssides, George D.; Cowan, Douglas E. (2009). "Review of Cults and New Religions: A Brief History, Douglas E. Cowan and David G. Bromley". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 12 (4): 134–135. doi:10.1525/nr.2009.12.4.134. ISSN 1092-6690.
  13. ^ Lambert, Mark (2010). "Review of Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 13 (4): 126–127. doi:10.1525/nr.2010.13.4.126. ISSN 1092-6690.
  14. ^ Kavetsky, Jennifer (2011). Cowan, Douglas E (ed.). "Religion and SF". Science Fiction Studies. 38 (2): 346–348. doi:10.5621/sciefictstud.38.2.0346. ISSN 0091-7729.
  15. ^ Fuist, Todd (2011). "Review of SACRED SPACE: THE QUEST FOR TRANSCENDENCE IN SCIENCE FICTION FILM AND TELEVISION". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 50 (3): 633–635. ISSN 0021-8294.
  16. ^ Ashcraft, W. Michael (2012). "Review of Sacred Space: The Quest for Transcendence in Science Fiction Film and Television". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 16 (1): 127–128. doi:10.1525/nr.2012.16.1.127. ISSN 1092-6690.
  17. ^ Laycock, Joseph P. (2019). "Review of America's Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 22 (4): 129–131. ISSN 1092-6690.
  18. ^ Jones, Darryl (2019). "Review of America's Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King". Religion & Literature. 51 (2): 141–144. ISSN 0888-3769.
  19. ^ Anderson, James Arthur (2020). "Review of America's Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 31 (1 (107)): 104–106. ISSN 0897-0521.
  20. ^ Klassen, Chris (2019). "Review of Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 87 (3): 918–920. ISSN 0002-7189.
  21. ^ Laycock, Joseph P. (2019). "Review of Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 23 (2): 121–123. ISSN 1092-6690.
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