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.

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  • 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.
  • Denys Alan Turner is een Britse filosoof en theoloog. Sinds 2005 is hij Horace Tracy Pitkin hoogleraar historische theologie aan de Universiteit van Yale. Voor Turner in de Verenigde Staten les ging geven, was hij Norris-Hulse hoogleraar heiligverklaringen aan de Universiteit van Cambridge in Engeland. Eerder was hij professor theologie in Birmingham en zowel daar als in Bristol hoofd van de bijbehorende faculteit. Hij gaf les in onder meer metafysica, ethiek, middeleeuwse filosofie en de geschiedenis van middeleeuwse mystiek. In 1993 mocht Turner de Alan Richardson Lecture geven aan de Universiteit van Durham. Deze was getiteld: Atheism, Mysticism and Mystification: How to Tell the Difference. In 2004 was hij één van de zes personen aan wie een interview van een volledige uitzending werd gewijd in de documentaireserie The Atheism Tapes van de BBC.
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  • 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.
  • Denys Alan Turner is een Britse filosoof en theoloog. Sinds 2005 is hij Horace Tracy Pitkin hoogleraar historische theologie aan de Universiteit van Yale. Voor Turner in de Verenigde Staten les ging geven, was hij Norris-Hulse hoogleraar heiligverklaringen aan de Universiteit van Cambridge in Engeland. Eerder was hij professor theologie in Birmingham en zowel daar als in Bristol hoofd van de bijbehorende faculteit.
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