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Ninian Smart as Philosopher of Religion

The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2022
The philosophical conception of British scholar of religion Ninian Smart (1927–2001) is analyzed. Its most significant elements, such as the model of doctrinal schemes, the principle of federalism of worldviews and the methodology of informed empathy are indicated.
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Ninian Smart 1927–2001

Sophia, 2001
Ninian Smart was born in Cambridge to Scottish parents and brought up in Glasgow where his father was Professor of Astronomy.
HECHT, Richard, SAWYER, John F. A.
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Ninian smart on the philosophy of worldviews

Sophia, 1997
Dans The Philosophy of Worldviews, or the Philosophy of Religion Transformed, Ninian Smart reaffirme une des theses majeures de son livre de 1983. Il en appelle a une philosophie de la religion qui abandonne son interet traditionnel pour le theisme occidental et plus particulierement chretien ainsi que pour les problemes de theologie naturelle (le mal,
Levine Michael P, Michael P Levine
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The Ninian Smart Archive and Bibliography

Religion, 2005
Abstract The late Professor Smart wrote extensively, at many different levels, on a wide variety of topics, with papers and articles appearing in a bewildering variety of publications worldwide. Previous bibliographies of his work have proved to be incomplete and inaccurate.
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Ninian Smart and the Phenomenological Approach to Religious Education

Religion, 2000
This essay reviews and assesses Ninian Smart's contribution to religious education. Attention is given to his account of the nature and purpose of religious education as expressed and developed in a series of works published between the late 1960s and the early 1970s, beginning with The Teacher and Christian Belief (1966) and ending with Schools ...
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Professor Ninian Smart

International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2001
Clive Erricker
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Professor Ninian Smart, phenomenology and religious education

British Journal of Religious Education, 2005
I reply to L. Philip Barnes’ assessment of the contributions of Ninian Smart and phenomenology to religious education. My argument is that Barnes first misconceives and then underestimates Smart’s legacy. I sketch Smart’s relevance to some current issues in religious education, suggesting that his thought helps us to avoid potentially damaging ...
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