John Hick, influential philosopher of religion
John H. Hick, a prolific author renowned on British and U.S. campuses for his forthright approach to major questions in Christology and interfaith relations, died at age 90 on February 9 in Birmingham in his native Great Britain.
It was at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he taught from 1959 to 1963, that Hick published his introductory college textbook, The Philosophy of Religion, which went through four editions to sell 600,000 copies. In all, Hick wrote or edited more than 20 books.
Hick organized a conference of philosophers and theologians during Princeton Seminary's 150th anniversary, then edited its proceedings with the title Faith and the Philosophers. That book "influenced the intellectual agenda in the philosophy of religion for many years to come," said PTS professor of philosophy Gordon Graham.
