Andrew Pinsent

The Reverend
Andrew Pinsent
Born
Andrew Charles Pinsent

1966 (age 58–59)[1]
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Roman Catholic)
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorEleonore Stump
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplinePhilosophy
Institutions

Fr. Andrew Pinsent (born 1966) is professor of theology and philosophy at the Athenaeum of Ohio[2] in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in England. Until 2024, he was Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion,[3] part of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford.[4][5] He was also a Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.[6]

A physicist by training, Pinsent was involved in the DELPHI project at CERN,[7] and co-authored 31 of the collaboration's publications. A focus of his current research is the application of insights from autism and social cognition to "second-person" accounts of moral perception and character formation.[citation needed]

Education and career

Pinsent has a degree in physics and a D.Phil. in high-energy physics from Merton College, Oxford. He also has three degrees in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Saint Louis University.

A member of the United Kingdom Institute of Physics and a tutor of the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham, Pinsent has been interviewed for various media, including the BBC[8] and EWTN,[9] on issues of science and faith. He has also written for the Catholic Herald,[10] who identified him as a prominent young Catholic.[11] His most recent book is The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics: Virtues and Gifts (2012). Besides academic publications, he is a co-author of the Evangelium catechetical course and the Credo, Apologia, and Lumen pocket books.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cosmic purpose and the question of a personal God". Bibliography of the Study of Religion. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Athenaeum of Ohio, Faculty & Staff Directory>Father Andrew Pinsent
  3. ^ "Dr Andrew Pinsent", Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.
  4. ^ "Science and Religion", Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.
  5. ^ "Dr Andrew Pinsent - Research Director - Personnel". Ian Ramsey Centre. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Fr Andrew Pinsent". Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford.
  7. ^ "DELPHI Notes". CERN. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. ^ BBC: The Big Questions: Is there evidence for God?. YouTube. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. ^ EWTN Live - Evangelium media course - Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ with Fr. Andrew Pinsent. YouTube. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  10. ^ "What the Church has given the world". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  11. ^ O'Regan, Mary (25 August 2011). "CatholicHerald.co.uk » Meet ten amazing young Catholics". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2015.