Peter Harrison (historian)
Encyclopedia
Peter Harrison is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, and a Fellow of Harris Manchester College at Oxford University.
and Yale University
. For many years Professor of History and Philosophy at Bond University
on Australia’s Gold Coast, he was elected to the Idreos Chair at Oxford in 2007. At Oxford he is a member of the Faculties of Theology and History. Harrison’s writings deal with a range of issues in modern intellectual history, with a particular focus on the historical relations between science and religion.
He is scheduled to give the Edinburgh Gifford Lectures
in 2010-2011.
Career
Peter Harrison studied natural science, religion and philosophy at the University of QueenslandUniversity of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. For many years Professor of History and Philosophy at Bond University
Bond University
Bond University is a private university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is also the first private university established in Australia...
on Australia’s Gold Coast, he was elected to the Idreos Chair at Oxford in 2007. At Oxford he is a member of the Faculties of Theology and History. Harrison’s writings deal with a range of issues in modern intellectual history, with a particular focus on the historical relations between science and religion.
He is scheduled to give the Edinburgh Gifford Lectures
Gifford Lectures
The Gifford Lectures were established by the will of Adam Lord Gifford . They were established to "promote and diffuse the study of Natural Theology in the widest sense of the term — in other words, the knowledge of God." The term natural theology as used by Gifford means theology supported...
in 2010-2011.
Selected publications
- The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion. Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-71251-4. - The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science. Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 2007. ISBN 0-521-87559-5. - The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science. Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 1998. ISBN 0-521-00096-3. - Religion' and the religions in the English Enlightenment. Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 1990. ISBN 0-521-89293-7.