Religious Diversity in Kingston

A research project on the religious landscape of Kingston, Ontario

A Research Project based in the Department of Religious Studies at Queen's University

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

 Project Director:
 Dr William Closson James,
 Dept of Religious Studies,
 Queen's University,
 Kingston, ON K7L 3N6.

Email: bill.james@queensu.ca

Go to Prof. Bill James's
Curriculum Vitae

A TV Series broadcast in 24 episodes during 2004-05 on TVCogeco,

Kingston Cable Channel 13

A weekly half-hour series of televised interviews with men and women in Kingston about their spiritual journeys. Hosted by Bill James and co-produced by TVCogeco and the Department of Religious Studies at Queen's University.

Complete broadcast schedule and information about each interview

Mapping Kingston's Religious Landscape

This research project on RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN KINGSTON provides a total mapping of the religious landscape of Kingston, Ontario early in the 21st century.

• We have conducted more than 100 interviews with religious groups about their sites and activities in Kingston.  Photographs, factual information, television interviews and videotapes, audiotaped interviews, and site visits have been of the study.
• Through articles, conference papers, and a book now being completed a comprehensive picture of all facets of religion in Kingston is emerging.
• The ultimate aim is that through these forms of publication and communication the people of Kingston and the religious groups of the city—as well as the usual academic audience in Religious Studies—will be served.

"Exploring Kingston's Religious Diversity," Queen's Alumni Review, Issue 3, 2007, 567;

Hannah Dick's Paper on Religious Clubs at Queen's U, presented to the CSSR in May 2007;

Laurie Gashinski's Paper on RDK to the CSSR in May 2006;

The Challenges of Religious Pluralism in Kingston, Ontario, an article published in the Canadian Journal of Urban Research (2006);

Religious Diversity in Kingston, Ontario: 'Is There Any?', an article published in Our Diverse Cities (Summer 2006): 56-60.

DVDs of Interviews Available

DVD copies of the 24 interviews in the Profiles: People of Faith series are available for loan from the Stauffer Library at Queen's University.