Mark Chapman (theologian)

Mark David Chapman (born 1960) is an Anglican priest, theologian and historian. He is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and since 2015 he has been a Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford.

Early life and education

Born in 1960, Mark David Chapman was brought up in Essex and Berkshire. He studied Politics and Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating in 1983 with a Master of Arts degree; he completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree there in 1989.[1][2]

Career

Chapman became a Stephenson Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield in 1989. In 1992, he joined the staff at Ripon College, Cuddesdon. The following year, he completed the Oxford Ministry Course and was ordained a deacon in 1994 and a priest in 1995. Between 1994 and 1999, he was non-stipendiary minister in Dorchester and then, from 1999 to 2014, he took up an equivalent post at Wheatley and, since 2014, at Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath. He is also Canon Theologian of Truro Cathedral and a member of the General Synod.[1][2] Since at least 2003,[3] he has been Vice-Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon,[1] and in 2015, he was appointed a Professor of the History of Modern by the University of Oxford.[4] As of 2016, Chapman is a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University,[5] and is course director for the Oxford undergraduate degree programme in theology.[1]

Works

Chapman has researched the history of Christian theology, especially modern doctrine, the history of Anglicanism, liberal theology and Christianity in America. He has also written about the history of Christianity at Cuddesdon. His published works include:[1][5]

  • Theology and Society in Three Cities: Berlin, Oxford and Chicago, 1800–1914 (Cambridge: James Clarke, 2014)
  • The Fantasy of Reunion: Anglicans, Catholics, and Ecumenism, 1833–1880 (Oxford University Press, 2014)
  • "American Catholicity and the National Church: The Legacy of William Reed Huntington", Sewanee Theological Review (2013)
  • "The Oxford Movement, Jerusalem and the Eastern Question", in Brown, S. J., Nockles, P. B. (eds.), The Oxford Movement (Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 221–235
  • "Ernst Troeltsch: Kierkegaard, compromise and dialectical theology" in Stewart, J. (ed.), Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources, Tome I (Ashgate Publishing, 2012), pp. 377–392
  • with Woodhead, L., Naquib, S., "God-Change" in Religion And Change In Modern Britain (Routledge, 2012), pp. 173–195
  • Anglican Theology (T. & T. Clark, 2012)
  • "Red Toryism: Some Historical Reflections", Political Theology, vol. 13, issue 3 (2012), pp. 277–291
  • "George Tyrrell and Catholic Modernism", Journal of Theological Studies, vol. 62 (2011), pp. 405–407
  • "Rowan Williams’s Political Theology: Multiculturalism and Interactive Pluralism", Journal of Anglican Studies, vol. 9, issue 1 (2011)
  • "Newman and the Anglican Idea of a University", Journal for the History of Modern Theology, vol. 18, issue 2 (2009), pp. 212–227
  • "Theological Responses in England to the South African War, 1899–1902", Journal for the History of Modern Theology, vol. 16, issue 2 (2009), pp. 181–196
  • "7th December: 2nd Advent", Expository Times, vol. 120, issue 2 (2008), pp. 79–80
  • "7th September: Proper 18", Expository Times, vol. 119, issue 11 (2008), pp. 545–546
  • Doing God: Religion and Public Policy in Brown’s Britain (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2008)
  • Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2006).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Canon Prof. Mark Chapman, Vice-Principal", Ripon College Cuddesdon. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Chapman, Mark David", Crockford's Clerical Directory (Church House Publishing, 2016). Retrieved 20 November 2016 – via KnowUK database by ProQuest. (subscription required).
  3. ↑ "University preachers", University of Oxford Gazette, 2 October 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Recognition of Distinction: Successful Applicants 2015", The University of Oxford Gazette, no. 510915, October 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 "The Revd Professor Mark D. Chapman", Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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