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Married, with two children.</p> <h3>Degrees:</h3> <p>BA (University of Wales), MA (University of Cambridge), MA (University of Oxford), B. Litt. (University of Oxford), DD (Cambridge), DD (Oxford).</p> <h2>Posts held</h2> <p>Lecturer in Logic, University of Glasgow, 1964-69.<br> Lecturer in Philosophy, University St. Andrews, 1969-71.<br> Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, University of London (King’s College) 1971-76.<br> Fellow, Dean and Director of Studies in Philosophy and in Theology, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Divinity, 1976-83.<br> F. D. Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology, University of London, 1983-1986.<br> Professor and Head of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Religion, University of London, 1986-1991.<br> Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, 1991- 2003.<br> Now Emeritus Student (i.e. Life Fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford.<br> Gresham Professor of Divinity, Gresham College, London, 2004 – 2008.<br> Professorial Research Fellow, Heythrop College, London, 2009 – 2019<br> Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Roehampton University, 2019 – 2021</p> <p>Ordained priest in the Church of England. 1972.<br> Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1991 –.<br> Fellow of the British Academy 2000 –<br> Honorary Doctorate, Free University of Amsterdam, 2000.<br> Honorary Doctorate, University of Glasgow, 2007.<br> Honorary Doctorate, Virginia Theological Seminary, 2019<br> Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cardiff.<br> Former Member of Executive Council, Royal Institute of Philosophy.<br> Former Joint Editor of <em>Religious Studies, </em>Member of Editorial Boards of: <em>Religious Studies</em>,<em>Journal of Contemporary Religion</em>; <em>Studies in Inter-Religious Dialogue</em>; <em>World Faiths Encounter</em>.<br> Former President, World Congress of Faiths</p> <p>I have been a visiting professor at Drake University, Iowa, at Claremont Graduate School, California, at the University of  Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Cornell College, Iowa, at Hartford Seminary, and Virginia Theological Seminary.</p> <h2>Lectures</h2> <p>The Teape Lectures in Delhi, Bangalore and Calcutta, 1989.<br> The Edward Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham, 1980.<br> The Selwyn Lectures in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, 1993.<br> The Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow, 1993-4.<br> I was Overseas Research Fellow of the South African Centre for Science Development, 1998.<br> Witherspoon Lecturer at Princeton, 2000.<br> Frank Woods fellow, University of Melbourne, 2003<br> John Albert Hall lecturer, University of Victoria, British Columbia, 2006<br> Hensley Henson lectures, University of Oxford, 2008<br> Senior Research Fellow, Metanexus Institute, Philadelphia, 2007-8<br> Sarum lectures, Salisbury, England, 2008<br> Robert Boyle lecture and medal, London, 2009<br> James Gregory lecture and medal, St. Andrews, 2009<br> Residential Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, 2009<br> Fellow, Istituto Veneto di Science, Lettere ed Arti, 2010</p> <p><strong>Invited key-note speaker at:</strong><br> Al Jazeera conference on science and faith, Doha, 2009<br> Irish Theological Society, Dublin, 2009<br> Rene Clavel Stiftung, Basel, on comparative theology, 2009<br> Virginia Theological Seminary and the National Cathedral Washington, 2009<br> Research Institute for Muslim Sciences, Istanbul, 2009<br> University of Western Australia and Perth Cathedral, 2009<br> Sigtuna Stiftelsen, Sweden, 2009<br> Istituto Veneto di Science, Lettere ed Arti, (Venice) May, 2010<br> Virginia Theological Seminary, Visiting Professor, Fall, 2010</p> </section>  <footer class="article-footer"> </footer>  </article>  </div>  </div>  </section> </div> <footer class="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="wrap clearfix" id="inner-footer"> <nav role="navigation"> </nav> <p class="source-org copyright">All text and imagery © 2025 Keith Ward.</p> </div>  </footer>  </div>  <script data-cms-original-src="/scripts/scripts.js" src="/scripts/scripts.js?_cchid=c7577d7a98edf4a2d593b66bd462f492" type="text/javascript"></script> </body></html>