Mark Vernon Explained

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] 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] 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] [11]} Vernon was formerly a Church of England priest.

Vernon has a private psychotherapy practice and has also worked at the Maudsley Hospital.^[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

External links

• • Profile at Aeon
• Profile at Guardian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark Vernon The Guardian . 2022-09-13 . the Guardian . en.
2. Web site: Mark Vernon Closer to Truth . 2022-09-13 . www.closertotruth.com.
3. Web site: Mark Vernon . 2022-09-13 . Greenbelt . en-GB.
4. Web site: Secret History of Christianity, A from Christian Alternative Books.
5. Web site: A Secret History of Christianity, by Mark Vernon . 2022-09-13 . www.churchtimes.co.uk.
6. Web site: Owen Barfield (1898–1997) . 2024-01-03.
7. Web site: Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, from Angelico Press.
8. Web site: Vernon . Mark . Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps . Iff Books.
9. Web site: Mark Vernon . 2022-09-13 . www.churchtimes.co.uk.
10. Web site: Mark Vernon - YouTube. YouTube.
11. Web site: Mark Vernon . 2022-09-13 . Oneworld . en-GB.
12. Web site: Mark Vernon . 2022-09-13 . www.psychotherapy.org.uk.