Michael Shute | |
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| Born | 21 September 1951 |
| Died | January 3, 2020 (aged 68) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The Origins of Lonergan's Notions of the Dialectic of History (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert M. Doran |
| Influences | Bernard Lonergan |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious studies |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Michael R. Shute (21 September 1951 - 3 January 2020 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian scholar and Professor of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He was known for his research on the works of Bernard Lonergan [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and moral decision-making. [6] Shute was a co-editor of Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis. [7]
Shute received a diagnosis of ALS. As a result, he retired from teaching in September 2019, and died on January 3, 2020. [8]