Dr. Peter Vardy is a British

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 academic, philosopher, theologian and author

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. Since 1999 he has held the post of Vice Principal at Heythrop College

Heythrop College

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, London

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Vardy was originally a chartered accountant

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 before becoming an academic. He holds a Masters Degree in Theology

Theology

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 (with distinction) and a Ph.D (on ‘The Concept of Eternity’) from King's College London

King's College London

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. He has lectured in Philosophy of Religion

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 at King's and also at the Institute of Education, London on their Masters Degree in Education programme.

Main Academic Interests

• Ethics and Values Education
• The Nature of God
• The relationship between science and religion
• Truth claims in different religions
• The philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard
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• Globalisation and the impact on what it means to live a fulfilled human life
• Providing a spiritual perspective in a secular world
• Islam
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• What it means to be human
• Ethics in Business
• Practical annunciation of the Fibonacci Number in verbal linguistics.

As as result, he has also authored a series of books on the philosophy of religion

Philosophy of religion

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, including the Puzzle and Thinker's Guide series.

With other authors

• The Puzzle of Ethics (1994) (with Dr Paul Grosch - Philosopher)
• The Puzzle of the Gospels (1995) (with Mary Mills - theologian)
• The Thinker's Guide to God (2003) (with Julie Arliss and Robert Van de Weyer)
• The Thinker's Guide to Evil (2003) (with Julie Arliss)

As editor

• Fount Christian Thinkers (Series Editor, 1997)
• Great Christian Thinkers: The Spiritual Heritage of Six Key Theologians (1999)