John Hick Philosopher

John Harwood Hick (20 January 1922 – 9 February 2012) was a philosopher of religion and theologian born in England who taught in the United States for the larger part of his career. In philosophical theology, he made contributions in the areas of theodicy, eschatology, and Christology, and in the philosophy of religion he contributed to the areas of epistemology of religion and religious pluralism.

Personal facts

John Hick
Birth dateJanuary 20, 1922
Birth place
England , Yorkshire , Scarborough North Yorkshire
Date of deathFebruary 09, 2012
Place of death
England , Birmingham
Era
20th-century philosophy
Main interest
Philosophy of religion
Theology

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influenced by
Immanuel Kant
Irenaeus
Mahatma Gandhi
John Baillie (theologian)
Thomas Aquinas
Wilfred Cantwell Smith
philosophical school
Analytic philosophy

John Hick on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/philosophyofreligion/index.aspx
  2. http://www.johnhick.org.uk