Peter Williams
Peter S. Williams (MA, MPhil) is a philosopher and apologist with several books to his name and a particular expertise in working with students. In addition to working with the Damaris Trust, Peter is Assistant Professor in Communication and Worldviews at Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication in Norway.
Experience
Peter is experienced as a speaker in Universities, Colleges, schools and churches, and has participated in debate with a number of atheists (including American philosopher Professor Michael Martin, British secular humanist Peter Hearty of the National Secular Society and British 'new atheist' Edward Turner).
After studying philosophy at Cardiff (BA), Sheffield (MA) and The University of East Anglia (MPhil), Peter worked as a 'Student Assistant' at Holy Trinity Church Leicester for three years, before moving to Southampton to join Damaris.
Peter is author of:
A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism: God Is Not Dead (Paternoster, 2009).
I Wish I Could Believe In Meaning: A Response To Nihilism (Damaris, 2004).
The Case For Angels (Paternoster, 2002)
The Case For God (Monarch, 1999)
Peter is the co-author of:
Back in Time: A thinking fan's guide to Doctor Who and contributed chapters to Damaris' Talking About books and the Matrix Revelations: A thinking fan's guide to the Matrix Trilogy.
In addition to writing for Damaris websites (such as CultureWatch.org), Williams has been published by several magazines, journals and websites, including:
Access Research Network; www.bethinking.org (the apologetics website of UCCF); CASE; C.S. Lewis Society of California;The Evangelical Philosophical Society; Healing & Wholeness Magazine; Idea Magazine; ISCID; Leadership University; Philosophia Christi; Philosophy Now; The Philosopher's Magazine; Themelios; Third Way and Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy.
Speaking topics
Peter is happy to speak (with power point presentations) on a wide range of subjects, but offers the following as particular specialities:
- 'A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism'
- 'An Introduction to Intelligent Design Theory'
- 'A Rough Guide to Creation & Evolution' (An overview to help you think through the issues for yourself)
- 'Does God Exist?' (arguments for God's existence)
- 'Making sense of Jesus'
- 'Meaningful Monsters: Daleks Through the Decades' (how Daleks tell us the same things about ourselves as the Bible)
Payment details and booking
Peter does not have fixed fees and will negotiate a speaking rate with you. Payments should be made directly to him and VAT is not applicable.
To book Peter, please email him - his address is peter.williams AT damaris.org (replace AT with @)
More information
Peter can be found on the Web at: