TCBI #1 - Talking to the man upstairs - Ken Paradis

Ken Paradis is an Associate Professor at Wilfred Laurier University in Brantford Ontario. Before coming to Laurier, Ken spent time working at Palcky University in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, as well as at McMaster, SUNY Buffalo, and Dalhousie. While teaching at Laurier Brantford Ken has taught or administered in several programs including English, Contemporary Studies, and Cultural Analysis and Social Theory (CAST). Ken has a particularly interesting perspective to me regarding the Christian faith as he's taken a bit of a deep dive into understanding Christian pop culture. A big part of his study of Christianity focuses on the history of Evangelical Christianity, especially as it relates to and expresses North American working-class cultural identity. Ken is a fantastic speaker and listener and has a ton of interesting things to say. If you're studying at Laurier and have any elective credits next semester, maybe join me in taking his class on Moby Dick. (Even if you're not a Laurier student, you can always sign up to "audit" the class like me and still enjoy the class).