Diarmaid MacCulloch
English academic, professor, and historian of Christianity (born 1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch Kt FSA FRHistS FBA (/ˈdɜːrməd/; born 31 October 1951) is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was formerly the senior tutor. Since 1997, he has been Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford.
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Born | Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (1951-10-31) 31 October 1951 (age 72) Kent, England |
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Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey Elton |
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Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | Ecclesiastical history |
Institutions | St Cross College, Oxford |
Doctoral students | Ethan H. Shagan[1] Alec Ryrie[1] |
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Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
Church | Church of England |
Ordained | 1987 (deacon) |
Though ordained a deacon in the Church of England, he declined ordination to the priesthood because of the church's attitude to homosexuality.[2] In 2009 he encapsulated the evolution of his religious beliefs: "I was brought up in the presence of the Bible, and I remember with affection what it was like to hold a dogmatic position on the statements of Christian belief. I would now describe myself as a candid friend of Christianity."[3] MacCulloch sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History.[4]