Mark Wynn is a British

philosopher of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning ph ...

, philosophical theologian and academic. He is the seventh

Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion The Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion is a chair at the University of Oxford, associated with Oriel College. The chair was established in 1920 by an endowment from Charles Frederick Nolloth, on the basis of lectures de ...

Oriel College Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, w ...

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. He was formerly the president of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion.

Education and career

Wynn earned a BA in Philosophy and Theology at the University of Oxford,

Hertford College Hertford College ( ), previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main gate to the Bodleian Library. The colle ...

. He earned a

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in 1991 at Oxford (

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) under the supervision of Brian Davies and

Richard Swinburne Richard Granville Swinburne (IPA ) (born December 26, 1934) is an English philosopher. He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Over the last 50 years Swinburne has been a proponent of philosophical arguments for ...

for his dissertation, ''God and the World: The Place of Explanation in Natural Theology''. Following a position at

King’s College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

, he became a research fellow at

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. He then held positions at the Australian Catholic University and the

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. From 2013 to 2020, Wynn was a professor of philosophy and religion at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

. He joined the Faculty of Theology and Religion and the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford in July 2020. In 2022, he was elected a

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(FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

Books

* ''God and Goodness: A Natural Theological Perspective'' (Routledge, 2002) * ''Emotional Experience and Religious Understanding: Integrating Perception, Conception and Feeling'' (Cambridge University Press, 2005) * ''Faith and Place: An Essay in Embodied Religious Epistemology'' (Oxford University Press, 2009) * ''Renewing the Senses: A Study of the Philosophy and Theology of the Spiritual Life'' (Oxford University Press, 2013) * ''Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues: Living Between Heaven and Earth'' (Oxford University Press, 2020)

References

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