Overview
Background
Professor Almond’s current research interests include apocalypticism in early modern England; and demonic possession, exorcism and witchcraft in early modern England. He has particular interests in themes in religious cultural history in the early modern period.
Professor Almond holds the following qualifications: B.D. (Hons.) (London), M.A. (Lancaster), Ph.D. (Adelaide), F.A.H.A.
He is the author of The British Discovery of Buddhism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, paperback edition); The Witches of Warboys: An extraordinary Story of Sorcery, Sadism, and Satanic Possession (London: I.B.Tauris, in press); Demonic Possession & Exorcism in Early Modern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004); Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), Heaven and Hell in Enlightenment England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994); The British Discovery of Buddhism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988); Heretic and Hero: Muhammad and the Victorians (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1989); Rudolf Otto: An Introduction to his Philosophical Theology (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1984); Mystical Experience and Religious Doctrine: An Investigation of the Study of Mysticism in World Religions (Berlin: Mouton, 1982).
Recent articles include “Adam, Pre-Adamites, and Extra-Terrestrial Beings in Early Modern Europe,” Journal of Religious History 30(2006), 163-74; “‘The Witches of Warboys’: A Bibliographical Note,” in Notes and Queries 52 (2005), 192-3; “Western Images of Islam, 1700-1900, Australian Journal of Politics and History 49(2003), 412-24; “Modern Imaginings of Islam,” St Mark’s Review 192(2003), pp.24-9, reprinted in The Sceptic 24(2004), 6-10. “Fundamentalism, Christianity, and Religion,” The 2001 Sir Robert Madgwick Lecture, Armidale: The University of New England, 2002, Broadcast on ABC Radio National, Encounter, 7.4.02, www.abc.net.au/rn.relig/enc/stories/s520400.htm; " Druids, Patriarchs, and the Primordial Religion”, The Journal of Contemporary Religion 15(2000), 379-94.
He is currently working on a book on apocalypticism in early modern England.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Philip Almond is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor, University College London
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Lancaster
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
- Australian Academy of the Humanities, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Works
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2024
Book
The Buddha: life and afterlife between East and West
Almond, Philip C. (2024). The Buddha: life and afterlife between East and West. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009346788
2023
Book
Mary Magdalene: a cultural history
Almond, Philip C. (2023). Mary Magdalene: a cultural history. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009221702
2020
Book Chapter
Doubt and demonology: Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft
Almond, Philip C. (2020). Doubt and demonology: Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft. The science of demons: Early Modern Authors Facing Witchcraft and the Devil. (pp. 133-148) edited by Jan Machielsen. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203702512-8
2020
Book
The Antichrist: a new biography
Almond, Philip C. (2020). The Antichrist: a new biography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108855945
2018
Book
God: a new biography
Almond, Philip C. (2018). God: a new biography. London, United Kingdom: I.B. Tauris.
2016
Book Chapter
Science, witchcraft, and demonology: the Saducismus triumphatus of Joseph Glanvil and Henry More
Almond, Philip (2016). Science, witchcraft, and demonology: the Saducismus triumphatus of Joseph Glanvil and Henry More. In umbra. Vypusk 5. (pp. 185-202) Moscow, Russia: Indrik.
2016
Book
Afterlife: a history of life after death
Almond, Philip C. (2016). Afterlife: a history of life after death. London, United Kingdom: I B Tauris.
2016
Book
The Lancashire Witches: a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill
Almond, Philip C. (2016). The Lancashire Witches: a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill. London, United Kingdom: I.B.Tauris.
2016
Book
The Devil: A New Biography
Almond, Philip C. (2016). The Devil: A New Biography. Paperback edition ed. London, United Kingdom: I B Tauris.
2016
Book Chapter
Violence and possession
Almond, Philip (2016). Violence and possession. The Cambridge guide to the worlds of Shakespeare: Shakespeare's world, 1500-1660. (pp. 822-827) edited by Bruce R. Smith. New York, NY United States: Cambridge University Press.
2015
Book
England's first demonologist: Reginald Scot and 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'
Almond, Philip C. (2015). England's first demonologist: Reginald Scot and 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'. London , United Kingdom: I B Tauris.
2014
Journal Article
Review of Brian Levack, The devil within: possession and exorcism in the Christian West
Almond, Philip C. (2014). Review of Brian Levack, The devil within: possession and exorcism in the Christian West. The American Historical Review, 119 (4), 1343-1344. doi: 10.1093/ahr/119.4.1343
2014
Book
The Devil: a new biography
Almond, Philip C. (2014). The Devil: a new biography. London, United Kingdom: I.B.Tauris.
2013
Journal Article
Review of Meeting in Heaven: Modernising the Christian Afterlife, 1600–2000 by Bernhard Lang
Almond, Philip C. (2013). Review of Meeting in Heaven: Modernising the Christian Afterlife, 1600–2000 by Bernhard Lang. Catholic Historical Review, 99 (1), 100-101. doi: 10.1353/cat.2013.0046
2012
Book
The Lancashire witches: a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill
Almond, Philip C. (2012). The Lancashire witches: a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill. London, U. K.: I. B. Tauris.
