John Hick
John Hick | |
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| Born | 20 January 1922 Scarborough, England |
| Died | 9 February 2012 (aged 90) Birmingham, England |
| Education |
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| Spouse |
Joan Hazel Bowers
(m. 1953; died 1996) |
| Children | 4 |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Main interests | Philosophy of religion, theology |
John Harwood Hick (20 January 1922 – 9 February 2012) was an English philosopher of religion and theologian, who taught in the United States for the larger part of his career. In philosophical theology, he made contributions in the areas of theodicy, eschatology, and Christology, and in the philosophy of religion he contributed to the areas of epistemology of religion and religious pluralism.