Mark Chapman (theologian)

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Mark David Chapman (born 1960) is a British Anglican priest, theologian, historian, and academic. He has been Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon since 2002, and Full Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford since 2015.

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Early life and education

Born in 1960, Mark David Chapman was brought up in Essex and Berkshire. He studied Politics and Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating in 1983 with a Master of Arts degree; he completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree there in 1989. [1] [2]

Career

Chapman became a Stephenson Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield in 1989. In 1992, he joined the staff at Ripon College, Cuddesdon. Since 2002, [3] [4] he has been Vice-Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon. [1] In 2015, he was appointed Professor of the History of Modern Theology by the University of Oxford. [5] As of 2016, Chapman is a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University, [6] and is course director for the Oxford undergraduate degree programme in theology. [1]

Having trained for ordination on the Oxford Ministry Course, Chapman was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1994 and as a priest in 1995. [3] Between 1994 and 1999, he was non-stipendiary minister in Dorchester and then, from 1999 to 2014, he took up an equivalent post at Wheatley and, since 2014, at Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath. He is also Canon Theologian of Truro Cathedral and a member of the General Synod. [1] [2]

Selected works

Chapman has researched the history of Christian theology, especially modern doctrine, the history of Anglicanism, liberal theology and Christianity in America. He has also written about the history of Christianity at Cuddesdon.

His published works include: [1] [6]

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