Biography
James S. Cutsinger (Ph.D., Harvard,www.cutsinger.net) is Professor of Theology and
Religious Thought at the University of South Carolina.
A widely recognized authority on the Sophia Perennis and the
traditionalist school of comparative religious thought, he is best known for
his work on the Swiss philosopher Frithjof
Schuon. Professor Cutsinger serves as secretary to the Foundation for
Traditional Studies, and he is currently editing the Collected
Works of Frithjof Schuon.
The recipient of numerous teaching awards, he was honored in 1999 as a
Michael J. Mungo University Teacher of the Year. He offers courses at both
the undergraduate and graduate levels in Religious
Studies, and he is a frequent contributor to USC's Honors
College, where he has taken the lead in developing a series of courses
in the study of Great
Books.
Professor Cutsinger is a nationally known advocate of Socratic
Teaching based on the classics.
His consulting work has included curriculum development and design,
contributions to great books seminars for professionals, and workshops in
discussion-based pedagogy. He has also served as director of three National
Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars.
Biography Copyright 2000 by James Cutsinger
