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Ninian Smart came to public prominence as the founding Professor of
the first British university Department of Religious Studies in the
late 1960s. His pioneering views on education in religion proved
hugely influential at all levels, from primary schools to academic
teaching and research. An unending string of publications, many of
them accessible to the general public, sustained a reputation that
became worldwide. Here, for the first time, a selection of Ninian
Smart's wide-ranging writings is organised systematically under a
set of categories which both comprehend and also illuminate his
varied output over a career spanning half a century. The editor,
John Shepherd, was Principal Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy at
the University of Cumbria. He first met Smart as a postgraduate
student, and recently helped establish the Ninian Smart Archive at
the University of Lancaster.
Ninian Smart came to public prominence as the founding Professor of
the first British university Department of Religious Studies in the
late 1960s. His pioneering views on education in religion proved
hugely influential at all levels, from primary schools to academic
teaching and research. An unending string of publications, many of
them accessible to the general public, sustained a reputation that
became worldwide. Here, for the first time, a selection of Ninian
Smart's wide-ranging writings is organised systematically under a
set of categories which both comprehend and also illuminate his
varied output over a career spanning half a century. The editor,
John Shepherd, was Principal Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy at
the University of Cumbria. He first met Smart as a postgraduate
student, and recently helped establish the Ninian Smart Archive at
the University of Lancaster.
Ninian Smart came to public prominence as the founding Professor of
the first British university Department of Religious Studies in the
late 1960s. His pioneering views on education in religion proved
hugely influential at all levels, from primary schools to academic
teaching and research. An unending string of publications, many of
them accessible to the general public, sustained a reputation that
became worldwide. Here, for the first time, a selection of Ninian
Smart's wide-ranging writings is organised systematically under a
set of categories which both comprehend and also illuminate his
varied output over a career spanning half a century. The editor,
John Shepherd, was Principal Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy at
the University of Cumbria. He first met Smart as a postgraduate
student, and recently helped establish the Ninian Smart Archive at
the University of Lancaster.
Ninian Smart came to public prominence as the founding Professor of
the first British university Department of Religious Studies in the
late 1960s. His pioneering views on education in religion proved
hugely influential at all levels, from primary schools to academic
teaching and research. An unending string of publications, many of
them accessible to the general public, sustained a reputation that
became worldwide. Here, for the first time, a selection of Ninian
Smart's wide-ranging writings is organised systematically under a
set of categories which both comprehend and also illuminate his
varied output over a career spanning half a century. The editor,
John Shepherd, was Principal Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy at
the University of Cumbria. He first met Smart as a postgraduate
student, and recently helped establish the Ninian Smart Archive at
the University of Lancaster.
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