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Darren teaches theology at the Faculty of Theology, University of St Michael’s College.  His areas of research include religious diversity, Trinitarian theology and the thought of Bernard Lonergan.  Darren is liaison between the Dominican Institute of Toronto and our sponsoring organization, the Dominican Friars of Toronto.  He is involved in all areas of the DIT, especially finances and preaching programs.

Dr. Minlib Dallh is a Dominican friar, a member of the Southern Province of the USA. His research focuses on comparative mysticism, women mystics, and love-mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He holds a DPhil from the University of Exeter (UK). His teaching and research interests extend to early Dominican friars’ involvement with Islamic studies and Sufi confreries in Sub-Saharan Africa. His first book is entitled The Sufi and the Friar: A Mystical Encounter of Two Men of God in the Abode of Islam (SUNY Press 2017). His second book is, Sufi Women Mystics: Models of Sanctity, Erudition and Political Leadership (Routledge, 2023).