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Single-authored Books:

                

•   Eastern Philosophy: The Basics (London and New York: Routledge, 2012). 224pp.

•   Religion and Modern Thought (London: SCM, 2007). 425pp. BESTSELLING TITLE.

•   The Apologetic Value of Human Holiness, Studies in Philosophy and Religion, volume 21 (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 2000). 230pp.

 

 

Edited Books:

 

•      The Routledge Companion to Theism, edited with Charles Taliaferro and Stewart Goetz (London and New York: Routledge, 2012). Contributing editor. 720pp.

•      Probability in the Philosophy of Religion, edited with Jake Chandler (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). 272pp. Chapter 1 of this book is available to download online.

 

 

 

 

 

Articles published in refereed journals:

 

 

•     ‘An Internalist Pluralist Solution to the Problem of Religious and Ethical Diversity’, Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 51, 1 (2012): 71-86.

 

 

 

 

 

•     ‘Philosophy of Religion, Fictionalism, and Religious Diversity’, The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion: 40th Anniversary Issue 68 (2011): 43-58.

 

 

 

•      ‘Embodied Values, Reason, and Christian-Muslim Dialogue: “Exemplar Reasoning” as a Model for Inter-Religious Conversations’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 21 (2011): 20-35.

 

 

 

•     ‘Hermeneutics, Religious Language and the Qur’ān’, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 21, 3 (2010): 207–220.

 

 

 

•     ‘Postmodern Thought and Religion: Open-traditionalism and radical orthodoxy on religious belief and experience’, The Heythrop Journal LI (2010): 962–974. Published online in advance of the hard copy in February 2009.

 

 

 

•     ‘Internal Realism, Religious Pluralism and Ontology’, Philosophia 36 (2008): 97–110.

 

 

 

•     ‘Modernity, Religious Fundamentalism and the Secularization Thesis’, ICFAI Journal of History and Culture 2, 3 (2008): 7–21.

 

 

•     ‘Narrative, Postmodernity and the Problem of “Religious Illiteracy”’, New Blackfriars 89 (2008): 591–605.

 

 

 

•     ‘Theism and the Challenge of Twentieth-Century Philosophy’, Philotheos: International Journal of Philosophy and Theology 7 (2007): 90–103.

 

 

 

•     ‘Theorizing Religious Diversity in a Multicultural World’, ICFAI Journal of History and Culture 1, 1 (2007): 25–43.

 

 

 

•     ‘Feminist Philosophy of Religion and the Problem of Epistemic Privilege’ The Heythrop Journal  XLVIII (2007): 685–696.

 

 

 

 

 

•     ‘Metaphor, Religious Language and Religious Experience’, Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 46, 2 (2007): 127–145.

 

 

 

•     ‘Representing the Divine: Feminism and Religious Anthropology’, Feminist Theology 16, 1 (2007): 128–146.

 

 

 

•     ‘On Defining the Religious Person’, Theology CX, 856 (2007): 243–250.

 

 

 

•     ‘Modern Women, Traditional Abrahamic Religions and Interpreting Sacred Texts’, Feminist Theology 15, 2 (2007): 145–159.

 

 

 

•     ‘Internal Realism and the Problem of Religious Diversity’, Philosophia 34, 3 (2006): 287–301. This paper was accepted for presentation at a meeting of the British Society for Philosophy of Religion and the Society of Christian Philosophers held inOxford, 2005.

 

 

 

•     ‘The Pragmatics of Defining Religion in a Multi-cultural World’, The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 59 (2006): 133–152.

 

 

 

•     ‘Scientific and Religious Worldviews: Antagonism, Non-antagonistic Incommensurability and Complementarity’, The Heythrop Journal XLVII (2006): 349–366.

 

 

 

•     ‘Arguments from Design: A Self-defeating Strategy’, Philosophia 33 (2005): 297–317.

 

 

 

•     ‘The Metamorphosis of “The End of the World”: from theology to philosophy and back’, Philosophy and Theology 17, 1 (2005): 33–50.

 

 

 

•     ‘Theology as Revelation and Apologia’, Theology CIV (2001): 248–255.

 

 

 

•     ‘Holiness, Theology and Philosophy’, Philosophy and Theology 12, 1 (2000): 53–78.

 

 

 

•     ‘Human Holiness and Religious Apologia’, lead article in The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 46 (1999): 63–92.

 

 

 

•     ‘Personal Identity and Integration’, The Heythrop Journal XL (1999): 424–437.

 

 

 

•     ‘Homo Orans: Von Balthasar’s Christocentric Philosophical Anthropology’, The Heythrop Journal XL (1999): 280–300.

 

 

 

•      ‘Putnam’s Internal Realism and von Balthasar’s Religious Epistemology’, lead article in The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 44 (1998): 67–92.

 

 

 

•     ‘Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments: a clarification’, Religious Studies 33 (1997): 445–472.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review Articles :

 

 

 

 

•      Andrew Moore and Michael Scott (edd.), Realism and Religion: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007), reviewed in Religious Studies 46, 1 (2010): 125–130.

