Clare Carlisle studied philosophy and theology at Trinity College, Cambridge, gaining her BA in 1998 and her PhD in 2002, and she remains grateful to Trinity College for the scholarship that supported her doctoral studies. Her travels in India after completing her PhD deepened her interest in devotional and contemplative practices. She is the author of seven books, most recently On Habit (Routledge, 2014), Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard (Allen Lane / Penguin / FSG, 2019), and Spinoza’s Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics (Princeton University Press, 2021).
Professor Carlisle joined King’s in 2011, and in addition to her research and teaching for the Department of Theology and Religious Studies she works in the Office of the Dean as AKC Director. In 2015 she became an AKC (Associate of King’s College).
Books in order of publication:
Kierkegaard: A Guide for the Perplexed – 2007
Kierkegaard’s ‘Fear and Trembling’: A Reader’s Guide – 2010
Kierkegaard’s World: How to Believe – 2013
On Habit (Routledge, 2014)
Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard (Allen Lane / Penguin / FSG, 2019)
Spinoza’s Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics (Princeton University Press, 2021)
The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life – 2023
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