Professor Paul Fiddes FBA

Modern theology; doctrine in the context of ideas of wisdom and suffering; the relation of theology to the philosophy and creative arts of late-modern culture, particularly in interface with literature

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2020
Subjects: Religion
Sections: Theology and Religious Studies
Website: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-paul-fiddes

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Systematic Theology

2007 -

Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford Director of Research

2007 -

Past appointments

Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford Principal

1989 - 2007

St Peter’s College, University of Oxford Lecturer in Theology

1979 - 1985

Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford Fellow in Christian Doctrine

1975 - 1989

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Mark Williams FBA

Psychological models and treatment of recurrent depression; experimental cognitive psychology of the processes that increase risk of suicidality; prevention of suicidal depression through mindfulness-based treatments

Professor Gavin Flood FBA

Hindu religious literature in the Middle Ages (post-Gupta period); comparative religion, with particular reference to Hinduism and Christianity; philosophical phenomenology and hermeneutics

Professor Frances Young FBA

Theology

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