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Faculty of Divinity

 

I work on Christian theology and the Church Fathers. My doctoral research is concerned with Isaac of Nineveh's soteriology and eschatology, with specific focuses on how it might inform genealogies of Christian universalism and what it might contribute constructively to current debates about universal salvation. I have previously researched resurrection and salvation in the thought of Maximus the Confessor, and written about theological method in Dumitru Staniloae, Rowan Williams, and Friedrich Schleiermacher.

Biography

  • 2022 - present: PhD Theology, Robinson College, University of Cambridge

  • 2021 - 2022: MPhil Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion, Robinson College, University of Cambridge

               Distinction

               Theological Studies Prize

               Dissertation: 'The Risen Jesus in the Soteriology of Maximus the Confessor'


  • 2017 - 2020: BA (Hons) Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion, Robinson College, University of Cambridge

               First with Distinction

               Theological Studies Prize

               Dissertation: 'The Judgement of Theology – Two Modern Perspectives'

Research

  • Greek Patristics

               Maximus the Confessor

  • Syriac Patristics

               Isaac of Nineveh

  • Systematic Theology
  • Universal Salvation

Teaching and Supervisions

Teaching: 

A5: The Question of God

B8: Christ, Salvation, and the Trinity

Other Professional Activities

Patristic Theology Reading Group, Faculty of Divinity

PhD candidate in Patristics
Matthew Fairhurst

Contact Details

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