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  1. Biography

      Education and professorship    Other roles    National Statement on Religious Diversity  

  2. References

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Paul Morris, MA McM, PhD Lanc, is the Programme Director for Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, and provides regular comment to the media on matters of religious diversity. He is the author of the New Zealand National Statement on Religious Diversity.

Biography

Education and professorship

Morris was born in Southampton, UK. He studied a B.A. in Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington under Professor Lloyd Geering, an MA in Religious Studies at McMaster University in Canada, and a PhD in Religious Studies at Lancaster University where he was supervised by Professor Ninian Smart. He taught at Lancaster from 1980 to 1994, and held various visiting positions, including Visiting Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Senior Research Fellow at The Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations, Birmingham; Visiting Professor of Humanities, University of Queensland; and Visiting Professor of Religion, Boston University.

In 1994, Morris returned to New Zealand when he was appointed Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University. He is known for his work on the relationship between religion and dying/death, and religion and personal and cultural identity.

Other roles

Professor Morris is a member of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Committee and a member of the Management Committee of the Asia Studies Institute, former academic vice-president AUS VUW branch and a former elected member of the Arts Faculty Planning Committee. He was the Convener of the review panel for the Review of Social Work and a member of the Council Working Party on Academic Quality.

Paul Morris has been a member of the British Association for the Study of Religions, and is a former President and conference committee member of the New Zealand Association for the Study of Religions. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion (Section Chair 1998-2003), the International Association for the History of Religions (member of the Executive Committee 2000-2005), and is on the editorial boards of Numen, Implicit Religions, Postscripts, and Beliefs and Values. He is also co-editor of the journal, Human Rights Research.

Morris talks on religion on the Radio New Zealand program Nights.[1]

National Statement on Religious Diversity

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A keen participant in the New Zealand Diversity Action Programme, Morris is the author of the National Statement on Religious Diversity, which includes a foreword by then Prime Minister Helen Clark. The statement has been the subject of controversy in relation to its assertion that “New Zealand has no official or established religion.”

References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/tags/Paul%20Morris | title=Paul Morris | publisher=Radio New Zealand | accessdate=November 29, 2017}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513144401/http://www.vuw.ac.nz/religion/staff/paul_morris/career_summary.html Paul Morris Career Summary]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060116052034/http://www.vuw.ac.nz/council/profiles.htm#paul Professor Paul Morris : Victoria University website: Council Member Profiles 2006]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008141723/http://www.iahr.dk/candidates/pm.htm Paul Morris : International Association for the History of Religions website: Candidate for the IAHR Executive Committee 2005-2010]
  • Cohen, David. The alternative view. Guardian Unlimited: Education Guardian weekly. October 26, 2004.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070126082936/http://www.hrc.co.nz/home/hrc/introduction/tengirathenzdiversityactionprogramme/nationalstatementonreligiousdiversity.php Human Rights Commission website: The NZ Diversity Action Programme: National Statement on Religious Diversity]
  • Collins, Simon. Denying state religion like treason, says Brian Tamaki. NZ Herald. February 17, 2007.
  • Your Views:Is New Zealand a Christian country?. NZ Herald. February 26, 2007.
  • National Religious Diversity Statement Sparks Debate. February 16, 2007.
  • Worldcat.org entry
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