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About Sarah Pinnock

Sarah K. Pinnock is Professor of contemporary religious thought. She received a B.Sc. in biology from the University of Toronto, a B.A. and M.A. in Religious Studies from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and an M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Yale University in philosophy of religion. In 1997-98 she held a DAAD (German Academic Exchange) doctoral fellowship in Hamburg at the Faculty of Protestant Theology. She joined the Trinity faculty in fall 2000. In 2006-07, she won a Fulbright award to hold a visiting professorship at the Faculty of Theology of Latvia University in Riga. She was appointed Religion Department Chair in 2012.

Positions

Present Professor, Religion, Trinity University ‐ Department of Religion
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Honors and Awards

  • Fulbright Fellowship (full year), Latvia University, 2006-2007
  • Junior Scholar Award, American Academy of Religion, Southwest Region, 2003
  • Gretchen C. Northrup Faculty Fellowship, 2000-2003
  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship
  • Yale Dissertation Fellowship
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellowship
  • Yale University Fellowship (Full Tuition and Stipend)
  • A. Bartlett Giamatti Fellowship
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship
  • McMaster Graduate Scholarship
  • Centennial Entrance Scholarship for Graduate Study
  • Dr. Harry Lyman Hooker Scholarship
  • Kathleen Mary Johnston Memorial Prize in Religious Studies
  • Gilmour Memorial Prize, Faculty of Social Sciences
  • University Womens Club of Hamilton Scholarship
  • Deans Honor List

Courses

  • FYE 1600 Great Books of the Western World: HUMA
  • RELI 4394 Approaches to the Study of Religion
  • RELI 3315 The Holocaust: Jewish and Christian Responses
  • RELI 3301 Gender and Religion
  • RELI 3303 Death and Beyond
  • RELI 1320 Ethical Issues in Religious Perspective
  • RELI 1310 Contemporary Religious Thought

Education

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1999 PhD, Yale University ‐ Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion
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1997 - 1998 DAAD Fellowship, University of Hamburg ‐ Theology
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1996 M.Philosophy, Yale University ‐ Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion
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1994 MA, Yale University ‐ Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion
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1992 MA, McMaster University ‐ Religious Studies: Western Religious Thought
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1990 BA, McMaster University ‐ Religious Studies: Western Religious Thought
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1989 BS, Trinity College, University of Toronto ‐ Human Biology
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Books (3)

Articles (10)