Scott McLaren
Graduate Faculty
Associate Librarian
Office: SC310L
Ext: 88892
Email: scottm@yorku.ca
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A cultural historian by training, Dr. McLaren is a faculty member in the graduate programs in Humanities and History at York University and an associate librarian in the Scott Library. He is lead editor of the Historical Papers of the Canadian Society of Church History and his work has appeared in the Cambridge History of the Bible, the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, and the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.
Dr. McLaren's current research interests lie mostly at the intersections of religion and print culture. He is also interested in the expression of religious values and themes in literature. Although these two agendas are distinct in focus and method, most of his published work is marked by a common preoccupation with religion and the nature of things: the human soul as a thing; literary representations of being and goodness; and, more recently, the relationship between religion and material culture. He is the author of Pulpit, Press, and Politics: Methodists and the Market for Books in Upper Canada (UTP, 2019). His most recent book is an edited collection titled The Bible in the Age of Empire: A Cultural History (Bloomsbury, 2024). Dr. McLaren will be on sabbatical from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
Degrees
PhD in Cultural History, University of TorontoMLS in Library Science, University of Toronto
BA in English and Classical Studies, University of Toronto
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesProfessional Leadership
Lead Editor, Historical Papers, Canadian Society of Church History, 2019 - present
Editorial Advisory Board, Mèmoires de livre / Studies in Book Culture, 2015 - present
President, Canadian Society of Church History, 2015-2016
Editorial Advisory Board, Bibliographical Society of Canada, 2013-2015
Chair, Publications Committee, Conference on Christianity and Literature, 2008-2009
Research Interests
- Stephen Botein Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society - 2013
- Lionel Basney Award, Conference on Christianity and Literature - 2006
A cultural historian by training, Dr. McLaren is a faculty member in the graduate programs in Humanities and History at York University and an associate librarian in the Scott Library. He is lead editor of the Historical Papers of the Canadian Society of Church History and his work has appeared in the Cambridge History of the Bible, the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, and the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.
Dr. McLaren's current research interests lie mostly at the intersections of religion and print culture. He is also interested in the expression of religious values and themes in literature. Although these two agendas are distinct in focus and method, most of his published work is marked by a common preoccupation with religion and the nature of things: the human soul as a thing; literary representations of being and goodness; and, more recently, the relationship between religion and material culture. He is the author of Pulpit, Press, and Politics: Methodists and the Market for Books in Upper Canada (UTP, 2019). His most recent book is an edited collection titled The Bible in the Age of Empire: A Cultural History (Bloomsbury, 2024). Dr. McLaren will be on sabbatical from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
Degrees
PhD in Cultural History, University of TorontoMLS in Library Science, University of Toronto
BA in English and Classical Studies, University of Toronto
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesProfessional Leadership
Lead Editor, Historical Papers, Canadian Society of Church History, 2019 - present
Editorial Advisory Board, Mèmoires de livre / Studies in Book Culture, 2015 - present
President, Canadian Society of Church History, 2015-2016
Editorial Advisory Board, Bibliographical Society of Canada, 2013-2015
Chair, Publications Committee, Conference on Christianity and Literature, 2008-2009
Research Interests
Awards
- Stephen Botein Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society - 2013
- Lionel Basney Award, Conference on Christianity and Literature - 2006
