Prof. Johannes Zachhuber (University of Oxford) - on Gregory of Nyssa.

XIII International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa
Rome, 17-20 September 2014

The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

"From first fruits to the whole lump. Fall and redemption of human nature in Gregory's Commentary on the Song of Songs"

Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen (Greek: Γρηγόριος Νύσσης; c. 335 – c. 395), was bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death. He is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism. Gregory, his brother Basil of Caesarea, and Gregory of Nazianzus are collectively known as the Cappadocian Fathers.

Gregory lacked the administrative ability of his brother Basil or the contemporary influence of Gregory of Nazianzus, but he was an erudite theologian who made significant contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity and the Nicene creed. Gregory's philosophical writings were influenced by Origen. Since the mid-twentieth century, there has been a significant increase in interest in Gregory's works from the academic community, particularly involving universal salvation, which has resulted in challenges to many traditional interpretations of his theology.

Johannes Zachhuber MA, DPhil

Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology
Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Trinity College

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Employment

• 2008-

Reader in Theology (Title awarded under Recognition of Distinction)
• 2005-

University Lecturer; University of Oxford, Faculty of Theology and Religion
• 2005-

Fellow and Tutor in Theology, Trinity College, Oxford
• 2002-2005

Junior Professor of Philosophical Theology, Humboldt University, Berlin
• 1997-2002

Assistant for Systematic Theology/Philosophy, Humboldt University, Berlin

Education

• 2011

Habilitation in Systematic Theology, Humboldt University, Berlin
• 1997

DPhil in Theology, University of Oxford
• 1995

MSt in Theology, University of Oxford
• 1989-1994

Undergraduate Study in Theology
University of Rostock; Humboldt University, Berlin

Visiting Positions

• 2011

Visiting Professor, Università della Santa Croce, Rome
• 2011

Guest Researcher, CNRS, Paris

Administration (all at Oxford University)

• 2014-

Faculty Board Chair, Faculty of Theology and Religion
• 2013-2014

Admissions Co-ordinator, Faculty of Theology and Religion
• 2012-2013

Personnel Committee
• 2011-2014

Humanities Divisional Research Committee
• 2011-2014

Chair, Research Committee, Faculty of Theology and Religion
• 2011-2013

REF Co-ordinator, Faculty of Theology and Religion
• 2011-

Humanities Divisional Board

Other Academic Activities

• 2013-2015

Director Humanitas Interfaith Lectures, Faculty of Theology and Religion
• 2013-

Member of LERU Working Group, Theology and Religious Studies
• 2012-

Editorial Board Phronema
• 2011-2013

Acting Director, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion
• 2010-

Peer Reviewing for Oxford University Press,
Modern Theology,
International Journal for Systematic Theology,
British Journal for the History of Philosophy,
Sophia
• 2010-

Invited lectures/papers in:
Bangkok (Thamassat University); Berlin (Academy of Sciences and Letters);
Birmingham; Bonn; Paris (EPHE); Pisa (Scuola Normale); Lausanne, Leuven;
London (Warburg Institute); Rome, Vienna, Zurich
• 2010-

AHRC Peer Review College
• 2009-2013

External Examiner (BDiv and MA in Theology & Religious Studies)
University of Glasgow
• 2004-

Editorial Board Millennium

Memberships

• Centre for Theology and Modern European Thought
• Gesellschaft für Antike Philosophie
• Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity
• Programme on Religion, Politics, and Economics at Humboldt University, Berlin
• Academia.edu

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