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 Reinhard Kratz FBA

Reinhard Kratz's research interests focus on the origin of the Hebrew Bible with special emphasis on Pentateuch, historical books, prophets and psalms, the Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran) and the history of ancient Judaism in Persian and Hellenistic-Roman times

Professor Pauline Allen FBA

Early Christian literature, especially the study of letters and homilies and the edition of Greek texts; translations from Greek and Latin

Professor Henrietta Harrison FBA

The social and cultural history of China from the Qing through to the present, especially rural north China, links between transnational and local history, religion, diplomacy and revolution

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