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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.
In the vein of many Western scholars of comparative religions, Wilfred Smith also realizes the difficulty implicated in defining religion but he is unique in daring to call for discarding...
Wilfred Cantwell Smith was a remarkable scholar of comparative reli- gion who died in Toronto on February 7, 2000, at the age of eighty-three. A Canadian by origin, he studied in Cambridge and taught at numerous
29 Nov 2001 · With the passing of Wilfred Cantwell Smith on February 7th, 2000, the comparative history of religion lost one of its most influential figures of the past century. As a Canadian colleague put it, “He and Mircea Eliade taught the post-World War II generations to think comparatively.”
23 Jul 2022 · Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916–2000) was arguably one of the most influential religious studies scholars of the twentieth century. Dubbed “a scholar’s scholar” by the former Dean of Harvard Divinity School, Smith was affirmed by academic peers...
15 Okt 2021 · The Islamic malaise in modern times ; The consequences of the western support of Zionism -- On understanding Islam. Muslim-Hindu relations in India -- Belief and history. The sky is a cow -- Towards a world theology. Sikhism's relationship to the Guru Nanak -- On understanding Islam.
Wilfred Cantwell Smith Teaches Global, Comparative Religious and Islamic Studies. Wilfred Smith was born in 1916 in Toronto, Canada. After he studied Oriental Languages at the University of Toronto and pursued graduate studies in Cambridge, England, Professor Smith and his wife, Muriel, spent five years with the Canadian Overseas Mission ...
