Andrew Louth
Andrew Louth (born November 11, 1944 in Louth ) is a British patristic .
Life
He studied at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh . Since 1996 he has been Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies at Durham University . Previously, he taught at the University of Oxford (mainly patristic) and at Goldsmiths, University of London in Byzantine and Early Medieval History. He is a member of the British Academy and was a member of the British Academy Council from 2011 to 2014. He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2009-2010). He converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1989 and was ordained an Orthodox priest in 2003.
His research interests are Byzantine art, iconography and ceremony, Byzantine theology, especially Maximos the Confessor, Orthodox theology and spirituality, patristicism, especially Greek, and spirituality and mysticism, especially Christian.
Fonts (selection)
- Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology . Clarendon 1989, ISBN 0198261969 .
- Maximus the Confessor . London 1996, ISBN 0203991273 .
- St. John Damascene : Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology . Oxford 2002, ISBN 9780199275274 .
- Greek East and Latin West: The Church, AD 681-1071 . Crestwood 2007, ISBN 0881413208 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louth, Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British patristic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louth |