Browse wiki
Michael Pye was born in 1939 in England, a … Michael Pye was born in 1939 in England, and studied Modern Languages and Theology at Cambridge, England (1958-61) as an Open Scholar of Clare College. He then spent five years in Japan before holding lecturing posts in Religious Studies at Lancaster and Leeds (where he was also awarded a Ph.D). Since 1982 he has been Professor of Religious Studies at Marburg University, Germany, interleaved with a three year period as Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University, England. Shortly after retirement in Marburg (2004) he took up a three year visiting professorship at Ōtani University, Kyōto, followed by one extra year for research only. From 1995 to 2000 he was President of the International Association for the History of Religions. He received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology of Helsinki University and is a foreign member of the Societas Scientiarum Fennica. Apart from a specialised interest in East Asian Buddhism and contemporary Japanese religions he has travelled widely and has interests in broad issues of religion and society in the modern world. ([https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/persons/michael-pye/ Source Accessed June 7, 2021])ichael-pye/ Source Accessed June 7, 2021]) +
false +
false +
false +
false +
false +
false +
false +
People +
Michael+Pye+was+born+in+1939+in+England%2C … Michael+Pye+was+born+in+1939+in+England%2C+and+studied+Modern+Languages+and+Theology+at+Cambridge%2C+England+%281958-61%29+as+an+Open+Scholar+of+Clare+College.+He+then+spent+five+years+in+Japan+before+holding+lecturing+posts+in+Religious+Studies+at+Lancaster+and+Leeds+%28where+he+was+also+awarded+a+Ph.D%29.+Since+1982+he+has+been+Professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+Marburg+University%2C+Germany%2C+interleaved+with+a+three+year+period+as+Professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+Lancaster+University%2C+England.+Shortly+after+retirement+in+Marburg+%282004%29+he+took+up+a+three+year+visiting+professorship+at+%C5%8Ctani+University%2C+Ky%C5%8Dto%2C+followed+by+one+extra+year+for+research+only.+From+1995+to+2000+he+was+President+of+the+International+Association+for+the+History+of+Religions.+He+received+an+honorary+doctorate+from+the+Faculty+of+Theology+of+Helsinki+University+and+is+a+foreign+member+of+the+Societas+Scientiarum+Fennica.+Apart+from+a+specialised+interest+in+East+Asian+Buddhism+and+contemporary+Japanese+religions+he+has+travelled+widely+and+has+interests+in+broad+issues+of+religion+and+society+in+the+modern+world.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.religiousstudiesproject.com%2Fpersons%2Fmichael-pye%2F+Source+Accessed+June+7%2C+2021%5D%29ye%2F+Source+Accessed+June+7%2C+2021%5D%29 +
File:Pye Michael.jpg +
true +
true +
false +
Michael Pye +
Authors of English Works; Professors +
Creation date"Creation date" is a predefined property that corresponds to the date of the first revision of a subject and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
23:34:02, 4 June 2015 +
Display title of"Display title of" is a predefined property that can assign a distinct display title to an entity and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
Michael Pye +
Is a new page"Is a new page" is a predefined property that indicates whether a subject is new or not and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
false +
Last editor is"Last editor is" is a predefined property that contains the page name of the user who created the last revision and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
Modification date"Modification date" is a predefined property that corresponds to the date of the last modification of a subject and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
19:40:08, 5 June 2024 +
Has query"Has query" is a predefined property that represents meta information (in form of a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Subobject">subobject</a>) about individual queries and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
No properties link to this page.