William Stoddart
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William Stoddart (born 25 June 1925, in Carstairs, Scotland) is a British medical doctor, author and "spiritual traveller", who has written three books on the philosophy of religions. They are:
- Sufism – The Mystical Doctrines and Methods of Islam
- Outline of Buddhism
- Outline of Hinduism
He is also the editor of the anthology on the Swiss Perennialist master, The Essential Titus Burckhardt" (USA, 2004).
In his books and numerous articles in the field of philosophy of religion, Stoddart has shown that he possesses the art of extracting the essence of the subjects he deals with. He has been called a “master of synthesis” (in the journal Sophia, Volume 4, Number 2, Winter 1998.) and is one of the most important writers on the Perennial Philosophy in the present day.
He has translated into English, from the original French or German, several of the books of the perennialist masters Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) and Titus Burckhardt (1908-1984).
His latest work is the book "Remembering in a World of Forgetting", scheduled to be published in 2007.
A short CV is available on http://www.worldwisdom.com/Public/Authors/Detail.asp?AuthorID=15&WhatType=1
