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Biography
Tony is the Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House. His PhD explored ideas of flourishing in the prophetic literature and narratives in today’s media. Tony has been a speaker and writer on the Bible and media for many years. He previously worked in partnership with various organisations including the Lausanne Media Engagement Network, Damaris Norway, and IFES Graduate Impact. He was an adjunct lecturer at NLA University College, Norway, and been a visiting lecturer at several other academic institutions. Tony is married to Jane, who is Director of Mentoring for Growing Young Disciples.
Qualifications
Publications
Pollard, Nick, Paul Harris, Phil Wall, and Tony Watkins. Beyond the Fringe : Reaching People Outside the Church. Leicester: IVP, 1999.
Watkins, Tony. ‘This is the Construct : Postmodernism and The Matrix'; ‘Red Pill, Blue Pill : Conclusion'; and ‘The Systemic Anomaly’. In Couch, Steve, ed. Matrix Revelations : A Thinking Fan’s Guide to the Matrix Trilogy. Southampton: Damaris Books, 2003.
Watkins, Tony. Dark Matter : A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Philip Pullman. Southampton: Damaris Publishing, 2004. Republished as Dark Matter : Shedding Light on Philip Pullman's Trilogy, His Dark Materials. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2004.
Watkins, Tony (ed.). Truth Wars : Talking About Tolerance. Milton Keynes: Damaris Publishing, 2005.
Watkins, Tony (ed.). Sex and the Cynics : Talking About the Search for Love. Milton Keynes: Damaris Publishing, 2005.
Couch, Steve, Tony Watkins, and Peter S. Williams. Back in Time : A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Doctor Who. Milton Keynes: Damaris Publishing, 2005.
Watkins, Tony (ed.). Playing God : Talking About Ethics in Medicine and Technology. Milton Keynes: Damaris Publishing, 2006.
Watkins, Tony (ed.). Spooked : Talking About the Supernatural. Milton Keynes: Damaris Publishing, 2006.
Watkins, Tony. Focus : The Art and Soul of Cinema. Milton Keynes: Damaris Publishing, 2007.
Watkins, Tony. ‘Art’s Desire : Responding to Film and Literature.’ Anvil 28, no. 3 (2012).
Watkins, Tony. ‘Philip Pullman and His Atheistic Fiction.’ Theofilos 2, no. 1 (2010).
Watkins, Tony. ‘Contending for the Truth Amidst the Fake News Epidemic.’ Lausanne Global Analysis (2017)
Watkins, Tony. ‘The Art of Darkness : Philip Pullman’s Christian Atheism.’ Cambridge Papers 29, no. 3 (2020).
Watkins, Tony. ‘Douglas Coupland and the Malaise of Immanence’. Paper for ‘Douglas Coupland and the Art of the Extreme Present’ conference, April 2021.
Watkins, Tony. ‘Alienated in Four Dimensions : Does Amos Have Anything Say to Philip Pullman About Existential Longings?’ Paper for Anglia Ruskin University Postgraduates Research Conference, June 2021.
Watkins, Tony. ‘Lost in Four Dimensions : Prophetic and Contemporary Perspectives on Alienation’. Paper for British and Irish Association for Practical Theology conference, July 2021.
Taylor, Steve, and Tony Watkins. ‘Douglas Coupland, Charles Taylor, and the Malaises of Modernity.’ In Douglas Coupland and the Art of the Extreme Present(conference proceedings). Hunterdon, NJ: Bloomsbury USA, forthcoming.
Content from Tony Watkins
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How do we read the book of Micah?
Tony Watkins gives some helpful pointers on how to read and understand the book of Micah, along with some general reflections on the prophet…
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Why do our Bibles contain these books and not others?
Tony Watkins explores how the 66 books of the Bible were put together, why they were included and not others, and how we can be confident th…
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Reading the Bible in a secular age
Tony Watkins highlights how our secular culture can influence the way we view the Bible, and suggests how Christians can factor that in when…
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