F. Clive-Ross. Francis Clive-Ross (1921-1981) was the founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of Studies in Comparative Religion, the earliest and most influential English-language journal of traditional studies. Studies in Comparative Religion was founded in Britain in 1963 and published under the name Tomorrow until 1967, when it was changed to its present name. Four quarterly issues per year, containing over 1,200 articles in total, were published during the first 25 years of Studies in Comparative Religion’s existence, before its publication was interrupted in 1987.

Clive-Ross was also a Trustee of the World of Islam Festival held in London in 1976 and penned a number of editorials and articles.

During its first 25 years, the journal had its offices in a wing of the Clive-Ross home in Pates Manor, Bedfont, which dates its origins to the 15th century. Charles le Gai Eaton wrote about Clive-Ross’s dedication to Studies in Comparative Religion:

It was because he himself believed that such ideas are the most real things in the world that Clive-Ross found the strength to struggle against difficulties (not least those of funding) which might have seemed insuperable to a lesser man. It was his deep conviction that the beliefs, the spiritual “point of view”, expressed in the pages of Studies represented a truth for which the world is hungry that enabled him to fulfill his task up to the end of his life. In this he was single-minded and showed a toughness which contrasted with his amiable and easygoing nature.

Dr. George Atiyeh (1923-2008) was a scholar, librarian, author, and editor who headed the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress for more than 25 years. Atiyah graduated from the American University in Beirut in 1950 with an M.A. in history. In 1954 he received a doctorate in the history of philosophy from the University of Chicago. Dr. Atiyeh was a professor and administrator at the University of Puerto Rico for some time, after which he joined the Library of Congress in 1967. As head of the Near East section, Atiyeh contributed greatly to building the Library’s renowned collections on the Middle East. Dr. Atiyeh wrote, edited, and contributed to a number of books on Arab philosophy, Christian-Muslim relations, and Arab intellectual history. Dr. George N. Atiyeh contributed the article “Jerusalem in Medieval Christian Thought”, which appeared in the Summer-Autumn 1979 edition of Studies.

Bernardino of Siena (1380-1444), also known as Bernadine, was a priest, a Franciscan missionary, a writer of theological and spiritual works, and a tireless and charismatic preacher who was canonized in 1450. St. Bernadine of Siena was renowned for his devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. Rama P. Coomaraswamy translated and added an introduction to “A Sermon on the Glorious Name of Jesus Christ” by St. Bernadine of Siena, which appeared in the Winter-Spring 1980 edition of Studies.

Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 - October 7, 1978) was a philosopher, theologian and professor of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.

Corbin was one of the 20th century’s most remarkable and significant religious thinkers. His vision of the fundamental unity of the three great monotheisms, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is of profound importance for our understanding of the history and destiny of the Western tradition. His work provides an ecumenical and cross-cultural perspective which is unique in its scope, power and visionary penetration.

His works include Avicenna and the Visionary Recital, Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi and Spiritual Body & Celestial Earth.

Victor Danner (1926-1990) was an educator, scholar, translator, and author. He specialized in, and taught Arabic, Arabic Literature, Islam, Sufism, Eastern Religions, and Comparative Mysticism at Indiana University. Professor Danner was a renowned teacher, with the rare ability to captivate and motivate students, whether the subject was Arabic grammar or American Indian religion. Dr. Danner focused his writing and translating on the explication of the Islamic religious tradition and its esoterism, Sufism. Besides contributing essays to the journal Studies in Comparative Religion, as well as to other journals, he produced three books, Ibn ‘Ata ‘Allah’s Sufi Aphorisms (1973), Ibn ‘Ata ‘Allah: The Book of Wisdom (1978), and The Islamic Tradition: An Introduction (1988).

Guru Gampopa (1079-1152) was an important Tibetan Buddhist monk, guru, author, and transmitter of several Tibetan Buddhist lineages. Gampopa is generally acknowledged as the greatest disciple of Milarepa. Gampopa was at first a well known physician, following in his father's footsteps, and a husband and father. After the deaths of his immediate family, he became a dedicated disciple of Milarepa, and gained Enlightenment. Guru Gampopa became the "heart son" of Milarepa. It would later be the former's synthesis of Milarepa's meditative techniques and various doctrines of Tibetan Buddhism that would become the basis of the Kagyu tradition in Tibetan Buddhism. Guru Gampopa authored various treatises, and is perhaps best known for the Rosary of Precious Stones, included here in the 1984 Summer-Autumn edition of Studies. As in the representation to the left, he is usually depicted wearing a red hat and robes.

Dr. Joscelyn Godwin was born in England and received a B.A. degree and M.A. in Music there. He came to the U.S. in 1966 and received a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1969. Godwin taught at Cleveland State University for two years and then began a career with the Music Department at Colgate University, where he has been since 1971. Dr. Godwin has written a great deal on music, literature, and Western esoteric traditions, including Hermeticism and alchemy. He has also translated a number of books, though perennialist readers may be most familiar with his translation of Guénon's The Multiple States of Being. Dr. Godwin contributed two essays to this journal.

Father Ian Herring was an Anglo-Catholic clergyman in Victoria, Australia. At the time of his death in 1993, Rev. Herring was Vicar of Christ Church Essendon in Melbourne Australia. Fr. Ian Herring wrote the essay “The Dove and the Crow,” which appeared in the Summer-Autumn 1984 edition of Studies. At the time of publication, the essay was incorrectly attributed to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. In the following issue (i.e. Winter-Spring 1985, vol. 17), the editors apologized for the error, and quoted from a letter sent to Studies by Father Herring: “When I opened my Studies and saw ‘The Dove and the Crow’ in print, I felt a combination of emotions. First, I was delighted that a work of mine had been considered worthy to appear in a journal with Schuon, Guénon and company. Secondly, I was flattered that somebody thought it was worthy of Coomaraswamy. In truth, I remember writing it under his spell, and may well have used his thoughts. The confusion is not surprising. It was clearly a mistake made in good faith.…”.

• "About the Term 'Traditional Authors'"

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