Columns by Dr. Hans Rollmann
Dr. Hans Rollmann is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dr. Rollmann's primary research interests lie in the history of Christian thought and in religion in Newfoundland and Labrador. He is currently collaborating in a multidisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Labrador Métis and their history, funded by the prestigious CURA program (Community-University Research Alliances). His research will treat European and North American church archives (see: http://www.mun.ca/gazette/issues/vol41no14/CURA.php).
Since 2002, Dr. Rollmann has also written a column in The Telegram examining different topics related to religion. Articles since 2007 are available electronically. Here we've organized those pieces relating to religion, culture and diversity in the province into two categories: historical and contemporary
1. History of Religion in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Joey [Smallwood]'s Religion - May 2nd, 2009
- Shouting and dancing with ecstasy - March 27th, 2010
- The communion of saints [in Newfoundland] - February 27th, 2010
- New Beginnings - January 9th, 2010
- Advent in Snooks Cove, 1871 - December 5th, 2009
- Newfoundland and Labrador Sea Monsters -October 10th, 2009
- A trip to Captain Bartlett on West Turnavik - August 15th, 2009
- John Calvin and Newfoundland - July 18th, 2009
- An Educational Innovator [Comenius] - March 28th, 2009
- Labrador Medical - January 31st, 2009
- Wordsworth's nephew [in Labrador] - August 17th, 2008
- Heavenly music - November 4th, 2007
- The origin of fog [according to early missionary diaries to the province] - October 7th, 2007
- Man with a gothic eye – September 16, 2007
- The Oldest Protestant Church [in Labrador] - July 22nd, 2007
- Bishop Feild remembered - May 13th, 2007
- Cabot, Catholics, and Carbonear - April 15th, 2007
- Winter Then and Now – February 25, 2007
2. Contemporary Reflections on Religion in Newfoundland and Labrador
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The religious landscape [in NL and Labrador] – March 9th, 2008
In this article, Rollmann notes, fascinatingly, "Newfoundlanders and Labradorians more closely resemble the U.S. in this regard than the rest of Canada, for nearly 60 per cent of our province's population in 2001 were Protestants and 37 per cent were Roman Catholics."
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Faith in Crisis [in Port de Grave] - June 17th, 2007