Dr Andrew Pinsent

Biography:

Andrew Pinsent is Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. At Oxford since 2009, he has been Principal Investigator for more than £6M of research grants involving scholars in more than a dozen countries.

Formerly a particle physicist on the DELPHI experiment at CERN, Dr Pinsent has degrees in philosophy and theology and a second doctorate in philosophy. A major theme of his research is second-person (I-you) relatedness in science, philosophy, and theology. Besides many publications in particle physics, his publications in theology include work in virtue ethics, neurotheology, science and religion, the philosophy of the person, insight, divine action, and the nature of evil.

Research Area(s):

Christian Ethics
Historical and Systematic Theology

Philosophical Theology

Science and Religion

Research Interests:

Virtue ethics, neurotheology, science and religion, the philosophy of the person, the second-person perspective, nature and grace, divine action, and the nature of evil.

Research Centres & Projects: 

Ian Ramsey Centre for Science & Religion.

Editorships:

He is a regular guest editor for the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion.

Links:

www.andrewpinsent.info

Publications and Research Outputs:

https://www.ianramseycentre.info/andrew-pinsent

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