Jacob Needleman

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Jacob Needleman

Philosophy

#1160

World Rank

#2170

Historical Rank

#482

USA Rank

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#7307

World Rank

#9027

Historical Rank

#1088

USA Rank

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Why Is Jacob Needleman Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Jacob Needleman was an American philosopher, author, and religious scholar. Needleman was Jewish and was educated at Harvard University, Yale University, and the University of Freiburg, Germany. He was deeply involved in the Gurdjieff Work and the Gurdjieff Foundation of San Francisco. He was a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at San Francisco State University and is said to have "popularized the term 'new religious movements'." He was a former visiting professor at the Duxx Graduate School of Business Leadership in Monterrey, Mexico, and former director of the center for the study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also served as a research associate at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, a research fellow at Union Theological Seminary, Adjunct Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of California Medical School and guest Professor of Religious Studies at the Sorbonne, Paris . Needleman was honored by the New York Open Center in New York City in 2006. Needleman also narrated classical religious texts in audiobook format, including the Taoist Tao Te Ching and the Hindu Bhagavad Gita.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Jacob Needleman?

Jacob Needleman is affiliated with the following schools:

• Yale University
• San Francisco State University
• Harvard University