McDonald Centre
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The McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics & Public Life is a research institute in the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

, which is associated with the Faculty of Theology and Christ Church. Its director is Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology
The Regius Professorship of Moral and Pastoral Theology was founded at the University of Oxford in 1842; the initial title was Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology.*1842-1873 Charles Atmore Ogilvie*1873-1885 Edward King*1885-1892 Francis Paget...

. The current McDonald Fellow for Christian Ethics & Public Life is John Perry.

The Centre supports advanced research on the contribution of Christian traditions to the understanding of moral life in conversation, at once charitable and candid, with other traditions of religious and philosophical thought. It fosters collaboration both between theology and other disciplines, and between academia and those who shape public deliberation and policy. In publishing the research that it supports, the Centre addresses academic, church, and wider public audiences.

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