Dr Elizabeth Burns
Email: e.burns@heythrop.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7795 4240
Biography
Elizabeth Burns teaches Philosophy of Religion and is the Programme Director for the University of London Theology Programmes for External Students. She is also the Programme Convenor for the BA in Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, and for the Graduate Diploma in Theology. From 2003-2008 she was the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
Elizabeth has a BD (specialising in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics) from King’s College London, and a PhD from Queens’ College, Cambridge. She has a PGCE in Post Compulsory Education from Suffolk College, Ipswich, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research interests
Revisionist interpretations of religious belief
Iris Murdoch on God and the Good
The ontological argument
Divine personhood
Publications
Articles:
• ‘Must Theists Believe in a Personal God?’, Think 8 (2009), Issue 23, 77-86.
• ‘Michael Martin on Divine Omniscience', Think, Issue 10, 75-78.
• 'Religion Without 'Superstition'? A Realist View', Dialogue 24 (April 2005).
• ‘Transforming Metaphysics? Revisioning Christianity in the Light of Analytical Philosophy’, in Faith and Analysis: A Critical Look at the Impact of Analytical Philosophy on the Philosophy of Religion eds. Harriet A. Harris and Christopher Insole (Farnborough: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2005), 46-60.
• ‘Iris Murdoch and the Nature of Good’, Religious Studies 33 (1997), 303-313.
Book Reviews/Review Articles
• Saving God: Religion After Idolatry (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009), The Philosopher’s Magazine 47 (2009), 4th quarter, 110-111.
• Rethinking the Ontological Argument: A Neoclassical Theistic Response, Daniel A. Dombrowski (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), Heythrop Journal 50 (2009), Issue 4, 719-721.
• The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil, Brian Davies (London: Continuum, 2006), Religious Studies 44 (2008) 118-123.
• The Moral Vision of Iris Murdoch, Heather Widdows (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005), Heythrop Journal 48 (2007), Issue 5, 846-47.
• Iris Murdoch: A Reassessment, Anne Rowe (ed) (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), Heythrop Journal 48 (2007), Issue 5, 847-49.
• ‘The God Delusion: Dawkins on Religion’, The Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life, (January 2007).
• Belief in God: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, T J Mawson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), Religious Studies 42 (2006) 492-497.
• Comparative Theology: Essays for Keith Ward, T W Bartel (ed.) (London: SPCK, 2003), Religious Studies 40 (2004) 511-515.
• Philosophy: Key Themes and Philosophy: Key Texts, Julian Baggini (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), Think, Spring 2004, 103-105.