John Hick (1922–2012)

Author of Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World

48+ Works 3,432 Members 25 Reviews

About the Author

Born in Scarborough, England, Hick received his D. Phil. from Oxford University. For several years he served as a Presbyterian minister in Northumberland, England, but soon moved to the United States, where he took a position teaching philosophy at Cornell University. He served as Stuart Professor show more of Christian Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1959 to 1964. Since then he has held a variety of teaching positions in the United States and England. Throughout Hick's career, his main focus has remained on problems in the philosophy of religion. His numerous books, particularly those concerned with the epistemology of religious belief, are marked with a consistently clear and easily accessible style. For this reason, his writings have always been popular among professional philosophers and theologians, as well as among those who are more casually interested in the nature of religious belief or the place of religion in contemporary culture. In more recent years, Hick became more single-minded in his concern with the problem of religious pluralism. Convinced that Western philosophical and religious thought have been too narrowly shaped by preoccupation with the Judeo-Christian tradition, he argues for a broader, more ecumenical spirit. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by John Hick

Philosophy of Religion (1963) 518 copies

The Existence of God (1964) — Author — 440 copies

Evil and the God of Love (1974) 289 copies

The Myth of God Incarnate (1977) 183 copies

Classical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of religion (1965) 146 copies

An Interpretation of Religion (1989) 136 copies

The Metaphor of God Incarnate (1993) 117 copies

God Has Many Names (1980) 114 copies

Death and Eternal Life (1976) 114 copies

The Myth of Christian Uniqueness: Toward a Pluralistic Theology of Religions (1987) — Editor — 113 copies

Christianity and Other Religions: Selected Readings (1980) 76 copies

Fifth Dimension (1999) 69 copies

A Christian Theology of Religions: The Rainbow of Faiths (1995) 65 copies

God and the Universe of Faiths (1973) 63 copies

Faith and Knowledge (1966) 58 copies

The many-faced argument; recent studies on the ontological argument for the existence of God (1967) 38 copies

Arguments for the existence of God (1971) 36 copies

Disputed Questions in Theology and the Philosophy of Religion (1993) 34 copies

The center of Christianity (1977) 32 copies

Christianity at the centre (1968) 31 copies

Problems of Religious Pluralism (1985) 22 copies

New Frontier of Religion and Science: Religious Experience, Neuroscience, and the Transcendent (2006) 21 copies

Three Faiths-One God: A Jewish, Christian, Muslim Encounter (1989) — Editor — 17 copies

John Hick: An Autobiography (2002) 17 copies

Between Faith and Doubt: Dialogues on Religion and Reason (2010) 16 copies

Faith and the philosophers (1964) — Editor — 16 copies

Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion (2001) 13 copies

The second Christianity (1983) 13 copies

The Rainbow of Faiths (2009) 11 copies

Who or What Is God? And Other Investigations (2008) 11 copies

John Hick Reader (1990) 9 copies

Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Four Views) 5 copies

Truth and dialogue: The relationship between world religions (Studies in philosophy and religion) (1974) 4 copies

The Experience of Religious Diversity (1985) 3 copies

METAFORA DO DEUS ENCARNADO (2000) 2 copies

Christianity and Race in Britain Today (1980) 2 copies

Biology and the Soul (Eddington Memorial Lecture) (1972) 2 copies

God, truth and reality : essays in honour of John Hick (1992) 2 copies

Truth and dialogue in world religions: conflicting truth-claims (1974) 2 copies

Theology's central problem 2 copies

Why Believe in God? (1994) 2 copies

100 Facts About Asia: Wonders of the World's Largest Continent, Countries, Cities, Places, Educational travel,… 2 copies

O Mal e o Deus do Amor (2018) 1 copy

Nowe pogranicze religii i nauki : doświadczenie religijne, neuronauka i Transcendentne (2019) 1 copy

Uma interpretação da religião: respostas ao transcendente 1 copy

Religion (1996) 1 copy

Readings in the Philosophy of Religion 1 copy

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Associated Works

God (Hackett Readings in Philosophy) (1996) — Contributor, some editions — 60 copies

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (2007) — Contributor, some editions — 27 copies

Philosophical Issues: A Contemporary Introduction (1972) — Contributor — 17 copies

Ethics, Religion, and the Good Society: New Directions in a Pluralistic World (1992) — Contributor — 16 copies

Reading Philosophy of Religion (2010) — Contributor — 10 copies

Immortality (1973) — Contributor — 6 copies

Philosophy and Theological Discourse (Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion) (1997) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Hick, John
Legal name: Hick, John Harwood
Birthdate: 1922-01-20
Date of death: 2012-02-09
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Place of death: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Places of residence: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Education: University of Edinburgh (MA|1948|D.Litt|1975)
Oriel College, University of Oxford (D.Phil|1950)
Westminister College, University of Cambridge
University of Hull
Occupations: theologian
philosopher of religion
professor
Presbyterian minister
Relationships: Hirst, Edward (uncle)
Organizations: Claremont Graduate University
Cornell University
Princeton Theological Seminary
University of Birmingham
Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (show all 8)
Belford Presbyterian Church
Friends Ambulance Unit (WWII)
Awards and honors: Grawemeyer Award (1991)

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God Has Many Names by John Hick

The author persuasively argues for a trivial religious pluralism, respectful of the non Christian traditions that have persisted over time Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam.

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Existence of God, The

from Plato to Ayer

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The Experience of Religious Diversity (Avebury… by John Hick

"Important authors are here brought together who combine deep faithfulness to their own religion with the utmost openness to other faiths. Such an approach is needed today if we want to promote a better understanding between religions and nations." Hans Kung

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The Myth of God Incarnate by John Hick

The authors' thesis is that Jesus was as he is presented in Acts 2.21 a man approved by God for a special role within the divine purpose, and the later conception of him as God incarnate, the second person of the Holy Trinity living a human life, is a mythological or poetic way of expressing his significance for us.

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