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Allan
W. Anderson (1922 - )
Allan
W. Anderson joined the Department of Philosophy at San Diego
State University in 1962 and quickly rose to the rank of full
professor. Not long thereafter, he became a founder of the
Department of Religious Studies where he taught courses on
east asian and Indian religions, ways of transformation, oracular
traditions, and a seminar in experimental topics each spring
for many years focused on various aspects of spiritual self-cultivation
in the world's great religions.
Education
Bachelor
of Arts, History & General Science, Washington Missionary
College, 1944
Master
of Arts in English Literature, Trinity College, 1951
Doctor
of Philosophy in Philosophy of Religion, Columbia University,
1962.
Representative
Works
1960.
Sacrifice: A Comparative Study of the Concept in St.
Gregory of Nyssa's "Contemplation on the Life of Moses"
and Shri Aurobindo's Commentary "On the Veda."
Thesis, Columbia University.
1964
-1979. Numerous book reviews for academic journals
1970.
"Reason and Revelation in Genesis 1-3", Spectrum,
Summer
1972.
"The Basis of Belief," Spectrum
1973. Exegetical Manual for I Ching and Tarot.
San Diego State University. Course syllabus, Religious Studies:
Oracular Traditions.
1982. "Approaches to the Meaning of Ming in
the I Ching with Particular Reference to Self-Cultivation,"
Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Sept.
1991.
A Wholly Different Way of Living: Krishnamurti in Dialogue
with Professor Allan W. Anderson. London: Victor Gollancz,
Ltd.
2009.
Self-Transformation and the Oracular: A Practical Handbook
for Consulting the I Ching and Tarot. Bloomington, IN.
 Joseph
Campbell (1904-1987)
Best
known for his works in comparative mythology, Joseph Cambpell
was perhaps the world's leading authority on the role of myth
in self-change. A best-selling author, he wrote many important
books in his field and was editor/translator of many others.
For most of his career he was a highly popular professor of
literature at Sarah Lawrence College. In his retirement he
traveled and taught as a much sought after visiting professor
at several major universities. In 1988 Bill Moyers conducted
a groundbreaking six-part series of interviews with Mr. Campbell
titled "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth" for
PBS.
Education
Bachelor
of Arts, Columbia University, 1925.
Master
of Arts in Literature, Columbia University, 1927.
Studied
Sanskrit and Indo-European philology, University of Munich,
1928 -1930.
Representative
Works
1949.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton, N.J.:
Princeton University Press.
1959.
Primitive Mythology. Vol. 1 of The Masks of God.
New York: Viking Press.
1962.
Oriental Mythology. Vol. 2 of The Masks of God.
New York: Viking Press.
1964.
Occidental Mythology. Vol. 3 of The Masks of God.
New York: Viking Press.
1968.
Creative Mythology. Vol. 4 of The Masks of God.
New York: Viking Press.
1969.
The
Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological
Dimension. New
York, Viking Press.
1972.
Myths
to Live By. New
York: Viking Press
1986.
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and
as Religion. New York : A. van der Marck Editions.
1990.
Transformations of Myth Through Time. New York: Perennial
Library.
Maurice
Friedman (1921 - )
Maurice
Friedman is known world wide as the foremost proponent of
the philosophy and psychology of meeting — both
among persons and between man and God..
He
first came to international prominence in 1955 as the author
of Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue; and then again
in 1957 as moderator of the famous dialogue between Buber
and Carl Rogers held at the University of Michigan.
His academic posts have included: Professor of Religion and
Director of the Ph.D. Programs in Religion and Literature
and in Religion and Psychology at Temple University; faculty
member, department of Philosophy and Literature at the New
School for Social Research; Professor of Philosophy, Religion,
and Literature at Sarah Lawrence College; and various notable
appointments at the University of Chicago, Columbia University,
Union Theological Seminary, and the Washington [DC] School
of Psychiatry.
In
addition Prof. Friedman has served as Senior Fulbright Lecturer
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel; and in New
Dehli, India as the presenter of a series of seminars and
lectures at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
When
he retired from San Diego State University in 1991 he was
a tenured full professor in three different departments: philosophy,
religious studies, and comparative literature.
A
mjor figure in the development of the dialogical apporach
in psychotherapy, he is a co-founder of the Institute for
Dialogical Psychotherapy in San Diego, CA.
Education
Scientiae
Baccalaureus magna cum laude in Economics, Harvard
University, 1943.
Master
of Arts in English, Ohio State University, 1947.
Doctor
of Philosophy in History of Culture, University of Chicago,
1950.
Representative
Works
1955.
Martin Buber:The Life of Dialogue. Chicago, University
of Chicago Press.
1972.
Touchstones of Reality: Existential Trust and the Community
of Peace. New York, Dutton.
1981.
The Human Way: A Dialogical Approach to Religion and
Human Experience. Chambersburg, PA:: Anima Books.
1981-1983.
Martin Buber's Life and Work. 3 vols. New York: Dutton.
1982. "Comment on the Rogers-May Discussion of Evil."
Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2, no. 4 (Fall):
93-96.
1985.
The Healing Dialogue in Psychotherapy. New York:
J. Aronson.
1992.
Religion and Psychology: A Dialogical Approach. New
York: Paragon House.
1994.
Friedman, Maurice. "Reflections on the Buber-Rogers
Dialogue." Journal Of Humanistic Psychology
(Winter ).
Huston
Smith (1919 - )
Huston
Smith is recognized throughout the world as a premier authority
on the history of the world's great religions.
Born in 1919 to Methodist missionaries in Soochow, China he
lived there until age 17, absorbing both the faith of his
parents and the spirit of Chinese religious traditions. Briefly
a Methodist minister himself, he later spent ten years studying
Vedanta Hinduism; another ten years studying Zen Buddhism;
and then devoted 15 years to the Sufi tradition in Islam.
His academic career includes teaching positions at MIT, Syracuse
University, the University of California at Berkeley (his
current post), and a semester as Distinguished Visiting Professor
of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. He is
the recipient of numerous honorary degrees.
He
is the author of over 14 books and scores of other publications.
His most popular work, The World's Religions (original
title:The Religions of Man), has sold millions of copies
in 14 languages since its first release in 1958.
Prof.
Smith has appeared in many video productions dealing with
topics in religion and spirituality, the best known of which
is Bill Moyers' 1996 five-part PBS special "The Wisdom
of Faith With Huston Smith."
Education
Bachelor
of Arts, Central Methodist College (Fayette, Missouri) 1940.
Doctor
of Philosophy in Naturalistic Theism, University of Chicago,
1945.
Representative
Works
1958.
The Religions of Man. New York: Harper Colophon,
1958.
1976.
Forgotten Truth: The Primordial Tradition. New York:
Harper & Row.
1982.
Beyond the Post-Modern Mind. New York: Crossroad.
1991.
The World's Religions. [Rev. and updated ed. of The
Religions of Man] San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco.
2001.
Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in
an Age of Disbelief. New York: HarperCollins.
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