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Prof Oliver Crisp

Professor of Analytic Theology

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2827

Email

odc@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

Oliver Crisp is the Professor of Analytic Theology and Co-Director of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology with Professor Andrew Torrance. He joined the Divinity School in the autumn of 2019, having previously taught at Fuller Theological Seminary in California (2011-2019), the University of Bristol (2006-2011), and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (2002-2004). He has also held postdoctoral research fellowships at the Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame (2004-5; and again in 2019), and the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton (2008-9).

He is best known for his work in analytic theology, and is a founding editor of the Journal of Analytic Theology, and a series co-editor (with Professor Michael Rea) of the Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology. He also co-founded the annual Los Angeles Theology Conference series with Professor Fred Sanders (2013-2023), and the Scottish Dogmatics Conference series with Professor Paul Nimmo, the first of which took place in May 2024 at King's College, University of Aberdeen.

Professor Crisp has been involved in a number of major grant-funded research projects. He was Principal Investigator for the $2m grant "Analytic Theology for Theological Formation" at Fuller Theological Seminary (2015-2018), and co-investigator for the $1.5m "On Human Natures: Psychological Science in the Service of Theology" grant (2018-2021), working alongside Professor Justin Barrett and Rebecca Sok of Blueprint 1543, and Dr Kutter Callaway at Fuller Seminary. Crisp has also been a grantee of the BioLogos Foundation ($102k) for work on the doctrine of original sin (2013-14). He was a participant in the Templeton-funded "Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Christian Trust in God" grant (2019-2022), working with PIs Daniel McKaughan at Boston College, Teresa Morgan at Oxford, and Michael Pace at Chapman University. He is currently PI on a Templeton-funded project, "Godless Religion," working alongside Dr Danielle Jansen.

His public-facing work includes participation in the US PBS-syndicated "Closer to Truth" series (https://closertotruth.com) and the UK-based Timeline Theological Videos series (https://stjohnstimeline.hymnsam.co.uk). He has also written for various popular outlets like Christian Century and Christianity Today and been interviewed for blogs and vlogs such as You Have Permission, Homebrewed Christianity, Research on Religion, London Lyceum, and The Christian Humanist.

Professor Crisp received degrees in Divinity and Law from the University of Aberdeen (BD, MTh, LLM), Jurisprudence from Durham University (MJur), and Philosophy of Religion from the University of London (PhD). He also holds higher doctorates from Aberdeen (DLitt) and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (DD).

Research areas

Analytic theology, philosophy of religion, systematic and historical theology. Prof Crisp also has a developing interest in legal theory.

PhD supervision

• LunaÌýGuan
• EmilyÌýHammer
• AndrewÌýHronich
• MatthewÌýTaylor
• CodyÌýWarta
• TammyÌýWiese

Selected publications

• Crisp, O., 19 Feb 2026, Bloomsbury T&T Clark. 208 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Crisp, O., 2025, The Cambridge Companion to Christology. Pawl, T. & Peterson, M. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 219-233 (Cambridge Companions).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access
  Crisp, O. D., 3 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scottish Journal of Theology. 78, 3, p. 240-251

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Crisp, O., 4 Aug 2025, In: Philosophia Christi. 27, 1, p. 7-17

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Crisp, O. (Editor) & Nimmo, P. (Editor), 26 Aug 2025, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic. 222 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Crisp, O. D. (Editor) & Sanders, F. (Editor), 16 Apr 2024, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic. 256 p. (Los Angeles theology conference; vol. 9)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access
  Crisp, O. D., 14 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scottish Journal of Theology. 75, 4, p. 363-373 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Crisp, O. D., 1 Jan 2022, Cambridge: Grove Books Limited. 28 p. (Grove doctrine; vol. D8)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Crisp, O. D., 10 Nov 2022, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. 259 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access
  Callaway, K. & Crisp, O. D., 30 Mar 2022, In: TheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology. 6, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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