12 Facts About Oliver O'Donovan

Oliver O'Donovan has made contributions to political theology, both contemporary and historical.

Oliver O'Donovan was Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford from 1982 to 2006, and Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh from 2006 to 2013.

Oliver O'Donovan is the son of Joan Knape and Michael Francis O'Donovan, better known as Frank O'Connor, eminent Irish writer of short stories and memoirs.

Oliver O'Donovan was a Canon Residentiary of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, from 1982 to 2006.

Oliver O'Donovan served on the General Synod of the Church of England from 2005 to 2006.

Oliver O'Donovan has held permission to officiate in the Diocese of York since 2015.

Oliver O'Donovan taught at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and at Wycliffe College, Toronto.

Oliver O'Donovan was Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church at the University of Oxford.

Oliver O'Donovan then held the post of Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the School of Divinity, New College, Edinburgh, and was an associate director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues.

Oliver O'Donovan is a past President of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics.

Oliver O'Donovan cites these New College Lectures as his first opportunity to explore the ideas that would become his "Ethics as Theology" trilogy of books.

Oliver O'Donovan has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2000 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 2009.