Keston Institute

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The Keston Institute (Keston College)

communist countries, previously based in Oxford, England. It is now located at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The Center for Religion, Politics, and Society was founded in 1969 by the Revd Canon Michael Bourdeaux (March 19, 1934 [2] Cornwall, United Kingdom - March 29, 2021).[3]

History

In the 1950s, Michael Bourdeaux spent a year in

Russian Revolution in 1917. This prompted him to take up the cause of those persecuted for their religious faith.[4]

In 1969 Bourdeaux founded at

religious freedom in former communist countries, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union.[6]
Eventually the enterprise was relocated to Oxford.

In 1984 Michael Bourdeaux won the Templeton Prize. Bourdeaux retired from Keston in 1999.[7] The current chairman at the Keston Institute is Xenia Dennen.

Since 2007, the Keston Institute's archive and library have been under the care of the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, & Society at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b About us Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "In Memoriam: Michael Bourdeaux". Keston Center | Baylor University. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "In Memoriam: Michael Bourdeaux". Baylor University - Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^
    ISBN 1-890151-43-2
    . p. 165.
  5. ISBN 0-691-12573-2
    . Page xv.
  6. Oxford University
    Gazette., 2000-1.
  7. ^ "Church Times: "Deaths"". Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ^ Keston Center

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