Steven Engler

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. Provided by Wikipedia