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Theological studies across and beyond the Catholic tradition, including philosophical and political theology, hermeneutics, and reception.

Professor Lewis Ayres Contemporary Catholic theology, ressourcement, Augustinian reception
Systematic theology, patristics and contextual theology, philosophies of difference, gender
Dr Rachel Davies
Dr Benjamin DeSpain Philosophical theology (including autonomy and Thomism), Catholic philosophy, theological ethics, theology and the arts, sacred tradition
Catholic theology, theological anthropology
Dr Lexi Eikelboom Philosophical theology, theology and the arts, metaphysics, phenomenology
Professor Stephan van Erp Philosophical and fundamental theology, political theology, Edward Schillebeeckx, Hans Urs von Balthasar
Associate Professor Maeve Heaney
Fundamental theology of revelation, religious experience, theological anthropology, grace
Theology of religions, interreligious theology 
Dr Philip McCosker Historical and systematic theology (especially Christology), apophaticisms, ressourcement, mystical theologies, theological epistemology, queer theologies
Reverend Dr James McEvoy Karl Rahner, Gaudium et Spes and the church–world relationship
Dr Antonia Pizzey
Reverend Associate Professor Ormond Rush
Dr Darren Sarisky Theological interpretation of Scripture, ecclesiology, interfaith dialogue, and theology’s engagement with philosophy
Dr Emmanuel Nathan
Dr Brendan Wolfe Cognitive psychology of religious art, the Inklings, St Andrews Encyclopedia of Theology
Professor Judith Wolfe Philosophical and systematic theology, theology and the arts
Professor Garth Green Philosophy of religion, medieval and Renaissance theology, German idealism, French phenomenology

Theology in the world, where the Church meets society, including disability and social approaches, and research programmes especially for those in ministry. To learn more visit our Doctor of Ministry programme.

Associate Professor Kylie Crabbe
Disability theology, ethics, social science research methodologies
Associate Professor Maeve Heaney
Fundamental/applied theological ethics (especially biomedical) and theological anthropology (dignity).
Reverend Dr James McEvoy Theology of childhood

Ignatian theology and Jesuit practice as well as study of the history and theology of spiritual practices.

Dr Rachel Davies
Mysticism of Ignatius Loyola, Ignatian experience
Associate Professor Jonathan Zecher History of spiritual direction, Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox practices

Historical and constructive liturgical and ritual studies, as well as sacramental theology. Please also see our Centre for Liturgy.

Dr Leonela Fundic Byzantine ritual and liturgy
Dr Sarah Gador-Whyte Hymnography, homiletics, history of early Christian liturgy, ritual, sacred space, women in the church
Associate Professor Maeve Heaney
Professor Clare Johnson Liturgical inculturation, sacramental theology, liturgy and affect, liturgy education
Liturgical theology/reform, ritual musicology, post-critical sacramental theology

Studies of the contemporary Church, its history, organization, and identity in the world, including Vatican II studies. Please visit our Vatican II Research Centre.

Dr Gavin Brown Australian religious history (especially Catholic), ritual theory/performance, history of Christian worship (especially Eucharist)
Vatican II, ecclesiology, ethnography
Emeritus Professor Peter Howard
Dr Jo Laffin
Dr Philip McCosker Theologies and practices of catholicity and synodality
Dr Emmanuel Nathan
Dr Antonia Pizzey
Reverend Associate Professor Ormond Rush

Research in ecumenical movements between Christian churches as well as dialogue between different faiths, with emphasis on relations between Muslims, Jews, and Christians.

Professor Ismail Albayrak Comparative theology (Muslim and Christian), Muslim-Christian relations
Comparative theological ethics and anthropology of contemporary moral disagreements
Islam, Qur’an, theologies of Revelation
Dr Philip McCosker Catholicity, ecumenical ecclesiologies
Dr Emmanuel Nathan
Dr Antonia Pizzey
Dr Darren Sarisky Scriptural Reasoning and hermeneutics
Interfaith and inter-religious relations

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