More Than You Know
MORE THAN YOU KNOW: Albert Moore – An Autobiography. More Than You Know, the title of a jazz song, is the life story of academic pioneer Albert Moore (1926-2009). Born in Island Bay Wellington, New Zealand on the cusp of the Great Depression, he trained as a teacher in Wellington and a theological minister at…
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Rachel Ovens
About This Book
MORE THAN YOU KNOW: Albert Moore – An Autobiography. More Than You Know, the title of a jazz song, is the life story of academic pioneer Albert Moore (1926-2009). Born in Island Bay Wellington, New Zealand on the cusp of the Great Depression, he trained as a teacher in Wellington and a theological minister at Knox College, Dunedin. His distinguished academic career included gaining a doctorate in Manchester, UK, in 1954, and being an exchange student in Göttingen, Germany, where be became fluent in German. In 1959 he married Alexa, a well-travelled Karitane nurse from Tapanui. Albert took his young family overseas to Chicago in the 1960s to study comparative religions under Mircea Eliade and Paul Tillich. Moore published many papers and books. His magnum opus is generally agreed to be Iconography of Religions (1977), which analyses world religions through the lens of art. With his wife he attended many international conferences and was a visiting academic at Princeton University in 1980. He was Associate Professor of religious studies at Otago University for 25 years, and after retiring continues to be active in publishing and teaching. Albert believed strongly in the transformational power of art. He and Alexa – lovers of life and people – participated in Dunedin’s art and culture scene well into their retirement.
Email: 64cannington@gmail.com Writer: Rachel Ovens
About The Writer
Rachel Ovens
RACHEL OVENS (née Moore) is a New Zealand author and writer of non-fiction. She is a graduate of The University of Otago in History. She has trained in 1980s and working as a Registered Comprehensive Nurse for 40 years in the New Zealand Health System. Her Mother Alexa was a Karitane Nurse. Rachel is pleased to join the Christian writer’s group. She finds the history behind the Bible fascinating and is strengthened by her own personal relationship with God. She was born in rural NZ of the South Island (Te Waipounamu) and went on to travel the world with her family. Her father, a Presbyterian Minister, did further studies in the religions of the world and took them on some daring adventures. Rachel lives in NZ with her husband Michael and their three grown children. She is author of a science literacy, internationally distributed, non-fiction book ‘The Tale of Mrs Possum, A Reflection on NZ Society’ (2017) and with her brother the autobiography of their father (2010). She is currently working on her next project about the human immune system.
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