André Gagné

Who is André Gagné?

André Gagné is an Associate Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His teaching and research also focuses on Cognitive science of religion as a way to better understand religious experience, beliefs and practices. Among Gagné's other research interests is the rise of the New Atheism, as well as contemporary religions and popular culture.

Prior to his arrival at Concordia, Gagné taught from 2005-2008 at the Joint Department of Religious Studies at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He has a B.Th. and Master of Arts from l'Université de Montréal, and a conjoint Ph.D. from l'Université catholique de Louvain and l'Université de Montréal.

His areas of expertise are New Testament Gospels, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Judas, Nag Hammadi Library, Gnosticism, and the history and methods of biblical interpretation. He has written a number of articles and book chapters on New Testament exegesis and on the Apocryphal Gospels, and he is currently working on a commentary of the Gospel of Thomas funded by the Fonds québecois de recherche sur la société et la culture.