His first self-published book Through Mud and Barbed Wire is an account of the impact of the First World War on the thinking of two great theologians, Paul Tillich and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin – who just happened to be fighting on opposite sides of the same part of the Western Front in 1916 and whose lives were transformed by the experience.
In 2019 he self-published three textbooks that were formerly published by Hodder Education, making them available in both print and digital format as cheaply as possible, for the benefit of students and teachers.
Convinced that some things are easier to ‘see’ than to explain, Mel Thompson is a keen landscape and travel photographer, with a range of galleries on his website.
[8][9][10][11][12] Other publications include Me in Acumen's ‘The Art of Living’ series,[13] exploring issues of personal identity, Understand Existentialism, co-authored with Nigel Rodgers,[14] The Philosopher's Beach Book, published by Hodder Education in 2012, giving an easy introduction to 35 philosophical questions, and he has contributed to The Religions Book published by DK.
In 2017 he self-published Through Mud and Barbed Wireabout the impact of the First World War on the thinking of two of the 20th century's greatest religious thinkers – Paul Tillich and Teilhard de Chardin.
His most recent book, entitled Ethics for Life, was published by John Murray Education in the Teach Yourself series in October 2018.