Denys Turner

Denys Alan Turner (born 5 August 1942) is a British academic in the field of philosophy and theology. He is currently Professor of Historical Theology at Yale University having been appointed in 2005, previously having been Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University. He earned his PhD in Philosophy from Oxford University. He has written widely on political theory and social theory in relation to Christian theology, as well as on Medieval thought, in particular, mystical theology.

Prior to his position at Cambridge, he was Professor of Theology and Head of Department at Birmingham and has also held Head of Department at the University of Bristol. Turner also worked at University College, Dublin and Manhattanville College, New York.

Turner has three children: Ruth, John and Brendan.

Works cited

Turner has written a number of books on philosophy and theology, has contributed to dozens of others and has 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.
• Julian of Norwich, Theologian, New Haven: Yale University Press (2011), pp. 304. ISBN 13: 9780300163919. ISBN 10: 0300163916.

External links

• Denys Turner C.V. - Yale Univ. website

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