Andrew Louth

Andrew Louth
The Reverend; Andrew Louth; FBA
	Louth speaking at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 2017 in front of a portrait of A. B. Emden
Born	11 November 1944; Louth, England
	Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican · Eastern Orthodox)
Church	Church of England; Russian Orthodox Church;
Ordained	1968 (Anglican)[1]; 2003 (Eastern Orthodox priest);
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; University of Edinburgh;
Academic work
Discipline	History; theology;
Sub-discipline	Patristics
Institutions	Worcester College, Oxford; Goldsmiths' College, London; Durham University;

Andrew Louth FBA (born 1944) is an emeritus professor of patristic and Byzantine studies in the Department of Theology and Religion of Durham University.[2] Louth has been at Durham University since 1996. Previously he taught at the University of Oxford (mostly patristics) and at Goldsmiths' College in Byzantine and early medieval history. He is a fellow of the British Academy and was a member of the British Academy Council from 2011 to 2014.[2][3] He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2009–10).[4]

Born on 11 November 1944 in Louth, Lincolnshire, he was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.[5]

Formerly an Anglican priest, he converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1989 and was ordained as an Eastern Orthodox priest in 2003.

Selected publications

Louth, Andrew (2007), Greek East and Latin West: The Church, AD 681–1071, Church History, 3, St. Vladimirs Seminary Press, ISBN 0881413208
Louth, Andrew (2002), St. John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology, Oxford early Christian studies., Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199275274
Louth, Andrew; Raitt, Jill (1998), Wisdom of the Byzantine Church: Evagrios of Pontos and Maximos the Confessor, Paine Lectures in Religion, 1997, Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Missouri, OCLC 38570047
Louth, Andrew (1996), Maximus the Confessor, Early Church Fathers, Routledge London, ISBN 0203991273
Louth, Andrew (1989), Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology, Clarendon, ISBN 0198261969

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References

Footnotes

Behr 2011, pp. ix–x.
Department of Theology and Religion. "Emeritus Professor A Louth". Durham University. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
"Professor Andrew Louth". British Academy. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society
Behr 2011, p. ix.

Bibliography

Behr, John (2011). "Andrew Louth". In Andreopoulos, Andreas; Casiday, Augustine; Harrison, Carol (eds.). Meditations of the Heart: The Psalms in Early Christian Thought and Practice; Essays in Honour of Andrew Louth. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. pp. ix–xiii. doi:10.1484/M.STT-EB.6.09070802050003050304030306. ISBN 978-2-503-54021-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

"The Nicene Creed", In Our Time, Andrew Louth on the panel with Caroline Humfress and Martin Palmer, 2007

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Bill Sheils	President of the Ecclesiastical History Society 2009–2010	Succeeded by Sheridan Gilley

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[FOOTNOTEBehr2011ix–x-1] Behr 2011, pp. ix–x.

[Durham-2] Department of Theology and Religion. "Emeritus Professor A Louth". Durham University. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[3] "Professor Andrew Louth". British Academy. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[4] Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society

[FOOTNOTEBehr2011ix-5] Behr 2011, p. ix.