Michael Gilmour

• 115.21 Christian Thought I: The Bible in Nineteenth-Century Literature
• 115.22 The Bible and Popular Music
• 121.11 Introduction to the Bible and Christian Theology I
• 133.31 New Testament Literature I: Pauline
• 134.23 New Testament Book Study II: General Writings (The Apostle Peter)
• 136.32 Special Studies in New Testament: Animals and the Bible
• 212.15 20th and 21st Century Literature in English I
• 212.28 Studies in C.S. Lewis

McGill University (QC)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), New Testament
2000

University of Manitoba (MB)

Master’s Degree (M.A.), English Literature
2008

Providence Seminary (MB)

Master’s Degree (M.A.), New Testament
1994

Lakehead University (ON)

Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.), History
1991

Present

• Providence University College, Faculty
• Providence University College, Department Head of Biblical Studies & Practical Theology

Professional Associations

• Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

Books

• Creative Compassion, Literature and Animal Welfare. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
• Animals in the Writings of C.S. Lewis. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Eden’s Other Residents: The Bible and Animals. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade, 2014.
• The Gospel According to Bob Dylan: The Old, Old Story for Modern Times. Westminster John Knox Press, 2011.
• Gods and Guitars: Seeking the Sacred in Post-1960s Popular Music. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2009.
• Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan and Scripture. New York: Continuum, 2004.
• The Significance of Parallels Between 2 Peter and Other Early Christian Literature. Academia Biblica 10. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature / Leiden: Brill, 2002.

Recent Articles and Book Chapters

• “William Bartram (1739–1823): A Quaker-Inspired Animal Advocacy.” In Animal Theologians. Edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey. 124–34. Oxford University Press, 2023.
• “C. S. Lewis (1898–1963): Rethinking Dominion—C. S. Lewis and the Sleek, Purring Panther.” In Animal Theologians. Edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey. 379–88. Oxford University Press, 2023.
• “The Bible in Pop and Rock Music.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and American Popular Culture. Edited by Dan W. Clanton, Jr. and Terry R. Clark. 330–43. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
• “Myth and Meat: C. S. Lewis Sidesteps Genesis 1:29–30.” In Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism. Edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey. 94–102. New York: Routledge, 2019.
• “C. S. Lewis, 2 Kings 19:35, and Mice.” Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception 7.1–2 (2018): 59–71.
• “The Art of Darkness: On Biblical Language in Ozzy Osbourne’s Solo Albums, 1980–2010.” In Religion and Popular Music: Artists, Fans and Culture. Edited by Andreas Häger. 65–76. London: Bloomsbury, 2018.
• “A Martian Hunting Expedition in C.S. Lewis’s Out of the Silent Planet.” In God, Nimrod, and the World: Exploring Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting. Edited by Bracy V. Hill II and John B. White. 113-24. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2017.
• “The Bible and Popular Music.” In Bloomsbury Handbook for Religion and Popular Music. Ed. Christopher Partridge and Marcus Moberg. 67-76. London: Bloomsbury, 2017.
• “The Bible and Jehovah’s Witnesses.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America. Ed. Paul Guthajr. 645-660. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
• “Bob Dylan’s Bible.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts. Ed. Timothy Beal. 1.285-289. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
• “New Testament Literature.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts. Ed. Timothy Beal. 2.151-60. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.