 

 

 

•      Philip J. Ivanhoe, Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mengzi and Wang Yangming ( Indianapolis : The Hackett Publishing Company, 2002) in Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, II, 1 (2002): 175–180.

 

                             

 

 

Chapters in Books :

 

 

 

 

•      Victoria S. Harrison, ‘What’s the Use of Philosophy of Religion?’, in God, Goodness and Philosophy, edited by Harriet A. Harris (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011), pp. 29–43.

 

 

 

•      VictoriaS. Harrison, ‘Religious Diversity’, in The Routledge Companion to Theism, edited by Charles Taliaferro, Victoria S. Harrison, and Stewart Goetz. Forthcoming.

 

 

 

•      VictoriaS. Harrison and Jake Chandler, ‘Probability in the Philosophy of Religion’, in Probability in the Philosophy of Religion, edited by Jake Chandler and Victoria S. Harrison. Forthcoming.

 

 

 

•      Victoria S. Harrison, ‘What is Comparative Philosophy of Religion?’, forthcoming in What is Comparative Philosophy?, edited by Martin Ovens (Cambridge Scholars Press).

 

 

 

 

•      Victoria S. Harrison, ‘God and Philosophy’, in A Companion to Catholic Education, edited by Stephen McKinney and Leonard Franchi (Gracewing Publications: 2011), pp. 3–18.

 

 

 

 

•      Victoria S. Harrison, ‘Christian Feminism, Scripture and the Concept “God”’, in Women and Religions II, edited by Lucia Gresková and Michaela Moravčiková ( Bratislava : Institute for State-Church Relations, 2008), pp. 34–42. Also published as: ‘Krestansky Feminizmus, Pismo Svate a Pojem “Boh”’ , in Zeny a Nábozenstva II, edited by Lucia Gresková and Michaela Moraviková (Bratislava: Institute for State-Church Relations, 2008), pp. 25–33.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book Reviews :

 

 

 

 

 

•      Nick Trakakis, The End of Philosophy of Religion ( London : Continuum, 2009), reviewed in Faith and Philosophy (forthcoming).

 

 

•      David Cheetham and Rolfe King (edd), Contemporary Practice and Method in the Philosophy of Religion ( London : Continuum, 2008), reviewed in the Journal of Contemporary Religion 25, 3 (2010): 478–480.

 

 

•      James Anderson, Paradox in Christian Theology: An Analysis of Its Presence, Character, and Epistemic Status (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2007), reviewed in The Journal of Theological Studies 61, 1 (2010): 474–476.

 

•      Ben Quash, Theology and the Drama of History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), reviewed in The Heythrop Journal (forthcoming).

 

•      Aidan Nichols, Scattering the Seed: A Guide through Balthasar’s Early Writings on Philosophy and the Arts (London and New York : T & T Clark, 2006), reviewed in The Heythrop Journal (forthcoming).

 

•      Gwen Griffith-Dickson, The Philosophy of Religion ( London : SCM, 2005), reviewed in the Journal of Contemporary Religion 22,1 (2007): 107–108.

 

•      Jonardon Ganeri, Philosophy in Classical India: The Proper Work of Reason (London and New York : Routledge, 2001), reviewed in The Heythrop Journal XLVI, 2 (2005): 263–266.

 

•      Rosalind Hursthouse, On Virtue Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), reviewed in The Heythrop Journal XXXXIV, 3 (2003): 392–393.

 

•      Aidan Nichols, Say it is Pentecost: A Guide Through Balthasar’s Logic ( Washington D.C. : CUA Press, 2001), reviewed in Theology, CIV (2001): 455–456.

 

•      C. Stephen Evans and Merold Westphal (edd.), Christian Perspectives on Religious Knowledge (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1993), reviewed in The Heythrop Journal XXXXII, 2 (2001): 251–254.

 

•      Keith E. Yandell, The Epistemology of Religious Experience (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), reviewed in The Heythrop Journal XXXVIII, 3 (1997): 356–357.

 

•      Basil Mitchell, Faith and Criticism (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), reviewed in The Heythrop Journal XXXVIII, 1 (1997): 97–99.

 

 

Other publications :

 

 

 

 

 

•      ‘Understanding Chinese Traditions Today: Two Strategies for a Global Context’. Forthcoming publication in Chinese.

 

 

 

•      ‘Philosophy of Religion in a Multicultural World’. Forthcoming publication in Chinese.

 

 

 

•      ‘Abstracta in Concreta: Engaging Museum Collections in Philosophy and Religious Studies Research’, published by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design: Case Studies,UniversityofBrighton(2010).

 

 

 

•      Dictionary entries: ‘Holiness’ and ‘Hans Urs von Balthasar’. In A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion, edited by Charles Taliaferro and Elsa J. Marty (New York: Continuum, 2010).

 

 

 

•      ‘What is the Meaning of Life?’. Front page cover story in the Sunday Herald Opinion Section, 3rd January, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Presentations

 

 

 

•      ‘What’s the Point of Philosophy of Religion? —UniversityofAberdeen, February 2012.

