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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Wilfred Cantwell Smith Papers
Creator:
Smith, Wilfred Cantwell, 1916-2000
Identifier/Call Number: SC.WCS
Extent:
17.00 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1940-1999
Abstract: Professor Wilfred Cantwell Smith was
the foremost Canadian scholar on Islam and comparative religion. He founded the Institute
for Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal in 1951, helped establish the Center
for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Department of Comparative Religion at
Dalhousie University.
Language of Material: English
Professor Wilfred Cantwell Smith was a Canadian scholar on Islam and comparative religion.
He founded the Institute for Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal in 1951,
helped establish the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Department
of Comparative Religion at Dalhousie University. His
The Meaning and
End of Religion
(1963) was a groundbreaking study of the historical changes in the
meaning of such words as religion, faith, and belief.
The
Wilfred Cantwell Smith Papers consists of correspondence,
off prints of journal articles, lecture notes, typescripts of papers presented at
conferences, and pamphlets sent to him by former students and colleagues. Much of the
material is on Islam, but also includes comparative religion, philosophy and one file on the
Cantwell family. There is occasional correspondence with leading academic figures such as
Marshall Hodgson. The original alphabetical arrangement followed by Professor Smith has been
retained.
The colleciton is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Wilfred and Muriel Cantwell Smith, 2000
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