Phillip H. Wiebe Explained

Phillip H. Wiebe (August 23, 1945 – October 26, 2018) was a Canadian philosopher. He was the Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy and former Dean of Arts and Religious Studies at Trinity Western University and its School of Graduate Studies. He was the author of God and Other Spirits and Visions of Jesus, both from Oxford University Press. His primary areas of research were in philosophy of religion and science, and epistemology.^[1]

Degrees

Wiebe received a B.A. and M.A.. from the University of Manitoba, and a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide, where he studied under J. J. C. Smart.

Areas of expertise

Analytic philosophy; philosophy of religion, religious experience.

• Some have described Phillip Wiebe as a "Mystical Empiricist."
• Also a noted Shroud of Turin expert.

Works

Books

• Book: Wiebe . Phillip H. . Theism in an Age of Science . Lanham, MD . . 1988 . 978-0-819-16820-7 . 17202715 .
• Book: Wiebe . Phillip H. . 3 . Visions of Jesus: direct encounters from the New Testament to today . New York ; Oxford . . 1997 . 978-0-195-09750-4 . 35884871 . ^{[2] [3]}
• Book: Wiebe . Phillip H. . 3 . God and Other Spirits: intimations of transcendence in Christian experience . New York ; Oxford . . 2004 . 978-0-195-14012-5 . 52091936 . ^{[4] [5]} According to WorldCat, the book is held in 698 libraries ^[6]
• Book: Wiebe . Phillip H. . 3 . Visions and appearances of Jesus . Abilene, TX . Leafwood Publishers . 2014 . 978-0-891-12608-9 . 868642309 .
• Book: Wiebe . Phillip H. . 3 . Intuitive knowing as spiritual experience . New York, NY . . 2015 . 978-1-137-54948-8 . 907621832 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Obituary . 13 November 2018.
2. Web site: Library Journal Review . May 10, 2016.
3. Web site: Summary . May 10, 2016.
4. Web site: Table of contents . . May 10, 2016.
5. Web site: Summary . May 10, 2016.
6. Book: WorldCat book entry . 61329690.