The Gifford Committee have been commissioned by the Templeton Foundation Press to prepare an online database of all the Gifford Lectures since their inception in 1888.

This is part of a Scotland-wide project involving all the Gifford Committees in Glasgow, Edinburgh, St. Andrews and Aberdeen universities. The website, when it is completed, will provide a detailed introduction to each series of lectures and their publication, biographies of lecturers as well as a great deal of material which will be invaluable for scholars world-wide.

Distinguished Gifford lecturers in Glasgow have included Max Mller, Mary Warnock, and Carl Sagan.

The website (Gifford) is a rich and growing resource, offering a biography of Adam Lord Gifford, a brief description of natural theology and news about current Gifford events.

A team of research students from the Department of Theology and Religious Studies have been working on this project, under the directorship of Professor Alexander Broadie and Professor David Jasper.

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First published: 23 February 2007