Morwenna Ludlow

Morwenna Ludlow
Nationality British
Academic background
Alma mater University of Oxford
Doctoral advisor Keith Ward
Academic work
Discipline Theology
Institutions University of Exeter
Notable works Gregory of Nyssa, Ancient and (Post)modern

Morwenna Ludlow is Professor of Christian History and Theology at the University of Exeter and Head of the Theology and Religion Department. She is known in particular for her work on Gregory of Nyssa.[1]

Career

Morwenna Ludlow studied Literae Humaniores at the University of Oxford and remained there to study for a D.Phil. in Theology with a dissertation about universal salvation in Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner. Ludlow began work on her D.Phil. at Trinity College but moved to Queen's College on receipt of a Holwell Studentship, and moved again to St John's College to take up a Junior Research Fellowship.[2]

Ludlow worked at Wolfson College, Oxford and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge before moving to the University of Exeter. In 2006 Ludlow was appointed as Lecturer in Patristics in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Exeter, and became Professor of Christian History and Theology in 2016. She delivered her inaugural lecture on the 3rd November 2016 on The Workshop: Experiments in History and Theology.[3][4]

Ludlow works primarily on patristics, in particular the work of the fourth-century Cappadocian theologian, Gregory of Nyssa. Ludlow uses her research into early Christian thought to examine modern theology by analysing the reception of patristic theology by modern writers. She also works on the history of eschatology in Christianity, with a focus on the idea of universal salvation.[1][5]

Ludlow is currently working on the aesthetic qualities and doctrinal content of 4th century Greek Christian texts through a project, Art, Craft and Rhetoric. In this work, Ludlow uses arts and crafts theorists from Ruskin and Morris up to the present-day in order to re-examine early Christian texts. [1][4]

Ludlow is a Curate at Exeter Cathedral.[6]

Media

In Our Time: Augustine's Confessions (BBC Radio 4 March 2018)

Ludlow discussed the conversion of Augustine of Hippo to Christianity in a programme with Kate Cooper and Martin Palmer.[7]

Selected publications

  • Gregory of Nyssa, Ancient and (Post)modern (Oxford University Press, 2013)[8]
  • ed. with Scot Douglass Reading the Church Fathers (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011)[9]
  • Universal Salvation: Eschatology in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner (Clarendon Press, 2000)[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Professor Morwenna Ludlow | Theology and Religion | University of Exeter". humanities.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. ↑ Ludlow, Morwenna (2000-12-07). Universal Salvation: Eschatology in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner. Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198270225.
  3. ↑ "Professor Morwenna Ludlow | Ecclesiastical History Society". www.history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  4. 1 2 Robinson, Debbie. "University of Exeter". humanities.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. ↑ "patristics | directors". patristics. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Cathedral Clergy - Exeter Cathedral". Exeter Cathedral. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  7. ↑ "Augustine's Confessions, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  8. ↑ Gregory of Nyssa, Ancient and (Post)modern. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2013-05-19. ISBN 9780199677986.
  9. ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "Reading the Church Fathers". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  10. ↑ Ludlow, Morwenna (2000-12-07). "Universal Salvation: Eschatology in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner". doi:10.1093/0198270224.001.0001/acprof-9780198270225.
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