Harold Coward

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Harold Coward
Born1936 (age 8687)
NationalityCanadian
Scientific career
Fields Bioethics, Religious Studies

Harold Coward FRSC (born 1936) is a Canadian scholar of bioethics and religious studies. [1] A Bachelor in Divinity (Christian Theology), he earned a doctoral degree in Philosophy in 1973 from the McMaster University. He was a professor at University of Victoria and the University of Calgary. He is particularly known for his studies of Indian religions, as an editor of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism, and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1991. [2] [3]

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Coward is the author of many publications and has been profiled in the Vancouver Sun . [4]

Coward's works and publications have been discussed multiple times in popular media. [5] [6] [7] In 1994, the Vancouver Sun described Coward as "one of the world's leaders in creating a constructive religious response to the population crisis". [8] In 1997, Coward was described as "arguably the most dynamic religion scholar in Canada today". [4]

Coward was the first director at the University of Calgary Press (1981–83). [9]

Coward was director of the University of Victoria's Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. [4] Coward is a director at Genome British Columbia. [10]

An honorary collection of essays has been dedicated to Coward. [11]

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Dedicated to Coward

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References

  1. "India, his beacon of light" Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. Francis X Clooney (2002), Contribution of Harold Coward to the Study of Religions and Hindu-Christian Studies, Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies, Volume 15, pp. 35–42
  3. Harold G. Coward Archived 2017-04-17 at the Wayback Machine , Saint Mary's University
  4. 1 2 3 Todd, Douglas (20 April 2011) [21 June 1997]. "Harold Coward profile: An ethical subversive (UPDATED)". Vancouver Sun . Reposted. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. Todd, Douglas (16 April 2011). "Too busy to reflect on life? And afterlife?". Vancouver Sun . Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. "In search of a 'good death'" Archived 2018-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  7. "Journeys of the Spirit: New Age 2013" Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
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  9. Anonymous. "HISTORY: University of Calgary Press - 25th Anniversary – 2006". University of Calgary Press. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  10. Executive Profile: Harold Coward [ dead link ](accessed 5 October 2014).
  11. Hawley, Michael; Singh, Pashaura, eds. (2013). Re-imagining South Asian religions : essays in honour of professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. ISBN   9789004242364. OCLC   809989042.