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My doctoral studies on
C.S. Lewis were undertaken in the Department
of Philosophy at the University
of Sheffield. I then completed a teacher training course at Sheffield Hallam University. After a brief
time as a teacher of secondary mathematics, I am now working for Greene
King where I do a computery sort of job which defies easy description.
My doctoral research was
basically in the philosophy of religion. It focuses on the work of C.S.
Lewis and, to a lesser extent, that of G.K. Chesterton. Lewis is perhaps
best known as the author of the Chronicles of Narnia, and Chesterton as
that of the Father Brown stories. While their expertise is undoubtedly in
other areas, my aim was to show that these two writers, who have both been
neglected by mainstream academic philosophy, have much to contribute to the
philosophy of religion, and to other topics besides.
As anyone who follows
the links to my work and does some reading will discover, I consider myself
a Christian Philosopher. Not simply because I am a Christian and a philosopher,
but because I approach philosophy from the stand point of Christianity.
Most of the bits of work you can find on site attempt to defend and clarify
various aspects of Christian belief. While philosophy is a challenging
discipline, and only a minority of philosophers (in the analytic tradition)
are religious, it has long seemed to me that Christianity and philosophy,
at least while supported by a healthy common-sense, illuminate and support
one another in the most wonderful ways. There are, of course, times when I
find that it pretty difficult to make sense of God, and of Christianity in
general, but on reflection it always seems that at those times God and
Christianity in general make very good sense of me.
As a philosopher it is
fortunate that one of my favourite pastimes is reading (and especially
reading CSL or GKC). Other hobbies include playing chess (why not challenge
me to a game at itsyourturn?),
playing badminton and, as the existence of the website testifies, wasting
time on my computer. As my time as a maths teacher suggests, I’m also keen
on mathematics.
Last, but of course not
least, I should mention my wife, Heather, whom I love very much. Heather has
now put up with all my oddities (as described above) for over six years. As
you can tell, she must love me quite a lot too.
Last Updated: 3rd
September 2006
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