Prof Oliver Crisp
Head of School
Biography
Oliver Crisp currently serves as the Principal of St Mary's College and Head of the School of Divinity. He is also the Professor of Analytic Theology and Director of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology. He joined the Divinity School in the autumn of 2019, having previously taught at Fuller Theological Seminary in California (2011-2019), the University of Bristol (2006-2011), and St Andrews (2002-2004). He has also held postdoctoral research fellowships at the Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame (2004-5;2019), and the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton (2008-9).
He is best known for his work in analytic theology, and is a Senior Editor of the Journal of Analytic Theology, and a series co-editor (with Professor Michael Rea) of the Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology. He also co-founded the annual Los Angeles Theology Conference series with Professor Fred Sanders.
Oliver has been involved in a number of major grant-funded research projects. He was Principal Investigator for the $2m grant "Analytic Theology for Theological Formation" at Fuller Theological Seminary (2015-2018), and co-investigator for the $1.5m "On Human Natures: Psychological Science in the Service of Theology" grant (2018-2021), working alongside Professor Justin Barrett and Rebecca Sok of Blueprint 1543, and Dr Kutter Callaway at Fuller Seminary. Both grants were funded through the generosity of the John Templeton Foundation. Oliver has also been a grantee of the BioLogos Foundation ($102k) for work on the doctrine of original sin (2013-14). Most recently he was a participant in the Templeton-funded "Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Christian Trust in God" grant (2019-2021), working with PIs Daniel McKaughan at Boston College, Teresa Morgan at Oxford, and Michael Pace at Chapman University.
Oliver received degrees in Divinity and Law from the University of Aberdeen (BD, MTh, LLM), and Philosophy of Religion from the University of London (PhD). He also holds a higher doctorate from Aberdeen for his work in theology and philosophy (DLitt).
Research areas
Systematic theology, analytic theology, historical theology, particularly in the Reformed tradition.
PhD supervision
- Jason Stigall
- Jon Kelly
- Timothy Haratine
- Harvey Cawdron
- Nok Ki Yeung
- Benjamin Keogh
- Mark Hertenstein
- Christian Kalmbach
- Tiago Martins
- Cody Warta
Selected publications
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Open access
Infant baptism and the disposition to saving faith
Crisp, O. D., 14 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scottish Journal of Theology. 75, 4, p. 363-373 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Restoring human nature: constructive theological anthropologies engaging the psychological sciences
Callaway, K. & Crisp, O. D., 30 Mar 2022, In: TheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology. 6, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Theology and the university: a reply to Professor Wolfe
Crisp, O. D., 18 Oct 2022, In: International Journal of Public Theology. 16, 3, p. 278-283 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
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T. F. Torrance on theosis and universal salvation
Crisp, O. D., 15 Mar 2021, In: Scottish Journal of Theology. 74, 1, p. 12-25 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The divine and human will of Christ
Crisp, O. D., 13 Apr 2021, Impeccability and temptation: Understanding Christ's divine and human will. Grössl, J. & von Stosch, K. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Taylor and Francis, p. 199-215 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Approaching the Atonement: The Reconciling Work of Christ
Crisp, O. D., 11 Feb 2020, IVP Academic. 208 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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God, Creation, and Salvation: Studies in Reformed Theology
Crisp, O. D., 9 Jan 2020, 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark. 221 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Moral exemplarism and atonement
Crisp, O. D., 5 May 2020, In: Scottish Journal of Theology. 73, 2, p. 137-149 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On behalf of Augustinian realism
Crisp, O. D., Sep 2020, In: Toronto Journal of Theology. 35, 2, p. 124-133 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analyzing doctrine: toward a systematic theology
Crisp, O., Jul 2019, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. 270 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book