Fred Tappenden, PhD, MA, BA

About

I am the Principal and Dean, and Professor of Scriptures and Sacred Stories, at St. Stephen's College. My scholarly work focuses on issues of embodiment, cognition, social memory, and metaphor in religion, with a particular emphasis on ancient Christianity and ancient Judaism. I have published and taught in the fields of Biblical and Religious Studies, including my 2016 book, Resurrection in Paul: Cognition, Metaphor, and Transformation (SBL Press), which was awarded a 2017 Lautenschläger Award from the University of Heidelberg. Prior to coming to St. Stephen's, I was a Faculty Lecturer at McGill University.  I have also taught and/or researched at the University of British Columbia, the Montreal School of Theology, The King's University, and Concordia University of Edmonton.