School of Theology and Seminary Lectures
Godfrey Diekmann Center Lecture: Teaching and Occasional Religious Practice
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-5-2026
Sponsoring Department(s)
Godfrey Diekmann Center for Liturgy/ SOT
Abstract
Sarah Kathleen Johnson is Assistant Professor of Liturgy and Pastoral Theology, Director of Undergraduate Studies (BA, MTS, MDiv), and Director of Anglican Studies.
She is a practical theologian who studies Christian worship in the context of a changing North American religious landscape. Her research at the intersection of liturgical studies and sociology of religion employs qualitative methods that value everyday religious experience. Commitments to interrogating the relationship between liturgy and ethics and engaging ecumenically across Christian traditions ground her research, teaching, and church leadership. She is the author of Occasional Religious Practice: Valuing a Very Ordinary Religious Experience (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Dr. Johnson is ordained for ministry in Mennonite Church Canada and was appointed an Honorary Canon of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa in 2025. She served as the president of the Canadian Theological Society (2023-2024).
Recommended Citation
Hansol, Goo and Johnson, Sarah, "Godfrey Diekmann Center Lecture: Teaching and Occasional Religious Practice" (2026). School of Theology and Seminary Lectures. 41.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_lectures/41
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