Keith Ward is a British cleric, philosopher, and theologian who has specialized in comparative theology and the interplay between science and faith. He was the Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Oxford University for over a decade  before retiring in 2004. He is also a fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences, a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and an ordained priest in the Church of England. He has doctorates in divinity from Cambridge and Oxford Universities. He has lectured at the universities of Glasgow, St. Andrews, Cambridge, and London where he was professor of history and philosophy of religion, and has written more than twenty highly acclaimed books, including The Big Questions in Science and Religion (2008), Re-thinking Christianity (2007), and In Defence of the Soul (1998).