Prof Keith Ward
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Heythrop College
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Degrees: BA (University of Wales), MA (University of Cambridge), MA (University of Oxford), B. Litt. (University of Oxford), DD (Cambridge), DD (Oxford).
Posts Held: Lecturer in Logic, University of Glasgow, 1964-69. Lecturer in Philosophy, University St. Andrews, 1969-71. Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, University of London (King's College) 1971-76. Fellow, Dean and Director of Studies in Philosophy and in Theology, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Divinity, 1976-83. F. D. Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology, University of London, 1983-1986 Professor and Head of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Religion, University of London, 1986-1991 Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, 1991- 2003 Now Regius Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Emeritus Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Also Professorial Research Fellow, Heythrop College, University of London. Gresham Professor of Divinity, Gresham College, London, 2004 - 2007 Ordained priest in the Church of England. 1972. Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1991- 2003. Fellow of the British Academy 2000- Hon Doctorate, Free University of Amsterdam, Hon Doctorate, University of Glasgow, Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, University College, Cardiff. Member of Governing Council, Royal Institute of Philosophy. Member of Editorial Boards of: Religious Studies, Journal of Contemporary Religion; Studies in Inter-Religious Dialogue; World Faiths Encounter.
He has been a visiting professor at Drake University, Iowa, at Claremont Graduate School, California, at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and at Hartford Seminary. He has given: The Teape Lectures in Delhi, Bangalore and Calcutta, 1989. The Edward Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham, 1980. The Selwyn Lectures in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, 1993. The Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow, 1993-4. Overseas Research Fellow of the South African Centre for Science Development, 1998. Witherspoon Lecturer at Princeton, 2000. Frank Woods fellow, University of Melbourne, 2003.
Published Books: Fifty Key Word in Philosophy (Lutterworth Press, 1968) Ethics and Christianity (The Muirhead Library of Philosophy: Allen and Unwin, 1970) Kant's View of Ethics (Basil Blackwell, 1972 The Concept of God (Basil Blackwell, 1974) The Divine Image (SPCK, 1976) The Christian Way (SPCK, 1976) The Promise (APCK, 1980) Holding Fast to God (SPCK, 1982) Rational Theology and the Creativity of God (Basil Blackwell,1984). The Living God (SPCK, 1984) The Battle for the Soul (Hodder and Saughton, 1985), re-issued as Defending the Soul (Oxford: Oneworld Press, 1992), and as In Defence of the Soul (Oneworld, 1998) The Turn of the Tide (BBC, 1986) Images of Eternity (Darton, Longman, Todd, 1987); re-issued as Concepts of God (Oneworld, 1993) The Rule of Love (Darton, Longman, Todd, 1989) Divine Action (Collins, 1990) A Vision to Pursue (London: SCM Press, 1991) Comparative Theology, in 5 volumes: Religion and Revelation (Oxford; Clarendon Press, 1994) Religion and Creation (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996) Religion and Human Nature (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998) Religion and Community (Oxford; Clarendon Press, 2000) Religion and Human Fulfilment (SCK, 2008) God, Chance, Necessity (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1996). God, Faith and the New Millennium (Oneworld, 1998). A Short Introduction to Christianity (Oneworld, 2000) God: a Guide for the Perplexed (Oneworld, 2002) The Case for Religion (Oneworld 2004) What the Bible Really Teaches (SPCK 2004) Pascal’s Fire: Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding (Oneworld 2006) Is Religion Dangerous? (Lion, 2007) Is Religion Irrational? (Lion, 2011) The Big Questions in Science and Religion (Templeton 2008) The God Conclusion - in USA, God and the Philosophers (DLT and Fortress, 2009) The Word of God? (,SPCK 2010) More than Matter (Lion, 2010) The Philosopher and the Gospels (Lion 2011)
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