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506: 423:, he was invited by the incoming Blair government in 1997 to chair a Royal Commission on Long-Term Care of Older People. This recommended that government (including the NHS and local authorities) should be responsible for providing free care in the spirit of the NHS Act to all people even if their illness takes the form of a chronic mental frailty. His recommendations were taken up by the devolved Scottish government, though were never implemented for England and Wales. 165: 38: 471:(1984) – explored a range of intellectual, moral and existential issues in contemporary philosophical theology, developing further his argument that Christian ethical and faith traditions continue to have an enduring value at a time when former patterns of belief have broken down. He further promoted his field of study in two influential edited volumes, 431:
As a philosopher of religion, Sutherland had focused on how people continue to be morally responsible human beings in pluralist societies without the metaphysical security of traditional and potentially divisive systems of belief. Influenced by his intellectual mentor,
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490:(with Peter Clarke), (1991), he had contributed to the increasingly significant field of religious studies in school and university curricula, while also promoting understanding and mutual respect amongst peoples of different faiths. 1512: 1012: 55: 1274: 384:, in which position he served until 2002. During his principalship the university made significant advances in teaching and research, effectively implementing organisational change. He was the provost of 436:, Sutherland's approach has brought the clarity and rigour of the Anglo-American tradition of analytic philosophy into conversation with literary and philosophical thinkers on the European continent. 1005: 1457: 349:. In Stirling, he established the Religious Studies department and recruited John Drane and the late Glyn Richards to work alongside him in this enterprise. Then in 1977 he became 1547: 1527: 1472: 1467: 1267: 918: 633: 1517: 1497: 998: 690: 1542: 1477: 522:
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A bronze bust of Lord Sutherland, by Vincent Butler, stands at the head of the stair to the Playfair Library in
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The Philosophical Frontiers of Christian Theology: Essays Presented to D. M. MacKinnon
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Atheism and the Rejection of God: Contemporary Philosophy and "The Brothers Karamazov"
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He was then appointed assistant lecturer in philosophy at the
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In 2005, he became a member of the editorial board of the
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy
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Following his involvement in the establishment of the
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between 2002 and 2008. In 1992, he was elected to the
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The Study of Religion: Traditional and New Religions
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The Heraldry Society of Scotland 550:On 29 June 2001, he was created a 25: 1558:Presidents of the Saltire Society 1538:20th-century British philosophers 343:University College of North Wales 331:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 256:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1533:British philosophers of religion 1493:Fellows of King's College London 597:from the Faculty of Theology at 593:. On 31 May 1996 he received an 317:. In 1963 he graduated from the 143:The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood 36: 671:. Baz Manning. 15 February 2022 47:needs additional citations for 1523:Fellows of the British Academy 776:Birkbeck, University of London 591:Birkbeck, University of London 325:in Philosophy, and received a 1: 1355:Sir William Reginald Halliday 884:The Lord Cameron of Balhousie 574:and his Junior Supporter was 556:Baron Sutherland of Houndwood 482:In two other edited volumes, 477:Religion, Reason and the Self 859:Two Paintings and a Sceptic' 741:. 4 July 2001. p. 7875. 721:. 9 June 1995. p. 8075. 653:Special Minute of the Senate 479:(with T A Roberts), (1989). 18:Lord Sutherland of Houndwood 1563:Provosts of Gresham College 576:The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn 364:In 1990, Sutherland became 1579: 1128:William Wishart (secundus) 568:Royal Society of Edinburgh 398:Royal Society of Edinburgh 392:, and in 1995 he became a 1379:Lord Cameron of Balhousie 1290: 979: 970: 962: 952: 943: 935: 925: 916: 908: 898: 888: 880: 875: 772:Information about fellows 261: 241:29 January 2018 (aged 76) 220: 185: 174: 162: 1110:William Wishart (primus) 494:Achievements and honours 463:. 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