1929 – 2017
Terence Penelhum (1929–2017) was a British-Canadian philosopher of religion who taught for decades at the University of Calgary, where he helped establish the Department of Religious Studies. His work focused on Hume, personal identity, religious epistemology, and the rationality of religious faith, bridging analytic philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
Authored 'God and Skepticism' (1983), a major analytic treatment of faith and skeptical challenges
Wrote 'Survival and Disembodied Existence' (1970), a landmark study on personal identity and the afterlife
Published influential scholarship on Hume's philosophy of religion, including 'David Hume: An Introduction to His Philosophical System'
Founded and chaired the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for contributions to philosophy of religion