Ralph Waller

The Reverend Ralph Waller

Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Incumbent
Assumed office 1988
Personal details
Born	(1945-12-11) 11 December 1945
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of London University of Nottingham King's College London
Religion	Christianity (Methodist)

Ralph Waller (born 11 December 1945) is a British academic and Methodist minister. He is Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford and Director of the Farmington Institute for Christian Studies. He currently serves as a Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

Ralph Waller was born in Lincolnshire and educated at the University of London (BD) and the University of Nottingham (MTh) and completed a PhD at King's College London with a thesis entitled James Martineau: his emergence as a theologian, his christology and his doctrine of the Church, with some unpublished papers (1987). He is a Master of Arts of the University of Oxford. He is an ordained minister in the Methodist Church of Great Britain.

He holds honorary doctorates from Menlo College (DLitt), Uppsala University (DTheol), Ball State University (DHum), Hartwick College (DD 2003), and St Olaf College (DHum).

Publications

Ralph Waller and Benedicta Ward, eds, An introduction to Christian spirituality (London: SPCK, 1999)
Benedicta Ward and Ralph Waller, eds, Joy of heaven: springs of Christian spirituality (London: SPCK, 2003)
Ralph Waller, John Wesley: a personal portrait (London: SPCK, 2003)
Ralph Waller, James Martineau revisited (Oxford: Farmington Institute for Christian Studies, 2004)

Sources and further information

Heads of Houses of the University of Oxford

Colleges	All Souls: Sir John Vickers Balliol: Sir Drummond Bone Brasenose: John Bowers Christ Church: Martyn Percy Corpus Christi: Richard Carwardine Exeter: Sir Rick Trainor Green Templeton: Denise Lievesley Harris Manchester: Ralph Waller Hertford: Will Hutton Jesus: Sir Nigel Shadbolt Keble: Sir Jonathan Phillips Kellogg: Jonathan Michie Lady Margaret Hall: Alan Rusbridger Linacre: Nick Brown Lincoln: Henry Woudhuysen Magdalen: David Clary Mansfield: Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Merton: Sir Martin J. Taylor New College: Sir Curtis Price Nuffield: Sir Andrew Dilnot Oriel: Moira Wallace Pembroke: Dame Lynne Brindley Queen's: Paul Madden St Anne's: Tim Gardam St Antony's: Margaret MacMillan St Catherine's: Roger Ainsworth St Cross: Carole Souter St Edmund Hall: Keith Gull St Hilda's: Sir Gordon Duff St Hugh's: Dame Elish Angiolini St John's: Maggie Snowling St Peter's: Mark Damazer Somerville: Alice Prochaska Trinity: Sir Ivor Roberts University: Sir Ivor Crewe Wadham: Lord Macdonald of River Glaven Wolfson: Dame Hermione Lee Worcester: Sir Jonathan Bate

Permanent Private Halls	Blackfriars: Simon Francis Gaine Campion Hall: James Hanvey Regent's Park College: Robert Ellis St Benet's Hall: Werner Jeanrond St Stephen's House: Robin Ward Wycliffe Hall: Michael Lloyd

Recognised Independent Centres	Buddhist Studies: Richard Gombrich Energy Studies: Bassam Fattouh Hebrew and Jewish Studies: Martin Goodman(historian) Hindu Studies: Shaunaka Rishi Das Islamic Studies: Farhan Nizami

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 78619220

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