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
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2016
Subjects
Religion

Current post

Australian Catholic University Research Professor of Early Christian Studies

Past appointments

Centre for Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University Director

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor David Fergusson FBA

The doctrines of creation and providence, relationship of church and state, engagement with the 'new atheism', and the history of Reformed theology, especially in Scotland

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Professor Anna Sapir Abulafia FBA

Interactions between Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages within the broad context of 12th and 13th-century theological and ecclesiastical developments; the place of Jews and Muslims in canon law

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Professor Alec Ryrie FBA

Alec Ryrie is a historian of Protestant Christianity in general and of religion in early modern England and Scotland in particular. He is interested in the cultural, social, political and emotional history of religion, and has written on subjects including faith and doubt; martyrdom, violence and religious warfare; magic and deception; moderation and radicalism; childhood religious experience; and liturgy and prayer, formal and informal. He is currently researching the early history of global Protestant missions. He is co-editor of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History and (in 2019-20) president of the Ecclesiastical History Society. He is also a licensed Reader in the Church of England.

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