Graham Ward (theologian)

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Graham John Ward (born October 25, 1955 in Manchester ) is a British Anglican priest and theologian . He was Samuel Ferguson Professor of Philosophical Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester and has succeeded Marilyn McCord Adams Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford since 2012 .

Educational path

Graham Ward was born in Manchester on October 25, 1955. He completed his first degree in English and French at Fitzwilliam College ( Cambridge ). He then studied theology at Selwyn College (Cambridge) and was prepared for his ordination at Westcott House , a theological college of the Anglican Church in Cambridge .

Academic and spiritual career

Ward was Chaplain and Fellow of Exeter College (Oxford), Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and Dean at Peterhouse (Cambridge). He was ordained a deacon in 1990 and a priest in 1991 . At the University of Manchester, he held several positions in succession. First he was a Senior Fellow in Religion and Gender from 1997 to 1998 , then Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics and, from 2009, Samuel Ferguson Professor for Philosophical Theology and Ethics and Chairman of the School of Arts, Histories and Culture. Since 2012 he has been Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford.

research

Ward has worked in various fields of theology, in particular postmodern theology, as well as interdisciplinary in the areas of philosophy , psychoanalysis , gender studies and queer theory . He has published works on the theology of language, postmodernism, cultural analysis and Christology . More recently he has worked particularly on Christian social teaching , political theory, and cultural hermeneutics . Through his participation in the anthology Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology , which he co-edited with John Milbank and Catherine Pickstock , he became one of the main initiators of the theological movement of the Radical Orthodoxy . He is the editor of three academic book series: Radical Orthodoxy (Routledge), Christian Theology in Context (OUP) and Illuminations: Religion & Theology (Blackwell).

Publications

Monographs

Editing

  • The Postmodern God: a Theological Reader . Blackwell Publishers 1997, ISBN 9780631201410 .
  • (with John Milbank and Catherine Pickstock :) Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology . Radical Orthodoxy, Routledge 1998, ISBN 978-0-415-19699-4 .
  • The Certeau Reader . Blackwell Publishers 2000, ISBN 9780631212799 .
  • The Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology . Blackwell Publishers 2004, ISBN 9781405127196 .
  • (with Michael Hoelzl) Religion and Political Thought . Continuum 2006, ISBN 9780826480057 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b C. IP Denyer: Crown Office, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW. News of the grant of the patent letter . In: London Gazette. September 10, 2012, accessed August 19, 2019 .
  2. ^ Maarten Wisse: Introduction to the Thinking of Graham Ward . In: Lieven Boeve, Christophe Brabant (Ed.): Between Philosophy and Theology: Contemporary Interpretations of Christianity . Ashgate, Farnham, England 2010, ISBN 978-1-4094-8129-4 , p. 65.
  3. ^ A b News - Christ Church, Oxford University . Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b The Queen has approved that Professor Graham Ward was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford. . Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  5. ^ Graham Ward: Religion and Political Thought . Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006, p. 252.
  6. ↑ Jason Byassee: Bold Apology . In: The Christian Century . September 21, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  7. ^ Christian Theology in Context - Oxford University Press . Retrieved September 10, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Ward, Graham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ward, Graham John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Anglican priest and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester