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Fr. Andrew Pinsent (born 1966) is Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, part of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
. He is also a Research Fellow at
Harris Manchester College Harris Manchester College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in Warrington in 1757 as a college for Unitarianism, Unitarian students and move ...
, Oxford, and a Catholic priest of the diocese of Arundel and Brighton in England. A physicist by training, Pinsent was involved in the
DELPHI Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle ...
project at
CERN The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in a northwestern suburb of Gene ...
, and co-authored 31 of the collaboration's publications. A focus of his current research is the application of insights from autism and social cognition to "second-person" accounts of moral perception and character formation.


Education and career

Pinsent has a first-class degree in physics and a D.Phil. in high-energy physics from
Merton College Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, ch ...
, Oxford. He also has three degrees in philosophy and theology from the
Pontifical Gregorian University The Pontifical Gregorian University ( it, Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana,) is a higher education ecclesiastical school ( pontifical university) located in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as ...
in Rome, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from
Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...
. A member of the United Kingdom
Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physic ...
and a tutor of the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham, Pinsent has been interviewed for various media, including the
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...
and
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, on issues of science and faith. He has also written for the ''
Catholic Herald The ''Catholic Herald'' is a London-based Roman Catholic monthly newspaper and starting December 2014 a magazine, published in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and, formerly, the United States. It reports a total circulation of abo ...
'', who identified him as a prominent young Catholic. His most recent book is ''The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics: Virtues and Gifts'' (2012). Besides academic publications, he is a co-author of the ''Evangelium'' catechetical course and the ''Credo'', ''Apologia,'' and ''Lumen'' pocket books. Pinsent was a signatory of the 2017 'filial correction' ''
Correctio filialis de haeresibus propagatis ''Correctio filialis de haeresibus propagatis'' (Latin: "Filial correction concerning propagated heresies") is an August 11, 2017 petition initially by 62 critics of Pope Francis, who argued that the pope propagated heresies, with regard to seve ...
'' ascribing heretical content to
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's apostolic exhortation ''
Amoris laetitia ''Amoris laetitia'' (''The Joy of Love'') is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis addressing the pastoral care of families. Dated 19 March 2016, it was released on 8 April 2016. It follows the Synods on the Family held in 2014 ...
''.


See also

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List of Roman Catholic cleric-scientists This is a list of Catholic clergy throughout history who have made contributions to science. These churchmen-scientists include Nicolaus Copernicus, Gregor Mendel, Georges Lemaître, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Pierre Gassendi, Roger Joseph Bo ...


References


External links


Fr. Pinsent's WebsiteIan Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion
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