Smith, Wilfred Cantwell, 1916-2000

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Professor Smith (1916-2000) was the foremost Canadian scholar on Islam and comparative religion. He founded the Institute for Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal in 1951, helped establish the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Department of Comparative Religion at Dalhousie University. His "The Meaning and End of Religion" (1963) was a groundbreaking study of the historical changes of meaning of such words as "religion", "faith", and "belief."

From the description of Wilfred Cantwell Smith papers 1940-1999. (California State University, Northridge). WorldCat record id: 49291513
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referencedIn Harvard University. Center for the Study of World Religions. Records of the Center for the Study of World Religions, ca. 1964-1973 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Smith, Wilfred Cantwell, 1916-. Wilfred Cantwell Smith papers 1940-1999. California State University, Northridge
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Smith, Wilfred J., Jr. United States foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Harvard University. Committee on Study of Religion. Records of the Committee on Study of Religion, 1941-1984 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Myron Bement Smith collection, circa 1910-1970 Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
referencedIn Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. collection on Muslims in China, 1858-1984. Harvard University, Yenching Library, CJK RCON
referencedIn Graduate Theological Union. Office for Programs in Comparative Religion. Office for Programs in Comparative Religion Collection, 1976 - 1991. Graduate Theological Union, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
referencedIn Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956 Houghton Library
creatorOf University of Virginia. Papers of the Page-Barbour and Richard Lecture Committees, 1935-1981, (bulk 1952-1974). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975. Papers, 1912-1975. University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center
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associatedWith Adams, James Luther, 1901-1994. person
associatedWith Aḥmad, ʻAzīz. person
associatedWith Ansari, Z. I. person
associatedWith Armstrong, A. H. (Arthur Hilary) person
associatedWith Bellah, Robert N. person
associatedWith Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975. person
associatedWith Carman, John Braisted. person
associatedWith Coward, Harold G. person
associatedWith Dalhousie University. Dept. of Comparative Religion. corporateBody
associatedWith Dumont, Louis, 1911-1998. person
associatedWith Eck, Diana L. person
associatedWith Eckel, Malcolm David, 1946- person
associatedWith Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994 person
associatedWith Graduate Theological Union. Office for Programs in Comparative Religion. corporateBody
associatedWith Graham, William A. (William Albert), 1943- person
associatedWith Grant, George. person
associatedWith Gualtieri, Antonio R., 1931- person
associatedWith Harvard University. Center for the Study of World Religions. corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard University. Committee on Study of Religion. corporateBody
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Hodgson, Marshall G. S. person
associatedWith Ingalls, Daniel M. M. person
associatedWith Juergensmeyer, Mark. person
associatedWith Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim. person
associatedWith Levering, Miriam, 1945- person
associatedWith Lewis, Bernard. person
associatedWith McGill University. Institute of Islamic Studies. corporateBody
associatedWith McKinnon, Alistair. person
associatedWith Mehta, Jarava Lal, 1912- person
associatedWith Neusner, Jacob, 1932- person
associatedWith Obenchain, Diane Burdette. person
associatedWith Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon. person
associatedWith Pickens, Claude L., 1900-1985 person
associatedWith Ran, Yunhua. person
associatedWith Rogers, Minor L. person
associatedWith Sanneh, Lamin O. person
correspondedWith Sarton, George, 1884-1956 person
associatedWith Sheppard, Gerald T., 1946- person
associatedWith Smith, Huston. person
correspondedWith Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970 person
associatedWith University of Virginia. corporateBody
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Birth 1916-07-21

Death 2000-02-07

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