Fr. Andrew Pinsent (born 1966) is Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion,[2] part of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford.[3][4] He is also a Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, and a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in England.[5]
Andrew Pinsent | |
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| Born | Andrew Charles Pinsent 1966 (age 57–58)[1] |
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| Religion | Christianity (Roman Catholic) |
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| Doctoral advisor | Eleonore Stump |
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| Discipline | Theology |
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A physicist by training, Pinsent was involved in the DELPHI project at CERN,[6] 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]
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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[7] and EWTN,[8] on issues of science and faith. He has also written for the Catholic Herald,[9] who identified him as a prominent young Catholic.[10] 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.
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References edit
- ^ "Cosmic purpose and the question of a personal God". Bibliography of the Study of Religion. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Dr Andrew Pinsent", Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.
- ^ "Science and Religion", Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.
- ^ "Dr Andrew Pinsent - Research Director - Personnel". Ian Ramsey Centre. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Fr Andrew Pinsent". Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford.
- ^ "DELPHI Notes". CERN. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ BBC: The Big Questions: Is there evidence for God?. YouTube. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ EWTN Live - Evangelium media course - Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ with Fr. Andrew Pinsent. YouTube. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "What the Church has given the world". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ O'Regan, Mary (25 August 2011). "CatholicHerald.co.uk » Meet ten amazing young Catholics". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2015.