D. Z. Phillips (d: 2006) was Danforth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at CGU and Rush Rhees Research Professor at the University of Wales, Swansea. His main research interests included philosophy of religion, ethics, philosophy and literature, and Wittgenstein. His latest books were From Fantasy to Faith; Interventions in Ethics; Wittgenstein and Religion; Introducing Philosophy; Philosophy's Cool Place; Recovering Religious Concepts; and Religion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation.