Author: George R. Ellis

Keith Ward, the former Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University and currently professor of the philosophy of religion at Roehampton University, is one of Britain”s foremost writers on Christian belief and doctrine in the light of modern scientificdiscoveries and in the context of other faith traditions. A priest in the Church of England, he has explored the tensions between the classical tradi- tion of natural theology, with its atemporal and self-sufficient God, and the biblical idea of a creative and responsive God, critically examined recent secular theories of human nature, compared the place of revelation and concept of creation in the major world religions, and sketched a revised Christian vision that looks to a convergent global spirituality. A fellow of the British Academy, he is a former member of the board of advisors of the John Templeton Foundation.