Jeffrey Stout
Jeffrey Stout | |
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| Born | Jeffrey Lee Stout September 11, 1950 Trenton, New Jersey, US |
| Spouse |
Sally Starkey (m. 1973) |
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| Thesis | Religion, Morality, and the Justification of Moral Knowledge (1976) |
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| Discipline | Religious studies |
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| Institutions | Princeton University |
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Jeffrey Lee Stout (born September 11, 1950) is an American religious studies scholar who is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Princeton University. He is a member of the Department of Religion, and is associated with the departments of Philosophy and Politics, the Center for the Study of Religion, and the Center for Human Values. His works focus on the possibility of ethical discourse in a religiously pluralistic society. He served as president of the American Academy of Religion in 2007.