Principal Academic Interests
- Ethics and values education
- The nature of God
- The relationship between science and religion
- Truth claims in different religions
- The philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard
- Globalisation and the impact on what it means to live a fulfilled human life
- Providing a spiritual perspective in a secular world
- Islam
- What it means to be human
- Ethics in business
As a result, he has also authored a series of books on the philosophy of religion, including the Puzzle and Thinker's Guide series.
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