Phillip Wiebe

Professor of Philosophy; MAIH

Department: School of Graduate Studies, MAIH, Philosophy

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Area of Expertise: Analytic philosophy; philosophy of science and religion, religious experience; philosophy and Christianity

Education: B.A., M.A. (Manitoba) Ph.D. (Adelaide).

Selected publications:

  • "Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion," The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, pp. 502-22, ed. Philip Clayton and Zachary Simpson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Visions of Jesus: Direct Encounters from the New Testament to Today. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • "Critical Reflections on Christic Visions," Journal of Consciousness Studies, Controversies in Science and the Humanities (Special Issue: Cognitive Models and Spiritual Maps. Edited by Jensine Andresen and Robert K. C. Forman), 7 (2000): 119-44.
  • God and Other Spirits: Intimations of Transcendence in Christian Faith. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • "Finite Spirits as Theoretical Entities," Religious Studies, 40 (200dublin4): 341-50.
  • "Degrees of Hallucinatoriness and Christic Visions," Archiv für Religionspsychologie, 24 (2004): 201-22.

Notable accomplishments and experiences:

  • Commonwealth Scholarship to Australia, 1970-73.
  • Invited lecturer, Lublin Catholic University, April 2002.
  • St. Francis Xavier University, September 2002.