Explore the Centre’s research into the relationships between theology, ethics, politics and contemporary public life.
Research Themes
Political Theology, Emerging Technologies, and the Common Life
This workstream explores how Christian moral and political theology can generate creative and constructive responses to the challenges posed by emerging technologies
The Oxford Theology of Investment Initiative
This project seeks to articulate a robust and constructive theological account of financial investment as a morally and politically significant practice, reframing investment not merely as an economic activity.
Reimagining Christian Humanism
This interview with Luke Bretherton by New York Times columnist David Brooks, featured in Comment Magazine, explores the depths of Christian humanism and its relevance in contemporary discourse
Christianity and Democracy
This ongoing project excavates and critically examines historical and contemporary articulations of the relationship between Christianity and democracy, both in theory and practice.
Trajectories in Political Theology
The project examines the roots and contemporary articulation of political theology as an emerging, interdisciplinary framework for analysing the modern condition.
Events
Inaugural Lecture - The Struggle to Be Human: Christian Humanism and the Future of Our Common Life
16 November 2026, 5:00pm to 6:00pm
McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life Annual Conference 2026 | Reimagining Humanism
