About: Kenneth W. Morgan

Kenneth William Morgan (October 15, 1908 – December 23, 2011) was an American educator in the field of religion and a proponent of teaching other religions from the perspective of that religion's scholars. After completing Harvard Divinity School in 1935, he spent a year in India living in ashrams, visiting religious sites and meeting scholars. In the 1950s, while teaching Asian religions, he developed and edited books on Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam written by leading religious scholars of those faiths. He was instrumental in establishing academic centers for the study of world religions, several national professional associations, and numerous educational careers. For 25 years at Colgate University he served as chaplain, Professor of Religion, Director of Chapel House, and Director of Fu