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Richard Ascough
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Latest papers
Psychedelics, Eleusis, and the Invention of Religious Experience.
Psychedelic medicine (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $61,710
A socio-rhetorical commentary on one and two Thessalonians
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
- $51,230
Recruitment, conversion, and adherence among voluntary associations in antiquity
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Psychedelics, Eleusis, and the Invention of Religious Experience.
Mosurinjohn S, Ascough R
A socio-rhetorical commentary on one and two Thessalonians
Principal investigators: Ascough, Richard S.
Keywords: new testament; Christian origins; Paul; Thessalonians; Greco-Roman antiquity
Recruitment, conversion, and adherence among voluntary associations in antiquity
Principal investigators: Ascough, Richard S.
Keywords: new testament; christian origins; paul; voluntary associations; epigraphy
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.