Steven Engler

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Steven Engler
Born	Steven Joseph Engler 1962 (age 62–63) British Columbia, Canada
Academic background
Alma mater	University of British Columbia University of Toronto Concordia University
Thesis	The Devil's Poor and the Invisible City[1] (1998)
Doctoral advisor	Michel Despland [fr; it][1]
Academic work
Discipline	Religious studies
Institutions	Mount Royal University
Main interests	Christianity in Latin America religion in Brazil theories of religion
Website	stevenengler.ca

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.