Academics of Lancaster University - Ninian Smart, Sylvia Walby, James Harris Simons, Beverley Skeggs, Ralph Henstock, John Urry, Gordon Manley, Lucas I (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Ninian Smart, Sylvia Walby, James Harris Simons, Beverley Skeggs, Ralph Henstock, John Urry, Gordon Manley, Lucas Introna, Cary Cooper, Ian Sommerville, Janet Finch, John Bowker, Robert Hewison, Antti Sakari Saario, Scott Lash, Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig, Bob Jessop, John M. MacKenzie, Sara Ahmed, John Hedley Brooke, John Whitelegg, Peter Checkland, Charlie Gere, Alison Elliot, Stanley Henig, Peter Nailor, Helen Farish, Peter V. E. McClintock, Lucy Suchman, Roland Dobbs, John Whittaker, Geraint Johnes, Christopher Partridge, Joern Meissner, Sue Wise, Margaret Canovan, Phil Ineson, Tony Pinkney, Alan Billings, Andrew Colin, Linda Woodhead, Paul Heelas, Jeffrey Richards, Paul Fearnhead. Excerpt: Professor Roderick Ninian Smart (May 6, 1927 - January 9, 2001) was a Scottish writer and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies. In 1967 he established the first department of Religious Studies in the United Kingdom at the new University of Lancaster where he was also Pro-Vice Chancellor, having already chaired one of the largest and most prestigious departments of Theology in Britain at the University of Birmingham. In 1976, he became the first J.F. Rowny Professor in the Comparative Study of Religions at University of California at Santa Barbara, U.S. Smart presented the Gifford Lectures in 1979-80. In 1996, he was named the Academic Senate's Research Professor, the highest professorial rank at Santa Barbara. In 2000, he was elected President of the American Academy of Religion, while simultaneously retaining his status as President of the Inter Religious Federation for World Peace. Smart held both titles at the time of his death. Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain, when he was editorial consultant for the major BBC television series, The Long...