Melville Y. Stewart
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Melville Y. Stewart is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Bethel University
, (Saint Paul, Minnesota).
Stewart has a B.A. from Gordon College
, (Wenham, Massachusetts), an M. Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary
, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), an S.T.M. from Andover Newton Theological School
, (Newton Centre, Massachusetts), an M.A. from the University of Connecticut
, (Storrs, Connecticut), a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota
, (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and he did Postdoctoral work at Oxford University, (Oxford, England) in 1986.
(1972–1999), chaired the Department (1985–1992), received the Excellence in Scholarship Award in 1996, and in 1999 became Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. From 2000–2003 he served as Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas
, (Saint Paul, Minnesota). Outside the U.S. he taught a year in the Department of Philosophy at Saint Petersburg State University
, (St. Petersburg, Russia) (1992–1993), and the spring term of 2003 he was Adjunct Professor at St. Petersburg Christian College, (St. Petersburg, Russia). In the spring term of 1993 he conducted the first Russia Symposium from which others sponsored by the Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP) have followed, and he began the China Symposia in the fall term of 1994 from which SCP symposia have followed every year since (except 2003). He has taught 9 terms in China beginning at Peking University
, (Beijing) as a (Pew Scholar) fall term of 1996, then as a (Fulbright Scholar) fall term of 2001, and then as a (United Board Scholar) (UBS) spring term of 2004. He then taught the fall term as a UBS at Shandong University
, (Jinan) in 2004, and then was a Templeton Visiting Scholar (TVS) at Wuhan University
, (Wuhan) fall term of 2005. He was a TVS at Fudan University
, (Shanghai), fall term of 2006, a TVS at Shandong University
(Jinan), fall term of 2007, a TVS at Peking University
(Beijing), fall term of 2008, and a TVS at Tsinghua University
(Beijing), fall term, 2009. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the SCP (1996–1998), Chair of the SCP Russia Committee, Chair of the SCP China Committee, and served on the American Philosophical Association Committee for International Cooperation (1998–2001). From 1999–2001 he served on the Board of Trustees at The MacLauren Institute, (Saint Paul, Minnesota). He has presented papers at three International Beijing Forums in 2004, 2005, and 2007. He has read papers at 31 universities outside the U.S. including 14 in China, 7 in Russia, Vilnius University
, (Vilnius, Lithuania) (1993), Latvian Academy of Science, (Riga, Latvia) (1993), University of Minsk, (Minsk, Belarus) (1993), University of Edinburgh
, (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1993), Tokyo Christian University
, (Tokyo, Japan) (1997), University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (1997), Oxford University (Oxford, England)(1998), and the University of London
, (London, England), (1998). His most recent Science and Religion Series held at 5 of China's top universities (Wuhan University
, (Wuhan), Fudan University
, (Shanghai), Shandong University
, (Jinan), Peking University
, (Beijing), and Tsinghua University
, (Beijing)) led to a multi-volume work in two editions: a 5-volume Chinese edition,《科学与宗教的对话》("Science and Religion in Dialogue"), published by Peking University Press, Beijing (Volumes I, III, IV and V) and Fudan University Press (Volume II)), and an English 2-volume edition, "Science and Religion in Dialogue" published by Wiley-Blackwell of Oxford. In the States he gave a public lecture at Texas A&M University
(College Station) on "Confucianism and Christianity," and read a paper at the Confucius Institute
Academic Symposium, "Elements of Ancient Chinese Monotheism and the Ancient Hebrew Tradition," April, 2009. In 2010, he team-taught a Seminar at Peking University
, taught a course "Philosophy of Religion" at Beijing Normal University
, and taught another course, "Philosophy of Mind" at Beijing University of Chemical Technology
. In 2011 he taught a theological module section titled, "On the Margin of Mystery: Teaching on God and Creation" (“На Самом Краю Тайны, Учение О Бозе И Меорении”) at the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, in Novosaratovka/St. Petersburg, Russia. He is invited to teach a course, "Philosophy of Religion" at Shandong University
in Jinan, in October, 2012, and give a week-long lecture series on "Science and Religion" at a university and seminary in Thailand.
Volumes I & II are included in Blackwell's Reference Online Library (BRO).
Bethel University (Minnesota)
Bethel University is a Christian higher education institution with approximately 6,000 students from 36 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs...
, (Saint Paul, Minnesota).
Stewart has a B.A. from Gordon College
Gordon College
Gordon College may refer to:* Gordon College , a public college in Barnesville, Georgia* Gordon College , a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts* Gordon College , a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan...
, (Wenham, Massachusetts), an M. Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian and Reformed Christian graduate educational institution located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, with a satellite location in London.-History:...
, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), an S.T.M. from Andover Newton Theological School
Andover Newton Theological School
Andover Newton Theological School is a graduate school and seminary located in Newton, Massachusetts. It is America's oldest graduate seminary and the nation's first graduate institution of any kind...
, (Newton Centre, Massachusetts), an M.A. from the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
, (Storrs, Connecticut), a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and he did Postdoctoral work at Oxford University, (Oxford, England) in 1986.
Work
His main areas of interest are philosophy of religion, science and religion, and Chinese philosophy. He taught at Bethel UniversityBethel University (Minnesota)
Bethel University is a Christian higher education institution with approximately 6,000 students from 36 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs...
(1972–1999), chaired the Department (1985–1992), received the Excellence in Scholarship Award in 1996, and in 1999 became Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. From 2000–2003 he served as Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
The University of St. Thomas is a private, Catholic, liberal arts, and archdiocesan university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States...
, (Saint Paul, Minnesota). Outside the U.S. he taught a year in the Department of Philosophy at Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
, (St. Petersburg, Russia) (1992–1993), and the spring term of 2003 he was Adjunct Professor at St. Petersburg Christian College, (St. Petersburg, Russia). In the spring term of 1993 he conducted the first Russia Symposium from which others sponsored by the Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP) have followed, and he began the China Symposia in the fall term of 1994 from which SCP symposia have followed every year since (except 2003). He has taught 9 terms in China beginning at Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
, (Beijing) as a (Pew Scholar) fall term of 1996, then as a (Fulbright Scholar) fall term of 2001, and then as a (United Board Scholar) (UBS) spring term of 2004. He then taught the fall term as a UBS at Shandong University
Shandong University
Shandong University is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China. It is one of the largest universities in China by student population and is supported directly by the national government....
, (Jinan) in 2004, and then was a Templeton Visiting Scholar (TVS) at Wuhan University
Wuhan University
Wuhan University is a university located in Wuchang, Hubei, China. It is directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is regarded as one of the top ten universities in China, and its history dates back to 1893, making it one of China's...
, (Wuhan) fall term of 2005. He was a TVS at Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
, (Shanghai), fall term of 2006, a TVS at Shandong University
Shandong University
Shandong University is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China. It is one of the largest universities in China by student population and is supported directly by the national government....
(Jinan), fall term of 2007, a TVS at Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
(Beijing), fall term of 2008, and a TVS at Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
(Beijing), fall term, 2009. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the SCP (1996–1998), Chair of the SCP Russia Committee, Chair of the SCP China Committee, and served on the American Philosophical Association Committee for International Cooperation (1998–2001). From 1999–2001 he served on the Board of Trustees at The MacLauren Institute, (Saint Paul, Minnesota). He has presented papers at three International Beijing Forums in 2004, 2005, and 2007. He has read papers at 31 universities outside the U.S. including 14 in China, 7 in Russia, Vilnius University
Vilnius University
Vilnius University is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania....
, (Vilnius, Lithuania) (1993), Latvian Academy of Science, (Riga, Latvia) (1993), University of Minsk, (Minsk, Belarus) (1993), University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
, (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1993), Tokyo Christian University
Tokyo Christian University
is a private university in Inzai, Chiba, Japan, offering an undergraduate liberal arts degree in both Japanese and English.The English degree program is administered under the "Asian Christian Theological Studies Program for English Speakers" , which integrates the liberal arts with Bible and...
, (Tokyo, Japan) (1997), University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (1997), Oxford University (Oxford, England)(1998), and the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, (London, England), (1998). His most recent Science and Religion Series held at 5 of China's top universities (Wuhan University
Wuhan University
Wuhan University is a university located in Wuchang, Hubei, China. It is directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is regarded as one of the top ten universities in China, and its history dates back to 1893, making it one of China's...
, (Wuhan), Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
, (Shanghai), Shandong University
Shandong University
Shandong University is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China. It is one of the largest universities in China by student population and is supported directly by the national government....
, (Jinan), Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
, (Beijing), and Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
, (Beijing)) led to a multi-volume work in two editions: a 5-volume Chinese edition,《科学与宗教的对话》("Science and Religion in Dialogue"), published by Peking University Press, Beijing (Volumes I, III, IV and V) and Fudan University Press (Volume II)), and an English 2-volume edition, "Science and Religion in Dialogue" published by Wiley-Blackwell of Oxford. In the States he gave a public lecture at Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
(College Station) on "Confucianism and Christianity," and read a paper at the Confucius Institute
Confucius Institute
Confucius Institutes are non-profit public institutions that aim to promote Chinese language and culture, support local Chinese teaching internationally, as well as facilitating cultural exchanges. They are sometimes compared to language and culture promotion organizations such as France's...
