Oliver O'Donovan

Oliver Michael Timothy O'Donovan (* 1945 in London ) is a British moral theologian .

Life

O'Donovan was born in London in 1945. After studying classical languages ​​at Balliol College , Oxford , O'Donovan turned to theology. O'Donovan was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church but embarked on an academic career. He first taught at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University (1972-77), and then at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto . In 1982 he was appointed as Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology appointed to the University of Oxford, where he also as Canon ( Canon ) from Christchurchacted. In 2006, O'Donovan accepted a position as Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh .

O'Donovan is married to the Canadian church historian Joan Lockwood O'Donovan and has two sons. In addition to English, French and Irish, he also speaks German.

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O'Donovan is considered to be one of the world's most important systematic theologians today. He has emerged as an original thinker especially in the field of political theology and social ethics . Here O'Donovan sees himself mainly influenced by the church father Augustine and at the same time attached to a specifically Anglican tradition. His works deal in particular with questions of the foundation of morality in natural law , with the theory of just war , as well as with ecumenical dialogue .

Important publications

• The Problem of Self-Love in Saint Augustine (Yale 1979).
• Begotten or Made? (OUP 1984).
• On the Thirty-Nine Articles (Paternoster 1986).
• Resurrection and Moral Order (Eerdmans 1986).
• Peace and Certainty (Eerdmans 1989).
• The Desire of the Nations (CUP 1996) ISBN 0-521-66516-7 .
• From Irenaeus to Grotius: a sourcebook in Christian political thought, gem. with Joan Lockwood O'Donovan (Eerdmans 1999) ISBN 0-8028-4209-7 .
• Common Objects of Love (Eerdmans 2002).
• The Just War Revisited (CUP 2003).
• Bonds of Imperfection: Christian politics past and present, according to with Joan Lockwood O'Donovan (Eerdmans 2004) ISBN 0-8028-4975-X .
• The Ways of Judgment (Eerdmans 2005) ISBN 0-8028-2920-1 .