Prof. Dr. John ValkProfessor of Worldview Studies
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, N.B.
CANADA
(506) 447-3341
valk@unb.ca

OTHER CONCURRENT POSITIONS

  • Visiting Professor: Protestant University of Darmstadt
  • Distinguished Fellow: University of South Africa (Pretoria)

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Ph. D.University of Toronto (1989): Religious Studies.
M. A.University of St. Michael's College (1981): Theology.
M. Phil.Institute for Christian Studies (1979): Philosophical Theology.
B. A.Calvin College (1975): Sociology.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Chapters in Books

Valk, J. (2015). “Worldview Inclusion in Public Schooling”, in Etherington, M. (Editor). What teachers Need to Know: Topics of Inclusion. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. Forthcoming.

Valk, J. (2015). “Christian Worldview Education in a Public University”, in Lamport, M. (Editor) Encyclopedia of Christian Education. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. 279-280

Valk, J. (2013). “Knowing Self and Others: Sustaining Ethical Leadership”, in Beauvais, C., Shukla R., David-Blais M. (Editors). Ethical Leadership and Contemporary Challenges: Philosophical Perspectives. Leeuven: Peeters. 19-42.

Valk, J. (2010). “Worldviews of Today: Teaching for Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”, in Karin Sporre & Jan Mannberg (eds), Values, Religions and Education in Changing Societies. Dordrecht, NL: Springer. 103-120.

Valk, J. (2006). “The Concept of Coincidentia Oppositorum in the Thought of Mircea Eliade”, in Bryan Rennie, Mircea Eliade: A Critical Reader. London: Equinox Publishing. 176-185.

Refereed Journal Publications

Valk, J. (2012). “Christianity through a Worldview Lens”, Journal of Adult Theological Education, 9, 2: 158-174.

Selçuk, M. and Valk, J. (2012). “Knowing Self & Others: A Worldview Model for Religious Education in Turkey”, Religious Education, 107 (Oct/Dec) 5: 443-454.

Wangmo, T., and Valk, J. (2012). “Under the Influence of Buddhism: The Psychological Wellbeing Indicators of GNH”, Journal of Bhutan Studies, 26 (Summer): 53-81.

Valk, J., Belding, S., Crumpton, A., Harter, N., and Reams, J. (2011). “Worldviews and Leadership: Thinking and Acting the Bigger Pictures”, Journal of Leadership Studies, 5, 2: 54-65.

Valk, J. (2010). “Leadership for Transformation: The Impact of a Christian Worldview”, Journal of Leadership Studies, 4 (December) 3: 83-86.

Valk, J. (2009). “Knowing Self and Others: Worldview Study at Renaissance College”, Journal of Adult Theological Education, 6, 1: 69-80.

Valk, J. (2009). “Religion and the University of New Brunswick”, Fides et Historia, 41, 2: 1-29.

Valk, J. (2009). “Religion or Worldview: Enhancing Dialogue in the Public Square”, Marburg Journal of Religion, 14 (May) 1: 1-16.

Valk, J. (2009). “Stories of our Elders: Exploring Traditional Wolastoq Knowledge and Knowledge Transmission”, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues: Special Edition, 12: 278-288.

Valk, J. (2007). “A Plural Public School: Religion, Worldviews & Moral Education”, British Journal of Religious Education, 29 (September) 3: 273-285.

Valk, J. (2002). “Religion and Education: A Way Forward?” in Didaskalia: Journal of Providence College and Seminary 14 (Fall) 1:17-38.

Valk, J. (1998). “Teaching about Religion in the Social Studies Curriculum” in Canadian Social Studies 33 (Fall) 1: 17-19.

Valk, J. (1992). „The Concept of the Coincidentia Oppositorum in Mircea Eliade“ in Religious Studies 28 (March): 31-41.

Valk, J. (1995). „Religion and the Schools: The Case of Utrecht.“ History of Education Quarterly 35 (Summer) 2:159-177.