Academic Symposium, "Elements of Ancient Chinese Monotheism and the Ancient Hebrew Tradition," April, 2009. In 2010, he team-taught a Seminar at Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
, taught a course "Philosophy of Religion" at Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University , colloqiually known as 北师大 or Beishida, is a public research university located in Beijing with strong emphasis on basic disciplines of humanities and sciences...
, and taught another course, "Philosophy of Mind" at Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Beijing University of Chemical Technology , abbreviated as BUCT, colloquially known in Chinese as Beihua or Huada , is one of the most outstanding universities in China. BUCT is founded in 1958 and is affiliated to the Ministry of Education...
. In 2011 he taught a theological module section titled, "On the Margin of Mystery: Teaching on God and Creation" (“На Самом Краю Тайны, Учение О Бозе И Меорении”) at the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, in Novosaratovka/St. Petersburg, Russia. He is invited to teach a course, "Philosophy of Religion" at Shandong University
Shandong University
Shandong University is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China. It is one of the largest universities in China by student population and is supported directly by the national government....
in Jinan, in October, 2012, and give a week-long lecture series on "Science and Religion" at a university and seminary in Thailand.
Books
- The Greater-Good Defence, An Essay on the Rationality of Faith, author, London:Macmillan//New York: St. Martin's, 1993. ISBN # 0-312-08095-6.
- Проблемы Христианской Философии (Problems in Christian Philosophy), co-editor with Dan Clendenin, Moscow: Progress Academy Press, 1994. ISBN # 5-85864-071-0.
- Philosophy of Religion, An Anthology of Contemporary Views, editor, in the Jones and Bartlett Series in Philosophy, second printing, Wadsworth Press, 1996 《当代西方宗教哲学》, Chinese Edition, Peking University Press, the Waiming Translation Library, 2001, English, J & B, ISBN # 0-534-54263-8, Wadsworth, ISBN # 0-86720-512-1, Chinese, ISBN # 7-301-04731-2.
- 《东西方宗教伦理及其他》(East & West Religious Ethics and Other Essays), co-editor with Zhang Zhigang, Beijing: Central Compilation and Translation Press, 1997. ISBN # 7-80109-198-1/B 10.
- The Symposium of Chinese-American Philosophy and Religious Studies: Volume 1, East & West Philosophy of Religion, co-editor with Zhang Zhigang, Bethesda: International Scholars Publications, 1998. ISBN # 1-57309-260.
- 《欧美哲学与宗教讲演录》(Lectures on European and American Philosophy and Religion), co-editor with Zhao Dunhua, Beijing: Peking University Press, 1998. ISBN # 7-301-03657-4.
- Искупление (The Atonement), co-editor with Natalia Pecherskaya, St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy Publishers, 1999. ISBN # 5-900291-14-6.
- 《科学与宗教的对话》(A Dialogue Between Science and Religion), co-editor with Zhou Jianzhang and Kelly James Clark, Xiamen: Xiamen University Press, 2000. ISBN # 7-5615-1989-3/B-76.
- The Trinity: East/West Dialogue, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2003, editor. ISBN # 1-4020-1728-6. Пресвятая Троица, Russian edition, Alexander Kierlezhev editor, no ISBN #.
- 《跨宗教对话:中国与西方》(Interfaith Dialogue: East and West), co-editor with Fu Youde and Kelly James Clark, Beijing: Social Science Publishers, 2004. ISBN # 7-5004-4201-7/B.
- Philosophy of Religion, Beijing: co-editor with Xing Taotao, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2005. ISBN # 7-301-09572-4/B-0333.
- 《科学与宗教的对话》(Science and Religion in Dialogue), co-editor with Hao Changchi, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2007. ISBN # 978-7-301-12811-4.
- 《科学与宗教：二十一 世纪时对话》(Science and Religion: 21st Century Dialogue), co-editor with Xu Yingjin, Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 2008. ISBN # 978-7-309-06310-3.
- Science and Religion in Dialogue, editor, Volume One, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2009. ISBN # 978-1-4051-8921-7.
- Science and Religion in Dialogue, editor, Volume Two, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2009. ISBN # 978-1-4051-8921-7.
Volumes I & II are included in Blackwell's Reference Online Library (BRO).
- Dictionary of Western Philosophy, English/Pinyin/Chinese, co-author with Xu Yingjin, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2009. ISBN # 978-7-301-16393-1.
- 《科学与宗教：当前对话》(Science and Religion: Current Dialogue), co-editor with Fu Youde, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2011. ISBN # 978-7-301-12811-4.
- 《科学与宗教：二十一 世纪问题》(Science and Religion: 21st Century Issues), co-editor with Xing Taotao and Xiangdong Xu, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2011.
- 《科学与宗教：当前争论》(Science and Religion: Current Debate), co-editor with Zhu Donghua, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2011.