Cliff Edwards

Dr. Edwards’ education has spanned East and West, studies in spirituality, world religions, literature, and the arts. His Ph.D. in the history and literature of religions was earned at Northwestern University. He studied at the University of Strasbourg in France, the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland, and the Daitokuji Zen monastery in Kyoto Japan. He has been a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University, and has lectured at museums and centers of the arts in the United States and abroad. He is currently professor of religion and the arts at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.