Revd Professor Oliver O'Donovan FBA

Theology
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
2000
Subjects
Religion

Current post

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology

2012 -

School of Divinity, University of St Andrews Honorary Professor

2012 -

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology

2006 - 2012

University of Oxford Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology

1982 - 2006

Wycliffe College, Toronto Professor of Systematic Theology

1977 - 1982

Publications

Finding and Seeking: Ethics as Theology, vol 2

Oliver O'Donovan - Published in 2014 by Eerdmans Publishing Company

Self, World, and Time: Ethics as Theology 1

Oliver O'Donovan - Published in 2013 by Eerdmans Publishing Company

The Ways of Judgment

Oliver O'Donovan - Published in 2005 by Eerdmans Publishing Company

The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology

Oliver O'Donovan - Published in 1996 by Cambridge University Press

Resurrection and moral order

Oliver O'Donovan - Published in 1986 by Apollos

2nd Edition

The problem of self-love in St Augustine

Oliver O'Donovan - Published in 1980 by Wipf and Stock

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Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad FBA

Indian philosophy focusing on Sanskrit and Pali, comparative philosophy of epistemology, metaphysics and phenomenology; classical Indian religions, especially Hindu theology in Sanskrit and Tamil, and comparative Hindu-Christian studies

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Professor Susanna Elm FBA

Social, economic, and cultural history of the late antique Mediterranean; the transformation of the Roman empire into a predominantly Christian one; slavery, “Augustine the Economist,” imperial representation, war and resilience

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Professor Hugh McLeod FBA

Social history of Christianity in western Europe and the USA in the 19th and 20th century, including urban and working class history, secularisation and international comparison

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