Memorials for Giants in Religious Studies

Dr. Bill Peck influenced thousands of students; Frederick Buechner reached tens of thousands of readers

On Saturday, I attended a memorial service for Bill Peck, who was described as “a giant” of a professor of religious studies. He died in December at age 93. I was one of, I’m sure, thousands of students who were gobsmacked by his knowledge of and appreciation for the role of religion in human life, ranging widely from indigenous peoples of the Americas …