Religious Studies

Garry PhillipsonGary Phillipson

I am particularly interested in epistemological issues arising from astrology, and in divination generally.  I also have an interest in Theravadan Buddhist philosophy and practice (I was a monk in this tradition for six years).  My book Astrology in the Year Zero was published in 2000 and I continue to curate the website of the book which can be found at www.astrozero.co.uk – I can also be contacted via this site.

The title of the thesis I am currently working on is A Context for Heresy: Locating Astrology in Contemporary Western Thought.  It focuses on the failure of dialogue between astrologers and their critics in the contemporary west, and ways in which our intellectual resources might be marshalled so as to foster meaningful discussion.

An interview with me (from March 2004, before I transferred my PhD to the University of Kent) can be found here: http://www.skyscript.co.uk/gpip.html

Religious Studies, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF

Enquiries: +44 (0)1227 827159 or email Religious Studies

Last Updated: 12/10/2011