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
Christianity and the Liberal Political Tradition
11 June 2024, 1:00pm to 12 June 2024, 7:00pm
Oxford-Princeton Graduate Student Seminar
The Annual McDonald Centre Conference | The Public Legitimacy of the Church of England.
