Michelle Rebidoux
Michelle Rebidoux received her Ph.D. in Religion and Culture from McGill University in 2008. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research and teaching interests include the areas of philosophy of religion, theories of religion, comparative religion, the history of Christian thought, religious ethics, and environmental ethics. Her recent book, The Philosophy of Michel Henry (1922 – 2002): A French Christian Phenomenology of Life (Edwin Mellen, 2012), is a critical introduction to the work of a major figure in what has been called the “theological turn” of French phenomenology in the late 20th century. Her current research focuses on the history of philosophical and religious Personalism in the 20th century. In her spare time, Michelle enjoys hiking in the ruggedly beautiful Newfoundland landscape. She is also an amateur painter and is currently engaged in a project of large-scale paintings depicting scenes from each of the major world religions.
Bio last updated April 30th, 2018.
Articles by Michelle Rebidoux
The Light of Unity Among All
By Michelle Rebidoux
August 1, 2013
In the second of our conversations on the consecrated life in Canada, Peter Stockland talks to Michelle Rebidoux of the Sri Chinmoy community
PS: I wonder if it'll ever come here and give the Running Room a run for its money? How do people actually become part of the Sri Chinmoy movement? What's the entrance point? Do they simply start showing up at meetings at the invitation of a friend? Do they have to go through a formal process? Are there entrance requirements? It was first of all an attempt to help manifest a higher consciousness on Earth in the material world, through service to others In The Second Of Our Series Of Discussions On Thes Tate Of Consecrated Life In Canada, Michelle Rebidoux, A Visiting Professor In The Religious Studies Department At Memorial University, And Convivium Publisher Peter Stockland Talk About The Sri Chinmoy Movement'S Emphasis On Discipline,Service And God'S Unifying Spiritual Light If anybody asked Sri Chinmoy, 'What's your religion?' he would always say, 'My love of God is my only religion This goes along with Sri Chinmoy's philosophy of self-transcendence, the very idea of bringing this consciousness down into the body and using it to transform the material existence on Earth In many other cases, people who come actually are still practising members of their own religion but are just interested in the spiritual meditation practices that we do The idea is, and it sounds like this is what you were talking about, that we may have different faith practices, but we incorporate them into a large Practice, which is the direction of the mind and the body outward to God PS: I also love what you said about having to discipline the body to be a fit instrument for God I have to say Sri Chinmoy was quite strict about, as it were, the rules, the celibacy, the rigour of observance, the rigour of practice, the rigour of service