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Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Alternative spellings: Wilfred C. Smith W. Cantwell Smith W. C. Smith Wilfred Cantwell Smith
B:21. Juli 1916Toronto D: 7. Februar 2000 Biblio: Geboren in Kanada, lehrte in den USA; Doktorarbeit über die al-Azhar-Zeitschrift in Kairo (Ph.D. 1948 in Princeton); trat in besonderem Maße im Bereich der Vergleichenden Religionswissenschaft in Erscheinung ; in Kanada gebürtiger, in den USA lehrender Religionswissenschaftler und Theologe
Wilfred Cantwell Smith OC FRSC (July 21, 1916 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian Islamicist, comparative religion scholar, and Presbyterian minister. He was the founder of the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Quebec and later the director of Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions. The Harvard University Gazette said he was one of the field's most influential figures of the past century. In his 1962 work The Meaning and End of Religion he notably questioned the modern sectarian concept of religion. (Source: DBPedia)
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