Andrew Louth | |
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 Louth speaking at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 2017 in front of a portrait of A. B. Emden | |
| Born | 11 November 1944 Louth, England |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican · Eastern Orthodox) |
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| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | Patristics |
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Andrew Louth FBA (/laʊθ/; born 11 November 1944) is an English theologian. He is an emeritus professor of patristic and Byzantine studies in the Department of Theology and Religion of Durham University.[2] Louth has been at Durham University since 1996. Previously he taught at the University of Oxford (mostly patristics) and at Goldsmiths' College in Byzantine and early medieval history. He is a fellow of the British Academy and was a member of the British Academy Council from 2011 to 2014.[2][3] He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2009–10).[4]
Born on 11 November 1944 in Louth, Lincolnshire, he was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.[5]
Formerly an Anglican priest, he converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1989 and was ordained as an Eastern Orthodox priest in 2003.
- ^ Behr 2011, pp. ix–x.
- ^ a b Department of Theology and Religion. "Emeritus Professor A Louth". Durham University. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Louth". British Academy. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society
- ^ Behr 2011, p. ix.
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