Peter McLaren

Peter McLaren (born 1948) is a Canadian-American scholar and is known as one of the leading architects of critical pedagogy. He is known for his writings on critical literacy, sociology of education, cultural studies, critical ethnography, and Marxist theory.

McLaren is a practicing Catholic and identifies with Catholic social justice teaching and liberation theology. He is a strident critic of Christian nationalism and Catholic Integralism. McLaren helped regenerate Marxist education scholarship and has influenced a new generation of global intellectuals, including Curry Malott, Noah de Lissovoy, Tyson E. Lewis, Derek R. Ford, among many others.