Gifford Lectures

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The Gifford Lectures are a prestigious series of public lectures on natural theology, delivered at Scottish universities by leading scholars and thinkers since the late 19th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic event
lecture series
public lecture series
country Scotland
United Kingdom
describedAs prestigious lecture series
discipline philosophy
philosophy of religion
theology
field natural theology
foundedBy Adam Gifford
bequest of Adam Gifford
givenAt University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow NERFINISHED
University of St Andrews NERFINISHED
inception 1888
language English
location Scottish universities
namedAfter Adam Gifford NERFINISHED
notableLecturer Alasdair MacIntyre
Alfred North Whitehead
Arthur Eddington
Charles Hartshorne NERFINISHED
Charles Taylor
Etienne Gilson NERFINISHED
Gilbert Ryle
Hannah Arendt
Hans Urs von Balthasar NERFINISHED
Ian Barbour
John Dewey NERFINISHED
John Polkinghorne
Jürgen Moltmann NERFINISHED
Karl Barth
Martha Nussbaum
Michael Dummett NERFINISHED
Niels Bohr
Paul Tillich NERFINISHED
Reinhold Niebuhr
Rowan Williams
Rudolf Otto
Stanley Hauerwas
Werner Heisenberg NERFINISHED
William James NERFINISHED
Wolfhart Pannenberg NERFINISHED
output published lecture volumes
purpose promotion of the study of natural theology
public understanding of natural theology
scope metaphysics and theology
philosophical foundations of religious belief
relationship between science and religion
sponsor Gifford Trusts

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Infinite in All Directions
Process and Reality
Science and the Modern World ("Lowell Lectures")
basedOn
Stanley Hauerwas ("Gifford Lectures (delivered 2001–2002)")
awardReceived

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