Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar
Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario CA

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Paul Freston is Professor and CIGI Chair in Religion and Politics in Global Context at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Freston joined Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) in the summer of 2008 as a Distinguished Senior Fellow. Freston taught Sociology at Calvin College, where he held the Byker Chair. Freston has been affiliated with the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil, where he has lived for much of the last 30 years, and is still a professor colaborador on their post-graduate program in sociology.

Born in England and educated at Cambridge University, Freston also has a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Liverpool and a Master’s degree in Christian Studies from Regent College in Vancouver. He earned a Doctorate in Sociology at the University of Campinas in Brazil. His research specialties are in the Sociology of religion, politics and globalization.