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Dr Mark Wynn

Publications

Books

Renewing the Senses: A Study of the Philosophy and Theology of the Spiritual Life, Oxford University Press, 2013.

Faith and Place: An Essay in Embodied Religious Epistemology, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Emotional Experience and Religious Understanding: Integrating Perception, Conception and Feeling, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

God and Goodness: A Natural Theological Perspective, Routledge, 1999.

Chapters

Religious Experience and Natural Theology, in Re Manning R (eds) Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012

Theism and Aesthetics, in Taliaferro C,Harrison V,Goetz S (eds) The Routledge Companion to Theism, London: Routledge, 2012

Re-enchanting the World: The Possibility of Materially Mediated Religious Experience, in MacSwain R,Worley T (eds) Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David Brown, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012

Naturalism, Supernaturalism and Some Meanings of Pilgrimage, in Brace C,Bailey, A ,Carter S,Harvey D,Thomas N (eds) Emerging Geographies of Belief, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2011, 154-167

Charity and Human Flourishing: Some Reflections Drawn from Thomas Aquinas, in Higton, M,Law J,Rowland C (eds) Theology and Human Flourishing: Essays in Honour of Timothy J. Gorringe, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, 224-237

Religion in its Material Context: Some Considerations Drawn From Contemporary Philosophies of Place, in Carlisle J,Carter J,Whistler D (eds) Moral Powers, Fragile Beliefs, London: Continuum, 2011, 221-242

Imaging Religious Thoughts in the Appearances of Sensory Things, in Evans J,Taliaferro C (eds) Turning Images in Philosophy, Science and Religion: A New Book of Nature, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, 207-225

Thomas Aquinas: Reading the Idea of Dominion in the Light of the Doctrine of Creation, in Horrell D,Hunt C,Southgate C,Stavrakopoulou F (eds) Towards an Ecological Hermeneutic: Biblical, Historical and Theological Perspectives, London: T&T Clark, 2010, 154-165

William Paley and the Argument from Design, in Jordan J (eds) Philosophy of Religion: Key Thinkers, London: Continuum, 2010, 54-75

Religion, Phenomenology of, in Zalta E (eds) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://plato.stanford.edu/, Stanford University, 2008

In Search of a Conversation Between Aesthetics and Theology: An Approach to a Poem by Edmund Cusick, in Palmer C,Torevell D (eds) The Turn to Aesthetics: An Interdisciplinary Exchange of Ideas in Applied and Philosophical Aesthetics, Liverpool: Liverpool Hope University Press, 2008, 58-70

Knowledge of God, Knowledge of Place, and the Method and Practice of the Philosophy of Religion, in Cheetham D,King R (eds) Contemporary Practice and Methods in the Philosophy of Religion: New Essays, London: Continuum, 2008, 148-159

Religious Emotions and Religious Experience, in Lemmens W,Herck WV (eds) Religious Emotions: Some Philosophical Explorations, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008, 27-33

In the Footsteps of Holmes Rolston III: The Emotions and Values in Nature, in Preston C,Ouderkirk W (eds) Nature, Duty and Value: The Thought of Holmes Rolston III, Heidelberg: Springer, 2007, 45-61

Emotional Experience and the Problem of Evil, in Shokhin V (eds) The Problem of Evil: Anglo-Russian Philosophical Almanac, Moscow: Russian Institute of Philosophy, 2007, 202-213

Religion and the Revelation of Value: The Emotions as Sources of Religious Understanding, in Bartel TW (eds) Comparative Theology: Essays for Keith Ward, London: SPCK, 2003, 44-54

The Source and Destination of Thought: A Response to John Haldane, in Helm P (eds) Referring to God: Jewish and Christian Philosophical and Theological Perspectives, London: Curzon Press, 2000, 34-40

Design Arguments, in Davies B (eds) Philosophy of Religion: A Guide to the Subject, London: Cassell, 1998, 59-64

Religious Language, in Byrne P,Houlden L (eds) Companion Encyclopedia of Theology, London: Routledge, 1995, 413-432

Articles

Renewing the Senses: Conversion Experience and the Phenomenology of the Spiritual Life, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2012

Taking the Appearances Seriously: Architectural Experience and the Phenomenological Case for Religious Belief, Religious Studies, vol. 47, 2011, 331-344

Towards a Broadening of the Concept of Religious Experience: Some Phenomenological Considerations, Religious Studies, vol. 45, 2009, 147-166

The Moral Philosophy of Raimond Gaita and Some Questions of Method in the Philosophy of Religion, New Blackfriars, vol. 90, 2009, 639-651

Knowledge of God, Knowledge of Place, and the Aesthetic Dimension of Religious Understanding, Australian eJournal of Theology, vol. 11, 2008

God, Pilgrimage and Acknowledgment of Place, Religious Studies, vol. 43, 2007, 145-163

Knowledge of Place and Knowledge of God: Contemporary Philosophies of Place and Some Questions in Philosophical Theology, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 62, 2007, 149-169

A Response to Cordry on Design, Religious Studies, vol. 42, 2006, 291-297

The Relationship of Religion and Ethics: A Comparison of Newman and Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, Heythrop Journal, vol. 46, 2005, 435-449

Emotions and Christian Ethics: A Reassessment, Studies in Christian Ethics, vol. 17, 2004, 35-55

McDowell, Value Recognition and Affectively Toned Theistic Experience, Ars Disputandi, vol. 4, 2004

Musical Affects and the Life of Faith: Some Reflections on the Religious Potency of Music, Faith and Philosophy, vol. 21, 2004, 25-44

Saintliness and the moral life - Gaita as a source for Christian ethics, J RELIG ETHICS, vol. 31, no. 3, 2003, 463-485

Valuing the World: The Emotions as Data for the Philosophy of Religion, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 52, 2002, 97-113

Representing the Gods: The Role of Art and Feeling, Religious Studies, vol. 36, 2000, 315-331

Natural Theology in an Ecological Mode, Faith and Philosophy, vol. 16, 1999, 27-42

In Defense of 'The Supernatural': A Response to Peter Forrest, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 72, 1999, 477-495

Emergent Phenomena and Theistic Explanation, International Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 39, 1999, 141-155

Beauty, Providence and the Biophilia Hypothesis, Heythrop Journal, vol. 38, 1997, 283-299

Trust-Relationships and the Moral Case for Religious Belief, International Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 37, 1997, 179-188

Primal Religions and the Sacred Significance of Nature, Sophia, vol. 36, 1997, 88-110

Simplicity, Personhood and Divinity, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 41, 1997, 91-103

From World to God: Resemblance and Complementarity, Religious Studies, vol. 32, 1996, 169-185

A Priori Judgements and the Argument from Design, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 39, 1996, 169-185

Evil and Opportunity Cost, Heythrop Journal, vol. 36, 1996, 139-154

Some Reflections on Richard Swinburne's Argument from Design, Religious Studies, vol. 29, 1993, 325-335