Paul Morris

Paul Morris was appointed Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University in 1994. He retired in 2018 and was appointed to the position of Emeritus Professor.

Prior to returning to Victoria University of Wellington in 1994, Paul taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He has also held visiting positions at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies; Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence (Sciences Po Aix); University of Sydney; Boston University; and University of California, Santa Barbara.

He is known for his work on the relationship between religion and dying/death, and religion and personal and cultural identity.