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Lecturer in Logic, University of Glasgow, 1964-69.
Lecturer in Philosophy, University St. Andrews, 1969-71.
Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, University of London (King's College) 1971-76.
Fellow, Dean and Director of Studies in Philosophy and in Theology, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Divinity, 1976-83.
F. D. Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology, University of London, 1983-1986.
Professor and Head of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Religion, University of London, 1986-1991.
Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, 1991- 2003.
Now Emeritus Student (i.e. member of Governing Body) of Christ Church, Oxford.
Gresham Professor of Divinity, Gresham College, London, 2004 – 2008.
Professorial Research Fellow, Heythrop College, London, 2009 -
Ordained priest in the Church of England. 1972.
Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1991- 2003.
Fellow of the British Academy 2000-
Honorary Doctorate, Free University of Amsterdam, 2000.
Honorary Doctorate, University of Glasgow, 2007.
Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Former Member of Executive Council, Royal Institute of Philosophy.
Former Joint Editor of Religious Studies, Member of Editorial Boards of: Religious Studies, Journal of Contemporary Religion; Studies in Inter-Religious Dialogue; World Faiths Encounter.
Former President, World Congress of Faiths
I have been a visiting professor at Drake University, Iowa, at Claremont Graduate School, California, at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Cornell College, Iowa, at Hartford Seminary, and Virginia Theological Seminary.