Dr. Lonnie D. Kliever (1932 - 2004), was chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the Southern Methodist University (SMU).
Kliever was born in Corn, Oklahoma, a small town in the southwestern part of the state; but spent most of his boyhood in Fort Worth. He suffered a severe childhood case of rickets brought on by a calcium deficiency. This stunted his growth, he stood well under 5 feet tall.
Kliever was educated at Hardin-Simmons Univers...
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Dr. Lonnie D. Kliever (1932 - 2004), was chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the Southern Methodist University (SMU).
Kliever was born in Corn, Oklahoma, a small town in the southwestern part of the state; but spent most of his boyhood in Fort Worth. He suffered a severe childhood case of rickets brought on by a calcium deficiency. This stunted his growth, he stood well under 5 feet tall.
Kliever was educated at Hardin-Simmons University, Union Theological Seminary in New York, and Duke University, where he received a Ph.D. in Religion and Philosophy in 1963. After spending a total of thirteen years teaching at three different institutions (University of Texas at El Paso, Trinity University in San Antonio, and the University of Windsor), he joined SMU's Department of Religious Studies in 1975 as professor and chair. He served two terms as chair, the first from 1975 through 1986 and the second from 1993-1999. During his twenty-nine year career at SMU, he published four...
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