Dr. John W. Martens

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Summer School Instructor

Biography

Dr. John W. Martens is the inaugural Director of the Centre for Christian Engagement at St. Mark’s College at UBC.

Dr. Martens is a professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches early Christianity and Judaism. He also directs the Master of Arts in Theology program at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity. His writing often explores the intersection of modernity and ancient religion, as in The End of the World: The Apocalyptic Imagination in Film and Television.