Douglas Hedley

Douglas Hedley
EducationUniversity of Munich (PhD)
OccupationProfessor of the Philosophy of Religion
EmployerUniversity of Cambridge
Known forPhilosophy of Religion, Appearance on Cunk on Earth and Cunk on Life, Appearance on Jordan Peterson's The Gospels
Notable workLiving Forms of the Imagination, Sacrifice Imagined: Violence, Atonement and the Sacred, The Iconic Imagination
TitleProfessor of the Philosophy of Religion

Douglas Hedley is professor of the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge and a member of the Faculty of Divinity.[1]

Public appearances

Hedley appeared in the mockumentary series Cunk on Earth[2] and was also one of the eight conversation partners (including bishop Robert Barron, Jonathan Pageau, and others) in Jordan Peterson's "The Gospels" discourses.[3]

Bibliography

Hedley's publications include Living Forms of the Imagination, Sacrifice Imagined: Violence, Atonement and the Sacred, and The Iconic Imagination.[1][4] Hedley's work encompasses the philosophy of religion, Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the role of imagination in philosophical and religious thought.[1]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b c Hedley, Professor Douglas (2013-07-22). "Professor Douglas Hedley". www.divinity.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ^ "Cunk on Earth: A Satirical Revision of History | Hot Potatoes". sites.psu.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ^ "Birth - Youth - Baptism | The Gospels Podcast Summary with Jordan Peterson, Robert Barron, Gregg Hurwitz, James Orr, John Vervaeke, Dennis Prager, Douglas Hedley, Stephen Blackwood, Jonathan Pageau". www.shortform.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  4. ^ Mathewes, Charles (July 2017). "Engaging Douglas Hedley's Imagination Trilogy: Aesthetics, Representation, and Religious Rationality in Late Modernity". Modern Theology. 33 (3): 453–455. doi:10.1111/moth.12338.
  5. ^ Griffiths, Paul J. (2011). "Living Forms of the Imagination:". Faith and Philosophy. 28 (4): 460–464. doi:10.5840/faithphil201128445.
  6. ^ Richardson, Graeme (May 2010). "Living Forms of the Imagination by Douglas Hedley T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 2008, pp. 308, £24.99 pbk". New Blackfriars. 91 (1033): 357–359. doi:10.1111/j.1741-2005.2010.01360_6.x.
  7. ^ Chappell, Tim (June 2009). "Douglas Hedley Living Forms of the Imagination. (London: T. & T. Clark, 2008). Pp. x+308. £65.00 (Hbk); £24.99 (Pbk). ISBN 0567032949 (Hbk); 0567032957 (Pbk)". Religious Studies. 45 (2): 241–247. doi:10.1017/S003441250900002X.
  8. ^ Hart, Ray L. (July 2010). "Living Forms of the Imagination – By Douglas Hedley". Modern Theology. 26 (3): 483–486. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0025.2010.01625.x.
  9. ^ Goto, Courtney T. (July 2009). "Living Forms of the Imagination – By Douglas Hedley". Reviews in Religion & Theology. 16 (3): 396–398. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9418.2009.00432_2.x.
  10. ^ Madigan, Patrick (January 2010). "Living Forms of the Imagination. By Douglas Hedley". The Heythrop Journal. 51 (1): 151–152. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00533_42.x.
  11. ^ Krüger, Malte Dominik (2010). "Living Forms of the Imagination". Theologische Literaturzeitung (in German). 135 (7/8): 875–876.
  12. ^ Grande, Per Bjørnar (2012). "Sacrifice Imagined". The Bulletin of the Colloquium on Violence & Religion. 40: 18–20.
  13. ^ Grande, Per Bjørnar (5 June 2012). "Douglas Hedley: Sacrifice Imagined. Violence, Atonement, and the Sacred". Teologisk tidsskrift. 1 (2): 208–210. doi:10.18261/ISSN1893-0271-2012-02-07.
  14. ^ Madigan, Patrick (March 2014). "Sacrifice Imagined: Violence, Atonement, and the Sacred. By DouglasHedley. Pp. viii, 248, London/NY, Continuum, 2011, £19.99". The Heythrop Journal. 55 (2): 305–305. doi:10.1111/heyj.12067_2.
  15. ^ Rose, Phil (2013). "Sacrifice Imagined: Violence, Atonement, and the Sacred". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 28 (1): 169–172. doi:10.1080/13537903.2013.750863.
  16. ^ Humbert, David (2013). "Review of Sacrifice Imagined: Violence, Atonement, and the Sacred". Religion & Literature. 45 (2): 235–237. ISSN 0888-3769.
  17. ^ McClymond, Kathryn (2013). "Hedley, Douglas, 1961-, Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred]". The Journal of Religion. 93 (3): 398–399.
  18. ^ Hengstermann, Christian (2012). "Hedley, Douglas, 1961-, Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred]". Theologische Revue (in German). 108 (4): 319–320.
  19. ^ Ivey, Christina L. (3 April 2018). "The Iconic Imagination: Douglas Hedley. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. 291 pp. Paperback. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-4411-5191-9". Journal of Religious & Theological Information. 17 (2): 72–73. doi:10.1080/10477845.2017.1394771.
  20. ^ Bialek, Anna F. (July 2017). "Response to Douglas Hedley's, The Iconic Imagination". Modern Theology. 33 (3): 468–471. doi:10.1111/moth.12342.
  21. ^ Breedlove, Thomas (March 2018). "Book Review: The Iconic Imagination". Anglican Theological Review. 100 (2): 419–421. doi:10.1177/000332861810000226.
  22. ^ Rudd, Anthony (March 2017). "The Iconic Imagination By DouglasHedley. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Pp. xvii + 302. Cloth $120.00; paper, $34.95". Religious Studies Review. 43 (1): 48–49. doi:10.1111/rsr.12799.
  23. ^ O'Regan, Cyril (July 2017). "The Iconic Imagination : A Response". Modern Theology. 33 (3): 456–460. doi:10.1111/moth.12339.
  24. ^ Schoenberg, Phillip (15 February 2017). "Douglas Hedley, "The Iconic Imagination."". Philosophy in Review. 37 (1): 14–16. ISSN 1920-8936.
  25. ^ Kenney, John Peter (July 2017). "Platonism and the Iconic Imagination: A Response to Douglas Hedley". Modern Theology. 33 (3): 464–467. doi:10.1111/moth.12341.
  26. ^ Heath, Jane (August 2017). "Book Review: Imagine: Douglas Hedley, The Iconic Imagination". The Expository Times. 128 (11): 563–564. doi:10.1177/0014524617708274.
  27. ^ Farneth, Molly (July 2017). "Participation in what? A Response to Douglas Hedley". Modern Theology. 33 (3): 461–463. doi:10.1111/moth.12340.
  28. ^ Farris, Joshua (January 2017). "The Iconic Imagination, DouglasHedley, Bloomsbury, 2016 (ISBN 978–1–4411‐9463‐3), xviii + 302 pp., pb £19.99". Reviews in Religion & Theology. 24 (1): 116–118. doi:10.1111/rirt.12849.
  29. ^ Schoenberg, Phillip (2017). "Douglas Hedley, the Iconic Imagination. Reviewed By". Philosophy in Review. 37 (1): 14–16.