Education
PhD (2009), History, McMaster University
MA (2004), History, University of Western Ontario
BA (2003), Economics, University of Waterloo
Courses
- Gods and Thrones: The World to 1914 (HIS-106)
- A World at War: The Turbulent 20th Century (HIS-108)
- Totalitarian Regimes of the 20th Century (HIS-312 (POL-312))
- Modern Germany: 1740鈥1990 (HIS-344)
www.亚洲色
Kevin Flatt serves as Professor of History and Associate Dean of Humanities at www.亚洲色, and as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Societal Futures at the University of Waterloo. As associate dean, he provides academic leadership for the programs in History, Philosophy, Politics, and Religion & Theology. His teaching has covered several areas of world and Western history, including Canadian, European, and Middle Eastern history. His research on Protestantism in Canada has been widely featured in national and international media. In recent years, his scholarship has focused on the history and sociology of secularization. His most recent book,听Secularization, Social Order, and World History听(Routledge, 2026) places secularization within a world-historical听comparative framework. Dr. Flatt lives with his wife and three delightful children in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario.
Research Interests
- Secularization in Western societies
- Protestantism in Canada
Recent Publications
Books
Flatt, K.听. Routledge, 2026.
Flatt, K.听. McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2013.
Selected Articles and Chapters
Flatt, K. 鈥淭ranscendence and Culture: Philip Rieff on Sacred Order, Social Order, and the Secular Condition.鈥听In听, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Wendy J. Porter, 384鈥404. Hamilton, ON: McMaster Divinity College Press, 2025.
Flatt, K. “.” Religions听14 no. 7 (June 2023).
Flatt, K. “Canadian Evangelicalism.”听The Oxford Handbook of Early Evangelicalism. Edited by Jonathan Yeager. Oxford UP, 2022.
Flatt, K. 鈥.鈥澨Review of Faith and International Affairs听18 no. 2 (Summer 2020): 30-43.
Flatt, K., D.M. Haskell, and S. Burgoyne. 鈥.鈥 Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review听79 no. 1 (Spring 2018): 78-107.
Burgoyne, S., K. Flatt, and D.M. Haskell. 鈥.鈥澨Journal of Cultural Geography 34 no. 3 (October 2017): 324-51.
Haskell, D.M., K. Flatt, and S. Burgoyne. 鈥.鈥 Review of Religious Research 58 no. 4 (December 2016): 515-41.
Haskell, D.M., S. Burgoyne, and K. Flatt. 鈥淔actors Influencing Church Choice: An Exploration of Responses from New Attendees at Growing Canadian Mainline Churches.鈥 Canadian Review of Sociology 53 no. 4 (November 2016): 409-436.
Haskell, D.M., S. Burgoyne, and K. Flatt. 鈥淢ainline Denominational Switching in Canada: Comparing the Religious Trajectories of Growing and Declining Church Attendees.鈥 Canadian Journal of Sociology听41 no. 4 (2016): 493-524.
Flatt, K. and D. M. Haskell. 鈥淧articipant Experiences at a Charismatic Catholic Youth Rally: What Happens When Participant Socialization and Organizer Intentions Don鈥檛 Match?鈥澨Religious Education112 no. 2 (March-April 2016): 1-16.
Haskell, D. M., and K. Flatt. 鈥淲hen Youth Experience God: The Reported Impact of a Mainline Protestant Youth Rally and a Charismatic-Evangelical Youth Rally on Attendees鈥 Religious Faith.鈥澨Journal of Youth Ministry听13 no. 2 (Spring 2015): 21-52.