Denys Turner
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Denys Turner is a British academic in the field of philosophy and theology. He was Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge in the UK before becoming Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology at Yale University in 2005. He has written widely on political theory and social theory in relation to Christian theology, as well as on Medieval thought, particularly strands of mystical theology. Denys has three children; Ruth, John and the 'special' Brendan.
[edit] Bibliography
Turner has written a number of books on philosophy and theology, contributed to dozens of others, and written a large number of articles in the course of his academic career.
- On the Philosophy of Karl Marx, Dublin: Sceptre (1968), pp. 93.
- Marxism and Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell (1983), pp. 256. Paperback edn. 1984.
- Eros and Allegory, Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications (1995), pp. vi + 471.
- The Darkness of God, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1995), pp. xi + 278. Paperback edition published September, 1998. Fourth impression, November, 1999. Electronic edition, 2002.
- Faith Seeking, London: SCM (2002), pp.xiii + 146.
- Faith, Reason, and the Existence of God, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2004), pp. xix + 271.
[edit] External links
- Turner's Page at the Cambridge University site
- Turner's CV
- The transcript and video of the edition of the BBC TV series The Atheism Tapes, an extended conversation between Denys and Jonathan Miller on matters theological.
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