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Mark Vernon

Mark Vernon

British psychotherapist and writer


Mark Vernon is a British psychotherapist and writer.[1][2]

Biography

Vernon has a degree in theology from the University of Oxford and another theology degree and a physics degree from Durham University. 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

  • 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

  1. "Mark Vernon | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. "Mark Vernon | Closer to Truth". www.closertotruth.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. "Mark Vernon". Greenbelt. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. "A Secret History of Christianity, by Mark Vernon". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. "Owen Barfield (1898–1997)". Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. "Mark Vernon". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  7. "Mark Vernon". Oneworld. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  8. "Mark Vernon". www.psychotherapy.org.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2022.



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