Alan T. Davies
Alan Trewartha Davies (born 1933) is a Canadian Christian minister and academic who is emeritus professor of religion at the University of Toronto, Canada.[1][2] He is also an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada.[3]
Alan T. Davies | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alan Trewartha Davies 1933 (age 89–90) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | United Church of Canada |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | A Critique of Representative Theological Doctrines Concerning the Jews in the Context of the Church's Involvement in Antisemitism (1966) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious studies |
| Institutions | Victoria University, Toronto |
| Main interests | |
Career
From 1969 to 1989, Davies was lecturer and then associate professor in the religious studies department at Victoria College. From 1989 to 1998, he was professor at the Centre for the Study of Religion of the University of Toronto. Davies conducted research into the relations between Jews and Christians.[4]
Publications
His books Anti-Semitism in Canada[5] and How Silent Were the Churches? (with Marilyn F. Nefsky) received Canadian Jewish Book Awards.[6]
References
- Toronto MultiCultural Calendar
- The Holocaust, Israel, and Canadian Protestant Churches, McGill-Queen's University Press
- Antisemitism in Canada: History and Interpretation: Meet the author, Barnes&Noble
- "Alan T. Davies fonds". University of Toronto archives.
- Davies, Alan (2010). The Crucified Nation: A Motif in Modern Nationalism. p. 126. ISBN 978-1845194468.
- "How Silent Were the Churches?". Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
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