Canon Professor Vernon White

Canon Theologian - Westminster Abbey

Vernon is Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey and Visiting Professor in Theology at King's College London.

He has wide-ranging interests in moral, philosophical and 'literary' theology, and varied experience for working in Theological Education, University Chaplaincy, Cathedral and Parish ministry.

Publications

The Fall of a Sparrow: An Essay on the Concept of Special Divine Action (1985), Atonement and Incarnation (1991), Paying Attention to People: An Essay on Individualism and Christian Belief (1996), Identity (2002), Life Beyond Death: Threads of Hope in Faith, Life and Theology (2006), Purpose and Providence: Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Literature and Theology (2015).

Lecture titles

Images of God
A discussion of the credibility, or otherwise, of traditional images for God – and some suggestions for re-imagining them.
Life Beyond Death
A discussion of the credibility of the belief, and re-imagining traditional images of eternal life.
Personal Identity and the Virtue of Fidelity
A theological perspective on how the neglected virtue of fidelity can help heal fragmented identities.