Mark Vernon
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Mark Vernon is a British psychotherapist and writer.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Vernon has a degree in theology from the University of Oxford and another theology degree and a physics degree from Durham University[citation needed]. He received a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy from the University of Warwick.[3]
Vernon is the author of several books on subjects from friendship and belief, to wellbeing and love, including A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness (2019),[4][5] based upon the ideas of the Oxford Inkling, Owen Barfield,[6] Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey.,[7][3] and most recently, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps.[8]
He is a columnist for The Idler, and has written for Aeon, Church Times and The Tablet, amongst other publications.[9][2] He has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze, In Our Time, alongside other programmes, and also regularly podcasts and posts YouTubes, including the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake.[10][2][11] Vernon was formerly a Church of England priest.[3]
Vernon has a private psychotherapy practice and has also worked at the Maudsley Hospital.[1][12]
Works
[edit]- Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps, Iff Books: 2022
- Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, Angelico Press: 2021
- A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling and the Evolution of Consciousness, John Hunt Publishing: 2019
- The Idler Guide To Ancient Philosophy, Idler Books: 2015
- Carl Jung: How to believe, Guardian Shorts: 2013
- Love: All That Matters, Hodder Education: 2013
- God: The Big Questions, Quercus: 2012
- God: All That Matters, Hodder Education: 2012
- How To Be An Agnostic, Palgrave Macmillan: 2011
- The Good Life, Hodder Education: 2010
- The Meaning of Friendship, Palgrave Macmillan: 2010
- Plato’s Podcasts: The Ancients’ Guide to Modern Living, Oneworld: 2009
- Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions (Editor in Chief), Chambers Harrap: 2009
- Teach Yourself Humanism, Hodder Education: 2008
- Wellbeing, Acumen: 2008 – in The Art of Living series that he edited
- 42: Deep Thought on Life, the Universe and Everything, Oneworld: 2008
- What Not To Say: Finding the Right Words at Difficult Moments, Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 2007
- Business: The Key Concepts, Routledge: 2002
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mark Vernon | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Mark Vernon | Closer to Truth". www.closertotruth.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Mark Vernon". Greenbelt. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Secret History of Christianity, A from Christian Alternative Books".
- ^ "A Secret History of Christianity, by Mark Vernon". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Owen Barfield (1898–1997)". Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, from Angelico Press".
- ^ Vernon, Mark. "Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps". Iff Books.
- ^ "Mark Vernon". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Mark Vernon - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Mark Vernon". Oneworld. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Mark Vernon". www.psychotherapy.org.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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