Emeritus Professor Philip Almond FAHA
School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
Emeritus Professor
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Books
Almond, Philip C. (2025). Noah and the Flood in Western Thought. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009557252
Almond, Philip C. (2024). The Buddha: life and afterlife between East and West. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009346788
Almond, Philip C. (2023). Mary Magdalene: a cultural history. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009221702
Almond, Philip C. (2020). The Antichrist: a new biography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108855945
Almond, Philip C. (2018). God: a new biography. London, United Kingdom: I.B. Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2016). Afterlife: a history of life after death. London, United Kingdom: I B Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2016). The Lancashire Witches: a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill. London, United Kingdom: I.B.Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2016). The Devil: A New Biography. Paperback edition ed. London, United Kingdom: I B Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2015). England's first demonologist: Reginald Scot and 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'. London , United Kingdom: I B Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2014). The Devil: a new biography. London, United Kingdom: I.B.Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2012). The Lancashire witches: a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill. London, U. K.: I. B. Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2011). England's first demonologist: Reginald Scot and 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'. London, England, U.K.: I.B. Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2008). Heaven and hell in enlightenment England. Print on demand ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Almond, Philip C. (2008). Adam and Eve in seventeenth-century thought. Print on demand ed. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Almond, Philip C. (2008). The witches of Warboys: An extraordinary story of sorcery, sadism and satanic possession. London, U.K.: I. B. Tauris.
Almond, Philip C. (2007). Demonic possession & exorcism in early modern England: Contemporary texts and their cultural contexts. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Almond, P. C. (2006). The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Almond, Philip C. (2004). Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England: Contemporary texts and their cultural contexts. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Pres. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511483417
Almond, P. C. (1999). Adam and Eve in Seventeenth Century Thought. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Almond, P. C. (1994). Heaven and Hell in Enlightenment England. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Almond, P. C. (1989). Heretic and Hero: Muhammad and the Victorians. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Almond, Philip C. (1988). The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Almond, Philip C. (1984). Rudolf Otto: An Introduction to his Philosophical Theology. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Book Chapters
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
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.
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.
Almond, Philip C. (1994). Rudolf Otto and Buddhism. Aspects of Religion: Essays in honour of Ninian Smart. (pp. 59-71) edited by Peter Masefield and Donald Wiebe. New York: Peter Lang.
Almond, Philip C. (1992). The End of 'Religious' Pluralism?. Religion and multiculturalism in Australia : essays in honour of Victor Hayes. (pp. 47-55) edited by Norman Habel. Adelaide: A. A. S. R..
Almond, Philip C. (1990). Mysticism and its contexts: A response to Steven Katz. The Problem of pure consciousness: Mysticism and philosophy. (pp. 211-219) edited by Robert K. C. Forman. New York: Oxford University Press.
Almond, Philip C. (1988). Buddhism and `the Oriental Mind'. Religions and comparative thought. (pp. 293-315) edited by P. Bilimoria and P. Fenner. Delhi: Sri Satguru.
Almond, Philip C. (1987). The Buddha in the West, 1800-1860. Perspectives on language and text. (pp. 381-392) edited by Edgar W. Conrad and Edward G. Newing. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns.
Almond, Philip C. (1980). On the varieties of mystical experience 1980. Religious experience in world religions. (pp. 103-111) edited by Victor C. Hayes. Bedford Park, South Australia: Australian Association for the Study of Religions.
Journal Articles
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
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
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
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
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
Almond, Philip (2007). Thomas Brightman and the origins of philo-semitism: An Elizabethan theologian and the restoration of the Jews to Israel. Reformation and Renaissance Review, 9 (1), 3-25. doi: 10.1558/rrr.v9i1.3
Almond, P. (2007). The devil and demonism in early modern England. American Historical Review, 112 (2), 580-581. doi: 10.1086/ahr.112.2.580
Almond, P. (2006). Adam, pro-Adamites, and extra-terrestrial beings in early-modern Europe. Journal of Religious History, 30 (2), 163-174. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2006.00446.x
Almond, P. C. (2005). The Witches of Warboys: A bibliographical note. Notes And Queries, 52 (2), 192-193. doi: 10.1093/notesj/gji218
Almond, P. C. (2004). Modern imaginings of Islam. The Skeptic, 24 (2), 6-9.
Almond, Philip (2003). Western Images of Islam, 1700-1900. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 49 (3), 412-424. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00295
Almond, P. C. (2003). Apocalypses. Prophecies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs through the Ages by Eugen Weber (book review). Journal of Religious History, 27 (2), 239-240. doi: 10.1111/1467-9809.00173
Almond, Philip (2003). Modern imaginings of Islam. St Mark's Review: A Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion (192), 24-29.
