Kevin James Sharpe (23 January 1950 – 6 November 2008) was a mathematician, theologian, archaeologist, Anglican priest and professor at Union Institute & University.
He is known for his publications on the relationship between religion and science, on the interpretation of quantum physics by David Bohm, as well as for his investigations with Leslie Van Gelder on finger flutings in the Rouffignac cave.
In 1975, he obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, under supervision of Graham Elton, with a thesis entitled “Relationships between Group Topologies”.[1]
In 1976, Sharpe was ordained as an Anglican priest.[2]
He obtained a second Ph.D. in religious studies in 1987 from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, for work performed under supervision of Professors Robert S. Cohen of the Philosophy Department, and Harold H. Oliver with the topic “Christian Theology and the Physics, Metaphysics, and Mathematics of David Bohm”, which later led to his book published in 1993.
Since 1987, Kevin Sharpe was professor in the Graduate College of the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati,[1] [2] and associate director of research at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, England.[3]
He was editor of Theology and the Sciences of the Fortress Press series as of 1991,[1] founding editor of Science & Spirit,[2] and member of the advisory boards of Anthropology of Consciousness, of and of the Center for Humility Theology at the John Templeton Foundation.[2]
Sharpe authored more than 130 journal articles.[2]
Together with his second wife, Dr. Mary Catherine Lacombe, Kevin J. Sharpe wrote several articles on finger flutings, after doing research in the Rouffignac cave and in Australian caves. Dr. Lacombe, who had a PhD in writing along with experience in childhood education made the connection between these finger flutings and mnemonic devices that young children use.