The Gifford Lectures (/ˈɡɪfərd/) are an annual series of lectures which were established in 1887 by the will of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford at the four...
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founder of the Gifford Lectures. Gifford was born in Edinburgh on 29 February 1820 to Katherine Ann (née West) (1786–1873) and James Gifford (1780–1862)...
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Max Müller (section Gifford Lectures)
original title of the lectures was 'Psychological Religion' but Müller felt compelled to add 'Theosophy' to it. Müller's final Gifford Lecture is significant...
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Terry Eagleton (section Terry and Gifford Lectures)
Terry Lectures and the University of Edinburgh's 2010 Gifford Lecture entitled The God Debate. He gave the 2010 Richard Price Memorial Lecture at Newington...
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Infinite in All Directions (category Gifford Lectures books)
theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson. The book is based on the author's Gifford Lectures delivered in Aberdeen in 1985. Infinite in All Directions can roughly...
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Knowledge and the Sacred (category Gifford Lectures books)
and the first non-Westerner to deliver the Gifford Lectures. He received his invitation to deliver the lectures immediately before the Iranian revolution...
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1964–65, Rockefeller Lectures (University of Chicago) in 1966, Kevorkian Lectures (New York University) in 1977, Gifford Lectures (University of Edinburgh)...
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was also the first American theologian to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland in over forty years. His...
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Another comparable lecture series is the Gifford Lectures, which are delivered annually at several universities in Scotland. The first lecture series was offered...
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Tracy gave the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh. The title of his lectures was This Side of God. The Gifford Lectures are widely considered...
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The Mystery of Being (category Gifford Lectures books)
and Reality". First published in 1951, the book is a collection of Gifford Lectures given by Marcel while at the University of Aberdeen between 1949 and...
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at Wikisource Lewis Campbell biographical notes and Lectures available from the Gifford Lectures website Works by Lewis Campbell at Project Gutenberg...
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acquired a following. He was invited abroad to lecture. His delivery in Scotland of the Gifford Lectures led him to write perhaps his most magisterial...
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he delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, which were published as Religion and the One. These lectures attempted to "express...
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The Nature and Destiny of Man (category Gifford Lectures books)
theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. The book is partly based on his 1939 Gifford Lectures. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked it the 18th-greatest non-fiction...
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the 1907–1908 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow, entitled "Ideals of Religion." He also delivered the 1909 Adamson Lecture of the Victoria...
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The Life of the Mind (category Gifford Lectures books)
major exploration of the Mind. An invitation to deliver the 1973–1974 Gifford Lectures in Aberdeen (the first woman to do so), provided an incentive to gather...
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philosopher, author, psychologist and physician. In 2016, he delivered the Gifford Lectures on The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe...
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The Gifford Lectures. University of Notre Dame Press. 1990. First Principles, Final Ends, and Contemporary Philosophical Issues. The Aquinas Lecture. Milwaukee:...
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August 2009 The Salisbury Review The Gifford Lectures 2010. University of St Andrews (Audio) The Stanton Lectures 2011–2012. University of Cambridge The...
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of Christian Philosophers from 1983 to 1986. He has delivered the Gifford Lectures twice and was described by Time magazine as "America's leading orthodox...
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Exemplarist Moral Theory (category Gifford Lectures books)
moral philosophy by Linda Zagzebski, published in 2017 based on her Gifford Lectures. Birondo, Noell (October 27, 2017). "Exemplarist Moral Theory". Notre...
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Prize, awarded by Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace. He gave the Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, 1997–1998. He also served on the Advisory...
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The Varieties of Religious Experience (category Gifford Lectures books)
edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland between 1901 and 1902. The lectures concerned...
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Neuroscience Society, and the American Humanist Association. He delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 2013. He has served on the editorial...
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senate of the university in 1897" In 1904 and 1905 Adam delivered the Gifford Lectures at Aberdeen, choosing for his subject "The Religious Teachers of Greece"...
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be reunited with Carl. In 2006, Druyan edited Sagan's 1985 Glasgow Gifford Lectures in Natural Theology into a book, The Varieties of Scientific Experience:...
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Bioethics (The 2001 Gifford Lectures). Cambridge University Press. O'Neill, Onora (2002). A Question of Trust: The BBC Reith Lectures. Cambridge University...
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Gifford or Giffords may refer to: Gifford (given name) Gifford (surname) Gabby Giffords (b. 1970), a former United States politician Gifford Peninsula...
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Professional Studies at King's College London. In 2009, he delivered the Gifford Lectures on A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology...
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