Almond, P. C. (2000). Druids, patriarchs, and the primordial religion. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 15 (3), 379-394. doi: 10.1080/713676042
Almond, P. C. (1999). Changing view of heaven and hell. Asia Journal of Theology, 13 (1), 159-171.
Almond, Philip C. (1996). The Heathen in his Blindness. Cultural Dynamics, 8 (2), 137-145. doi: 10.1177/092137409600800203
Almond, Philip C. (1993). Henry More and the Apocalypse. Journal of the History of Ideas, 54 (2), 189-200. doi: 10.2307/2709978
Almond, Philip C. (1993). Towards an understanding of the new age. Australian Religious Studies Review, 6, 1-6.
Almond, Philip C. (1993). Towards an understanding of the new age. Murmurings, 5, 5-12.
Almond, Philip C. (1992). The Contours of Hell in English Thought, 1660-1750. Religion, 22 (4), 297-311. doi: 10.1016/0048-721X(92)90041-2
Almond, Philip C. (1991). Towards an understanding of the new age. Evangelical Review of Theology, 16, 205-10.
Almond, Philip C. (1991). The journey of the soul in seventeenth century English platonism. History of European Ideas, 13 (6), 775-791. doi: 10.1016/0191-6599(91)90141-K
Almond, Philip C. (1987). The Buddha of Christendom: A review of the legend of Barlaam & Josaphat. Religious Studies, 23 (3), 391-406. doi: 10.1017/S0034412500018941
Almond, Philip C. (1987). The encounter between Buddhism & Christianity in Victorian England. Asia Journal of Theology, 1, 79-89.
Almond, Philip C. (1987). Buddhism in the West: 300 BC - AD 400. Journal of Religious History, 14 (3), 235-245. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.1987.tb00625.x
Almond, Philip C. (1986). The Buddha in the west: From myth to history. Religion, 16 (4), 305-322. doi: 10.1016/0048-721X(86)90017-5
Almond, Philip C. (1986). The Medieval West & Buddhism. Eastern Buddhist, 19, 85-101.
Almond, Philip C. (1984). Rudolf Otto: Buddhism & Christianity, Compared & Contrasted. Buddhist-Christian Studies, 4, 87-101.
Almond, Philip C. (1983). Wilfred Cantwell Smith as Theologian of Religions. Harvard Theological Review, 76 (3), 335-344.
Almond, Philip C. (1983). Rudolf Otto: Life & Work. Journal of Religious History, 12 (3), 305-321. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.1983.tb00752.x
Almond, Philip C. (1983). Rudolf Otto & the Kantian Tradition.” 25 (1983), 52-67. Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, 25 (1-3), 52-67. doi: 10.1515/nzst.1983.25.1-3.52
Almond, Philip C. (1983). Rudolf Otto: The context of his thought. Scottish Journal of Theology, 36 (3), 347-362. doi: 10.1017/S0036930600029732
Almond, Philip C. (1983). John Hick's Copernican Theology. Theology, 86 (709), 36-41. doi: 10.1177/0040571X8308600108
Almond, Philip C. (1981). A Note on Theologizing about Religions. Journal of Theological Studies, 32 (1), 178-180. doi: 10.1093/jts/XXXII.1.178
Almond, Philip C., Reay, B. and Bossley, M. (1980). T.M. and education: A critique. Forum of Education, 39, 41-46.
Almond, Philip C. (1980). In Defence of a Mystical Ontology. Religious Traditions, 3, 50-51.
Almond, Philip C. (1980). Mystical experience, the one and the many: Towards a new theory. Darshana International, 20, 42-49.
Almond, Philip C. and Stace, W. T. (1979). Mysticism and philosophy: A critique. Journal of Religious Studies, 7, 92-106.
Almond, Philip C. (1978). Karl Barth & Anthropocentric Theology. Scottish Journal of Theology, 31, 435-447.
Almond, Philip C. (1977). Wittgenstein and Religion. Sophia, 16, 24-27.
Almond, Philip C. (1976). Winch and Wittgenstein. Religious Studies, 12 (4), 473-482. doi: 10.1017/S0034412500009616
Conference Paper
Almond, P. C. (2001). Fundamentalism, Christianity, and Religion. The 2001 Sir Robert Madgwick Lecture, The University of New England, 25/10/01. Armidale, NSW: The University of New England.