Celia Deane-Drummond

Celia Deane-Drummond
Born1956 (age 69–70)
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Alma materUniversity of Reading
Known forTeaches systematic theology in relation to biological science
Scientific career
FieldsTheology
InstitutionsCampion Hall

Celia Deane-Drummond is director of the Laudato Si’ Research Institute and senior research fellow in theology at Campion Hall, Oxford. She was professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame from 2011 to 2019. She teaches systematic theology in relation to biological science - especially evolution, ecology, genetics; bioethics - especially sustainability, ecotheology, and public theology.

Deane-Drummond gained a BA from the Girton College, Cambridge in natural sciences, and received her PhD in plant physiology at the University of Reading in 1980. During the 1980s she was a lecturer in plant physiology at Durham University.[1] She later took a BA in theology from Trinity College, Bristol, then moved to Manchester University to take a PhD in systematic theology.[1]

In 2000 she was appointed to a professorship in theology and the biological sciences at the University of Chester which she held until her move to the University of Notre Dame in 2011.[2] In 2018, she founded the Laudato Si' Research Institute at Campion Hall in Oxford, where she is the current director. She is also the editor of the international journal Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences.[3]

Her books include:

  • Genetics and Christian Ethics (2006)
  • Ecotheology (2008)
  • Christ and Evolution (2009)
  • Creaturely Theology: On God, Humans and Other Animals (joint ed.) (2009)
  • Religion and Ecology in the Public Sphere (joint ed.) (2011)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Prof. Celia Deane-Drummond". Faraday Institute, Cambridge University. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Celia Deane-Drummond". Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology. 2010.
  3. ^ Celia Deane-Drummond from the Human Flourishing Research Project, retrieved 19 February 2021
  4. ^ WorldCat Identities
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