The H.G. Wood Professor of the Philosophy of Religion (formerly known as H.G. Wood Professor of Theology) is a chair at the University of Birmingham associated with the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion. The chair was established in 1961 and named after a Quaker theologian H. G. Wood at Birmingham. The first post-holder was Ninian Smart, who was succeeded by John Hick.[1][2] Along with Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oxford and Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity at Cambridge it is one of three main endowed chairs in the UK focusing on philosophy of religion.
List of H. G. Wood Professors
edit| Year | Name | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1961–1967 | Ninian Smart | [3] |
| 1967–1982 | John Hick | [4] |
| 1982–1995 | Vacant | [5] |
| 1995–1999 | Denys Turner | [6] |
| 1999–2010 | Markus Vinzent | [7] |
| 2010–2019 | Stephen Pattison | [8] |
| 2019–present | Yujin Nagasawa | [9] |
References
edit- ^ "Professor John Hick". 16 February 2012. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Professor Stephen Pattison - Department of Theology and Religion - University of Birmingham". www.birmingham.ac.uk.
- ^ "Smart, Ninian". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Hick, John (Harwood)". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Hick, John (2002). John Hick: An Autobiography. Oneworld. p. 145. ISBN 1851683925.
- ^ "Denys Alan Turner Curriculum Vitae - Yale Religious Studies" (PDF). religiousstudies.yale.edu.
- ^ "Professor Markus Vinzent". www.kcl.ac.uk.
- ^ "Professor Stephen Pattison - Department of Theology and Religion - University of Birmingham". www.birmingham.ac.uk.
- ^ "Professor Yujin Nagasawa - Department of Philosophy - University of Birmingham". www.birmingham.ac.uk.