Robert Hamerton-Kelly
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1938 – 2013
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Who was Robert Hamerton-Kelly?
Robert Gerald Hamerton-Kelly was a Christian theologian, ordained United Methodist pastor, ethics scholar, and author and editor of several books on religion and violence. He served as Dean of the Chapel at Stanford Memorial Church at Stanford University for 14 years and was on the faculty of the university for more than 30 years. A leading advocate of the work of René Girard's theory of mimetic desire, Hamerton-Kelly co-founded several organizations dedicated to the study of the theory and edited several important texts about it.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1938
Cape Town - Education
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Employment
- Stanford University
- Died
- Jul 7, 2013
Portland
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on July 23, 2013
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