On Belief

Emmanuel College is a theological college of Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

On Belief is a podcast produced for the University of Toronto’s Emmanuel College. The show is a home for conversations about the place of faith in the public sphere. It will explore the role and place of belief, whether defined as organized religious practice or individual spiritual understanding, in the culture and politics of secular society.

The podcast theme music was composed by sacred music professor, Lim Swee-Hong in consultation with worship professor, Bill Kervin and Emmanuel’s principal Mark Toulouse. Lim's friend, Lee Meng-Cham, music pastor of an Assembly of God congregation in Singapore, orchestrated it. The melody is crafted in compound duple time pattern, a common form across various world cultures. It also features a variety of sounds drawn from a global music palette. The matching of a simple diatonic melody with complex rhythmic patterns reflects the College’s ethos and efforts to address complex issues in a global context.

Emmanuel is the largest theological school associated with the United Church of Canada, one of seven federated theological colleges within the Toronto School of Theology and a fully accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools.

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