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4 unusual facts about Chas S. Clifton


Chas S. Clifton

Starting his own magazine, Iron Mountain: A Journal of Magical Religion in the mid-1980s, he also started a graduate degree in religious studies at the University of Colorado, moving from Manitou Springs to Boulder.

Pagan studies

Pagan studies scholar Chas S. Clifton argued that the discipline had developed as a result of the increasing "academic acknowledgement" of contemporary Paganism's "movement into the public eye", referring to the emergence of Pagan involvement with interfaith groups and the Pagan use of archaeological monuments as "sacred sites", particularly in the United Kingdom.

The earliest academic studies of contemporary Paganism were published in the late 1970s and 1980s by scholars like Margot Adler, Marcello Truzzi and Tanya Luhrmann, although it would not be until the 1990s that the actual Pagan studies discipline properly developed, pioneered by academics such as Graham Harvey and Chas S. Clifton.

Pagan Theology

Writing in volume 6.1 of The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies (2004), the journal's editor, Chas S. Clifton of Colorado State University–Pueblo, made reference to York's work in his discussion of the definition of Pagan studies.


ABC Cinema, Clifton

It was built in 1920–1921 as a cinema, called the Whiteladies Picture House, by James Henry LaTrobe and Thomas Henry Weston and opened by the Duchess of Beaufort on 29 Nov 1921.

Blasting St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton

Blasting St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton is a watercolor created by Norwich artist John Sell Cotman.

Clifton, Nottingham

The village is notable for many old buildings including Clifton Hall, and St. Mary's Church.

Henry Robert Clifton

He was the only son of the Rev. Henry Spencer Markham (1805-1844), Rector of St. Mary's Church, Clifton and Prebendary of York, and his wife Sophia Charlotte.

John C. Clifton

Clifton next adopted the Logierian system of musical instruction, and for some years was a well-known teacher in London.

Mark A. Clifton

Clifton is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, the Association of the United States Army, and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.

Mark A. Clifton is the vice president for products and services at SRI International, and is also the general manager (formerly CEO and president) of SRI's Sarnoff Corporation.

Since February 2008, Clifton has been SRI International's vice president of products and services; and from October 2009 until its absorption into SRI in January 2011, Clifton was the CEO and president of SRI's Sarnoff Corporation.

Now, Discover Your Strengths

Now, Discover Your Strengths is a self-help book written by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.

St Paul's Church, Clifton, Bristol

The architect was Charles Hansom, who lived locally at the time, following his work on Clifton College.


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