Jade Weimer

• RLGN 1322 - Introduction to Eastern Traditions
• RLGN 1324 - Introduction to Western Traditions
• RLGN 1410 - Death and Concepts of the Future
• RLGN 1440 - Evil in World Religions
• RLGN 1450 - Religion & Media
• RLGN 2036 - Introduction to Christianity
• RLGN 2124 - Religion & Music

Dr. Jade Weimer is the Dean of Studies at St. John’s College, and a term instructor in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba. Her work examines the various functionalities of musical rites and discourse on music in early Christianity, which include singing as an identity marker, a tool of pedagogy, and a rhetorical mechanism to recruit new members. Additionally, she is also interested in the intersection between early Christian singing, female authority, and power structures in the early church and her research employs theories of embodiment and cognitive science.

• PhD (Religion), University of Toronto, 2016
• MA (Religion), University of Manitoba, 2008
• BA Honours (Religion), University of Manitoba, 2006
• BSc (Microbiology), University of Manitoba, 2004

Research interests

• Music in early Christianity
• Early Christian singing
• Power structures in the early church

• Forthcoming (under contract) - The Paradox of Women & Song in Early Christian Assemblies: Ritual Singing as Both an Expression of Religious Agency and an Instrument of Patriarchal Control. Lexington Books: Lanham, MD, 2024.
• Forthcoming (publication currently underway) – “The Musical Body as a Locus of Power in Early Christian Ritual: An Application of Catherine Bell” in Catherine Bell and Early Christian Ritual, edited by Ada Cohen, Richard DeMaris, and Jonathan Schwiebert, Bloomsbury Publishing: London, 2024.
• "Music and Early Christianity" in Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual, edited by Risto Uro, Richard DeMaris, Juliette Day, and Rikard Roitto, Oxford University Press, 265-281, 2018.
• Book Review of Udo Schnelle, "The First One Hundred Years of Christianity: An Introduction to Its History, Literature, and Development," Translated by James W. Thompson, Baker Academic: Ada, MI, 2020; Published in the Review of Biblical Literature, April 8, 2023.
• Book Review of Tina Frühauf, “Transcending Dystopia: Music, Mobility, and the Jewish Community in Germany, 1945-1989”, New York: Oxford University Press, 2021; The Journal for Religion, Film, and Media, January, 2023.
• Book Review of Georgia Frank Jr, Andrew Jacobs, and Susan Holman, “The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity”, New York: Fordham University Press, 2019; Religious Studies and Theology, Vol. 41:1, September 20, 2022.
• Book Review of Ken Derry and John C. Lyden, “The Myth Awakens: Canon, Conservatism, and Fan Reception of Star Wars”, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2018; Published in The Journal for Religion, Film, and Media, Vol 6:2, November 2020.
• Book Review of Ágnes T. Mihálykó, “The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction” in Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum (114), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019; The Review of Biblical Literature July 16, 2020.