Date of CV Revision: March 2021 ALISON HARI-SINGH CURRICULUM VITAE ADJUNCT FACULTY OF DIVINITY, TRINITY COLLEGE TORONTO SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
I. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Personal
The Rev. Alison Hari-Singh 73 Henry Lane Terrace Toronto, ON M5A 4B7 (647) 918-6113 [email protected]
Education
PhD (Theology) / ABD / University of St. Michael’s College
Dissertation: Modernity, Ecclesiology, and the Nation-State: Oliver O’Donovan, William Cavanaugh, and the Locus of the Political (director: Ephraim Radner)
MRel (Theology) / 1994 / Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
Thesis: The Priority of Ethics? A Critical Analysis of the Relationship between Doctrine and Ethics in the Theology of James Wm. McClendon, Jr. (supervisor: Joseph Mangina)
Hons. BSc (Psychology, Sociology) / 1998 / University of Toronto
Professional Appointments
Adjunct Lecturer (Theology) / Trinity College, Toronto School of Theology / 2020-present
Honorary Assistant / Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Toronto / 2020-present
Administrator, Doctor of Ministry Program / Toronto School of Theology / 2013-21
Assistant Curate / Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Toronto / 2019-20
Interim Chaplain / The Bishop Strachan School, Toronto / 2018
Assistant Curate / Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto / 2018
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Teaching Assistant (Doctor of Ministry Program) / Toronto School of Theology / 2012-18
Pastoral Associate / Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto / 2011-18
Assistant to the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program / Toronto School of Theology / 2007-13
Teaching Assistant (Theology) / Wycliffe College, Toronto School of Theology / 2004-10
Assistant Chaplain / Graduate Christian Fellowship, University of Toronto / 2001-02
II. PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY WORK
Presentations
“Pruning the Vine and Anti-Racism: A Reading of John 15:5-9,” online panel presentation on Anti-Racism and Christian Unity, convened by the Toronto School of Theology Roundtable, January 21, 2021.
“Overcoming the Myth of the Model Minority: Anti-Black Racism in the South Asian Community,” online paper presentation, convened by Black Anglicans of Canada, August 26, 2020.
“Thinking Ecclesiologically about Two TRC Recommendations: Toward an Anglican Retrieval,” paper presentation, Canadian Theological Society annual meeting, Ryerson University, May 29, 2017.
“Sadhu Sundar Singh as Archetypal Indian Christian: Toward a South Asian Theology of Scripture for the Canadian Churches,” paper presentation, Canadian Theological Society annual meeting, Wilfred Laurier University, May 29, 2012.
“Beyond Trans-Modernity: The Reclamation of Transcendence,” panel presentation, American Academy of Religion annual meeting, Atlanta, October 31, 2010.
“Narrative over Criticism: Reading the Bible as a Non-White Person in Canada,” panel presentation, American Academy of Religion annual meeting, Montreal, November 9, 2009.
Response to Christopher R. J. Holmes’s “Wholly Human and Wholly Divine, Humiliated and Exalted: Explorations in Bonhoeffer’s Christology,” paper presentation, Canadian Theological Society annual meeting, York University, May 30, 2006.
Research Endeavours
Theology and Critical Race Theory Theologies of Church and State Divine Providence and Establishment Religion
Research Awards
C. Douglas Jay Scholarship / Toronto School of Theology / 2007
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North American Doctoral Fellowship / The Fund for Theological Education / 2006-09
Alumni Fellowship / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2003-06
New Testament Greek Prize / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2003
Systematic Theology Prize / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2003
Marjorie Watson Powles Award / Toronto School of Theology / 2002
W. J. Thomson Prize for an Essay on the Reformation / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2001
Publications
Book
Reading In-Between: How Minoritized Cultural Communities Interpret the Bible in Canada, edited with Néstor Medina and HyeRan Kim-Cragg (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2019).
Book Chapter
“Bhakti, Sadhu Sundar Singh, and the Art of Reading Scripture: An Indian Approach to Reading the Bible in Canada,” in Reading In-Between: Biblical Interpretation in Canada, edited by Néstor Medina, Alison Hari-Singh, and HyeRan Kim-Cragg (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2019).
Book Reviews
Review of Desiring a Better Country: Forays in Political Theology (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015), by Douglas Farrow, Toronto Journal of Theology 32/2 (2016): 404-405.
Review of The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), by Thomas O’Loughlin, Toronto Journal of Theology 31/2 (2015): 279-280.
Review of The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012), by Daniel M. Bell, Jr., Toronto Journal of Theology 29/2 (2013): 461-462.
Review of Christianity and Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), by Luke Bretherton, Journal of Anglican Studies 9/1 (2010): 121-123.
Review of Power and Christian Theology (New York: Continuum, 2006), by Stephen Sykes, Toronto Journal of Theology 26/1 (2010): 132-133.
Review of The Trial of the Witnesses: The Rise and Decline of Postliberal Theology (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006), by Paul J. DeHart, Toronto Journal of Theology 24/2 (2008): 316-317.
Review of Conversing with Barth (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004), edited by John C. McDowell and Mike Higton, Toronto Journal of Theology 22/1 (2006): 107-108. 4
Other Publications
“New Wineskins for New Wine,” Anglican Journal (January 2020): 21.
“Gifts of Grace,” The Catholic Register (October 25, 2006); https://www.catholicregister.org/features/arts/item/11281-gifts-of-grace
III. TEACHING & SUPERVISORY ACTIVITY
Basic Degree Course
Systematic Theology for an Un-Systematic Age / Faculty of Divinity, Trinity College / Winter 2021
Advanced Degree Teaching Assistantships
Contextual Theology / Sarah Travis / Doctor of Ministry Program, Toronto School of Theology / Summer 2018
Theology of Ministry / Sarah Travis / Doctor of Ministry Program, Toronto School of Theology / Summer 2018
Qualitative Research Methods / Sarah Travis / Doctor of Ministry Program, Toronto School of Theology / Summer 2018
Contextual Theology / Joseph Schner / Doctor of Ministry Program, Toronto School of Theology / Summer 2012-17
Basic Degree Teaching Assistantships
Introduction to Missional Theology / Glen Taylor / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2010
Ministry of Evangelism / John Bowen / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2010
Introduction to Anglican Theology / Ephraim Radner / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2009
Foundations of Theological Inquiry / Joseph Mangina / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2007
Anglican History and Theology / Alan Hayes and David Neelands / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2006
Systematic Theology I / Joseph Mangina / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2005
Systematic Theology I / Peter Robinson / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2004
Basic Degree Thesis Committee Reader
Anthony Wong / MTS / Wycliffe College, Toronto / 2011 5
IV. SERVICE
Anti-Bias and Anti-Racism Pod / Anglican Diocese of Toronto / 2021-
Racial Justice Task Force Sub-Committee / Anglican Diocese of Toronto / 2017-
Assistant Music Coordinator / Church of St. George the Martyr, Toronto / 2008-12
Student Representative / Canadian Theological Society Executive / 2008-09
Coordinator / Wycliffe College Advanced Degree Students Association / 2003-05, 2008-09
V. ORDINATION
Priest / The Rt. Rev. Jenny Andison (Bishop Suffragan), Diocese of Toronto / January 12, 2020
Deacon / The Most Rev. Colin Johnson, Diocese of Toronto / May 6, 2018