•      ‘Doing Apologetics Today’—AthensandJerusalemConference,ScottishChurchTheology Society,Edinburgh, January 2012.

•      ‘Understanding Eastern Traditions: Two Strategies for a Global Context’—TheNishan Forum,ShandongProvince,China. October 2010.

 

 

•      Commentary on ‘Emotions (Qing) as Ontology in Confucian Political Philosophy’, by Liu Yuedi. Metaphysics and Epistemology in Chinese Philosophy,RenminUniversity,Beijing, July, 2010.

•      ‘What is the use of Philosophy of Religion?’, Department of Public and Social Administration,CityUniversity,Hong Kong, November 2009.

 

 

•      ‘What is Comparative Philosophy of Religion?’—RenminUniversity,Beijing, November 2009.

 

 

•      ‘Embodied Values, Reason and Christian-Muslim Dialogue’—MinzuUniversity,Beijing, November 2009.

 

 

•      ‘Embodied Values, Reason and Christian-Muslim Dialogue’—FudanUniversity,Shanghai, November 2009.

 

 

•      ‘Internal Realism, Religious Pluralism and Ontology’—EastChinaNormalUniversity,Shanghai, November 2009.

 

 

•      ‘Philosophy of Religion, Fictionalism and Religious Diversity’—British Society for the Philosophy of Religion Conference,OxfordUniversity, September 2009.

 

•     ‘Embodied Values, Reason and Christian-Muslim Dialogue’—Ethics and Religion Research Group,UniversityofEdinburgh, February, 2009.

 

•     ‘Philosophy of Religion in a Multicultural Context’—Invited paper for the International Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: Eastern & Western Contexts,Hong Kong, February, 2009. Co-sponsored by the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies,Hong KongBaptistUniversityand the Society for Christian Philosophers.

 

•     ‘Embodied Values, Reason and Christian-Muslim Dialogue: “Exemplar Reasoning” as a Model for Inter-Religious Conversation’—Centre for Inter-faith Studies,UniversityofGlasgow, November, 2008.

 

•     ‘Embodied Values, Reason and Christian-Muslim Dialogue’—The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition and Universalism,Rome, September 2008.

 

•     ‘Solving the Problems of Religious Pluralism’,—Philosophical Society,UniversityofDundee, February 2008.

 

•     ‘Religious Fundamentalism and Religiously-motivated Violence’—Department of Religious Education,UniversityofGlasgow, February 2008.

 

•     ‘A Different Kind of Pluralism: Internal Realism and the Problem of Religious Diversity’—Centre for Inter-faith Studies,UniversityofGlasgow, February 2006.

 

•     ‘Roman Catholic Responses to Developments in Bioethics’—St Mungo’s Museum,Glasgow, March 2005.

 

•     ‘Internal Realism and the Problem of Religious Diversity’—Meeting of the Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion, State University of New York, Buffalo, October 2004.

 

•     ‘Religious Diversity, Ethical Pluralism and Internal Realism’—Department of Philosophy,UniversityofWyoming, 2004.

 

•     ‘Internal Realism and Religious Diversity’—Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies,UniversityofNorth Texas, 2004.

 

•     ‘The Death Penalty and the “Best Bet” Argument’—Universityof Coloradoat Boulder, Philosophy and Film Series, 2004. This talk was accompanied by a screening of the film Twelve Angry Men.

 

•     ‘Petitionary Prayer and a Timeless God’—UniversityofColoradoatBoulder, Theology Forum, 2004.

 

•     ‘Internalist Pluralism’—TheDenverSeminary, 2004.

 

•     ‘The Metamorphosis of “The End of the World”: from theology to philosophy and back’—UniversityofColoradoatBoulder, Theology Forum, 2003.

 

•     ‘Internalist Pluralism’—Eastern Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, 2002.

 

•     ‘Principles of Carvakan Philosophy’—UniversityofColoradoatBoulder, Winter Retreat, 2002.

 

•     ‘Internalist Pluralism’—ExeterUniversity, 2000.

 

•     ‘Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Self: anatta in early Buddhism and Lacan’s deconstruction of the ego’—Colloquium atEdinburghUniversity, 2000.

 

•      ‘Holiness and Religious Conviction’—Horizon Lecture,BirkbeckCollege, 1998.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forthcoming Presentations

 

 

 

 

•      ‘Post-analytic Philosophy of Religion in the Real World’—Department of Theology and Religious Studies,UniversityofGlasgow, March 2012.

•      ‘Is Philosophy of Religion Relevant to Women’?—Invited Symposium Keynote, Pacific American Philosophical Association,Seattle, April 2012.

•      ‘Alternative Conceptions of the Divine’—Department of Philosophy,UniversityofBirmingham, July 2012.

•      ‘Exemplar Reasoning and Women’s Leadership’, By Whose Authority?ModernChurchconference, High Leigh conference centre, July 2012.