UPEI presents Theology on Tap on March 4

The UPEI Department of Religious Studies will present Theology on Tap on March 4, 2025, at 7:00 pm, at the Salvador Dali Cafe, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown.

Dr. Brenton Dickieson, a lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and a founding member of the Curiosity and Inquiry Research and Collaboration Lab, will give a presentation titled, “‘Because My Old Heart Would Burst’: A Settler’s Reflection on Indigenous Spaces in Octavia Butler and C.S. Lewis.”

"While Octavia E. Butler and C.S. Lewis are quite different in style and worldview, their fantasy and science fiction novels excel at showing the complex relationship between Indigenous folk and the powerful people who settle in their spaces,” said Dickieson. “With Butler’s and Lewis’ stories in mind, I will offer a theological reflection on my own experience of ‘home’ in Epekwitk.”

Participants can expect an engaging talk, excellent discussion, fellowship, and fun.