Education
University of Edinburgh Faculty of Divinity Department of Theology and Religious Studies Edinburgh, Scotland
Ph.D. in Religious Studies. Doctoral thesis (accepted 1991): "Mircea Eliade: Making Sense of Religion."
M.A. in Religious Studies. (1988) (summa cum laude). Master's Thesis: "W. C. Smith: the Historian of Religion as Theologian."
B.A. in Religious Studies (1977).
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
““We’ll encounter opposition, won’t we, if we give women the same education that we give to men,” Socrates says to Galucon. “For then we’d have to let women ... exercise in the company of men. And we know how ridiculous that would seem.” ... Convention and habit are women’s enemies here, and reason their ally.”
—Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947)
“In the years of the Roman Republic, before the Christian era, Roman education was meant to produce those character traits that would make the ideal family man. Children were taught primarily to be good to their families. To revere gods, one’s parents, and the laws of the state were the primary lessons for Roman boys. Cicero described the goal of their child rearing as “self- control, combined with dutiful affection to parents, and kindliness to kindred.””
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)