Dewi Zephaniah Phillips

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Dewi Zephaniah Phillips
Dewi Phillips late in life
Born	24 November 1934[2] Morriston, Glamorgan, Wales
Died	25 July 2006(2006-07-25) (aged 71) Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Alma mater	Swansea University
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Main interests	Philosophy of religion, ethics, philosophy of literature
Notable ideas	A new role for the philosophy of religion: not in uniting theology and philosophy, but in recognising and analysing their different functions[1]

Dewi Zephaniah Phillips (24 November 1934 – 25 July 2006), known as D. Z. Phillips or simply DZ, was a Welsh philosopher. He was a leading proponent of the Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion. He had an academic career spanning five decades, and at the time of his death he held the Danforth Chair in Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, California, and was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Swansea University.