THE OXFORD THEOLOGIAN OXFORD UNIVERSITY THEOLOGY & RELIGION FACULTY MAGAZINE ISSUE 7 . SUMMER 2018 OXFORD UNIVERSITY THEOLOGY THE OXFORD & RELIGION FACULTY MAGAZINE THEOLOGIAN ISSUE 7 . SUMMER 2018 CONTENTS A MESSAGE FROM THE FACULTY BOARD CHAIR 1 Graham Ward THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATRISTICS STUDIES 2 An interview with CAROL HARRISON and MARK EDWARDS MEET OUR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS 6 Ann Giletti, Alex Henley, Michael Oliver, Cressida Ryan and Bethany Sollereder NEW GENERATION THINKER 11 An interview with DAFYDD MILLS DANIEL Managing editor: Phil Booth SHARI‘A COURTS: Exploring Law and Ethics in 13 Deputy Managing Editor: Michael Oliver Contemporary Islam Deputy editors: Marek Sullivan Justin Jones Design and production: Andrew Esson, SCIENCE, THEOLOGY, & HUMANE PHILOSOPHY: Central and 14 Baseline Arts Eastern European Perspectives Profound thanks to: All the staff in the Faculty Andrew Pinsent Office THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEK CHURCH FATHERS 16 Johannes Zachhuber STAY IN TOUCH! We are always eager to hear from you! Please UNDERGRADUATE PRIZES 19 keep in touch with the Faculty at general.
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