2011
Book
England's first demonologist: Reginald Scot and 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'
Almond, Philip C. (2011). England's first demonologist: Reginald Scot and 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'. London, England, U.K.: I.B. Tauris.
2010
Journal Article
John Napier and the mathematics of the 'middle future' apocalypse
Almond, Philip (2010). John Napier and the mathematics of the 'middle future' apocalypse. Scottish Journal of Theology, 63 (1), 54-69. doi: 10.1017/S0036930609990226
2009
Journal Article
King James I and the burning of Reginald Scot's The discoverie of witchcraft: The invention of a tradition
Almond, Philip C. (2009). King James I and the burning of Reginald Scot's The discoverie of witchcraft: The invention of a tradition. Notes And Queries, 254 [New Series, Vol. 56] (2), 209-213. doi: 10.1093/notesj/gjp002
2009
Journal Article
John Mason and his religion: An enthusiastic millenarian in late Seventeenth-Century England
Almond, Philip C. (2009). John Mason and his religion: An enthusiastic millenarian in late Seventeenth-Century England. The Seventeenth Century, 24 (1), 156-176. doi: 10.1080/0268117X.2009.10555625
2008
Book
Heaven and hell in enlightenment England
Almond, Philip C. (2008). Heaven and hell in enlightenment England. Print on demand ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The Eternality of the Soul. Philosophical and Religious debates 1500-1800
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison
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Doctor Philosophy
Dancing with Demons: On the origins of the witches' sabbath in the western Alps (1428-1442)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Marguerite Johnson, Dr Beth Spacey
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Doctor Philosophy
Using the Unusual, Normalising the Non-Mundane: Didactic Uses of Wonder in the medieval Latin West, c. 1000 ¿ 1300
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adam Bowles, Dr Beth Spacey
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Anna Trapnel: Prophet or Witch? Witchcraft, Power, and Identity in Revolutionary England.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Clement
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Devil and the Victorians: Supernatural Evil in Nineteenth-Century English Culture
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The English Exorcist: John Darrell and the Shaping of Early Modern Anglican Demonology
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Witches and the Devil in `a world turn'd upside down': The East Anglian Witch Trials, 1645-1647
Principal Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The Science Wars and Stargate SG-1: An Exploration of Science within Science Fiction Television
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Jacobs
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Renovating the Sacred: The Re-formations of the English Parish Church in the Diocese of Norwich, c. 1450-1662
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dolly MacKinnon
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Jonathan Edwards: "Born to be a Man of Strife." The Evolution of a Persona.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Afterlife beliefs and metaphors: exploring environmental impacts and expanding ecoreligious discourse
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
A History of the Christian Interpretation of the Days of Creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3: From the Apostolic Fathers to Essays and Reviews
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
"A Feast of Reason": The Roots of William Miller's Biblical Interpretation and its influence on the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Christology in crisis: an assessment and response
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
The Origins of Left Behind Eschatology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Richard Hutch
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2008
Master Philosophy
Dr Daniel Featley: The Faithful Shepherd
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
THE ART OF MYSTICISM: AN INQUIRY INTO THE NOTION OF INEFFABILITY IN (CATAPHATIC) MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
TAROT: AN EVOLUTIONARY SYMBOLISM
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Richard Hutch
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
AN EXAMINATION OF HOW JOHN WESLEY'S THEOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY FUNCTIONS IN PASTORAL PRACTICE, ILLUSTRATED BY HIS DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
THE THEOSOPHY OF JACOB BOEHME, GERMAN PROTESTANT MYSTIC, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS IDEAS IN THE WORKS OF HIS ENGLISH DISCIPLES, DR JOHN PORDAGE AND MRS JANE LEADE
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
THE UNDEAD: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY OF VAMPIRES AND TROUBLESOME CORPSES IN EUROPE FROM THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lynne Hume
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Doctor Philosophy
EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE AND THE ENIGMATIC OBJECT OF DISCOURSE
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
AUTHORITY, INSPIRATION AND HERESY IN GAY SPIRITUALITY
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
ETHICS AND SEXUAL FANTASY
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Mortalism and the Making of Heterodoxy in Seventeenth-Century England
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr James Lancaster, Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Providence and Natural Causation in Early Modern England
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Light Broken through the Prism of Life: René Schwaller de Lubicz and the Hermetic Problem of Salt
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Richard Hutch
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Accommodating the Discarnate: Spirit houses in contemporary urban Thailand.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lynne Hume
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Fantasy and Belief: Fiction and Media as conjunct locales for metaphysical questing and spiritual understanding
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lynne Hume
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
REPRESENTING THE BIBLE: DISCOURSES IN THE PRESS NEWS
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Leon Morris, the Bible and the Cross: the use and interpretation of scripture in an evangelical theology of atonement
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
PARTICULARISM AND UNIVERSALISM IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH: AN ASSESSMENT OF KOREAN RELIGIOUS PLURALISM FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
STUDY OF THE RECEPTION OF GENESIS 19 AND JUDGES 19-21
Associate Advisor
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- New Age movements
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- Witchcraft and demonology
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