ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION
Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski
in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Mordechai Z. Cohen, Joseph Davis, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford
Name
Prof. Dr. Martin Forward
Function
Professor of Religion
Address
Aurora University
347 South Gladstone Avenue
Aurora IL 60506
USA
Telephone + 1 630 844 6535
Fax +1 630 844 5242
E-Mail mforward@aurora.edu
Homepage at University www.aurora.edu/cfa
Biography
Martin Forward obtained undergraduate degrees in History and Theology at the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge, after which he spent two years as a fraternal worker at the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad, India. He received an MLitt with distinction in Islamic Studies from the University of Lancaster, and undertook PhD research at the University of Bristol examining the contribution of Geoffrey Parrinder to the study of religion.
He has taught at the Universities of Leicester, Bristol, Derby and Cambridge, and is presently the Helena Wackerlin Professor of Religion at Aurora University and Executive Director of the Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action. He has authored many articles and edited two books.
He has written seven books, the latest of which is The Nature and the Name of Love: Religion for the Contemporary World, Peterborough: Epworth, 2008.