Harold Coward

Harold Coward
Born 1936
Nationality Canada
Fields Bioethics, Religious Studies

Harold Coward (born 1936) is a Canadian scholar of bioethics and religious studies.[1] He is the author of many publications and has been profiled in The Vancouver Sun.[2]

Coward's works and publications have been discussed multiple times in popular media.[3][4][5] In 1994, The Vancouver Sun described Coward as "one of the world’s leaders in creating a constructive religious response to the population crisis".[6] In 1997, Coward was described as "arguably the most dynamic religion scholar in Canada today".[2]

Coward was the first director at the University of Calgary Press (1981–83).[7]

Coward was director of the University of Victoria’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.[2] Coward is a director at Genome British Columbia.[8]

An honorary collection of essays has been dedicated to Coward.[9]

Publications (selected)

Dedicated to Coward

References

  1. "India, his beacon of light" The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Todd, Douglas (21 June 1997 (reposted on 20 April 2011)). "Harold Coward profile: An ethical subversive (UPDATED)". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. Todd, Douglas (16 April 2011). "Too busy to reflect on life? And afterlife?". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. "In search of a ‘good death’" Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  5. "Journeys of the Spirit: New Age 2013" Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  6. Todd, Douglas (27 August 1994 (reposted on 20 April 2011)). "Defusing the population time bomb". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. Anonymous. "HISTORY: University of Calgary Press - 25th Anniversary – 2006". University of Calgary Press. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  8. Executive Profile: Harold Coward (accessed 5 October 2014).
  9. Hawley, edited by Pashaura Singh, Michael (2013). Re-imagining South Asian religions : essays in honour of professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 9789004242364. OCLC 809989042
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