Andrew Louth

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The Reverend
Andrew Louth
FBA
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Louth speaking at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 2017 in front of a portrait of A. B. Emden
Born (1944-11-11) 11 November 1944 (age 79)
Louth, England
Ecclesiastical career
Church
Ordained
  • 1968 (Anglican)[1]
  • 2003 (Eastern Orthodox priest)
Andrew Louth
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
Discipline
Sub discipline Patristics
Institutions

Andrew Louth FBA (/lθ/; born 11 November 1944) is an English theologian. He is an emeritus professor of patristic and Byzantine studies in the Department of Theology and Religion of Durham University.[2] Louth has been at Durham University since 1996. Previously he taught at the University of Oxford (mostly patristics) and at Goldsmiths' College in Byzantine and early medieval history. He is a fellow of the British Academy and was a member of the British Academy Council from 2011 to 2014.[2][3] He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2009–10).[4]

Born on 11 November 1944 in Louth, Lincolnshire, he was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.[5]

Formerly an Anglican priest, he converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1989 and was ordained as an Eastern Orthodox priest in 2003.

Selected publications

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  • Louth, Andrew (1989), Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology, Clarendon, ISBN 0198261969
  • Louth, Andrew; Oden, Thomas C.; Conti, Marco (2001). Genesis 1–11; Volume 1. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1579582206.

See also

References

  1. Behr 2011, pp. ix–x.
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  4. Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society
  5. Behr 2011, p. ix.

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Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Ecclesiastical History Society
2009–2010
Succeeded by
Sheridan Gilley