Joshua Hordern is Professor of Christian Ethics in the Faculty of Theology and Religion and a Governing Body Fellow of Harris Manchester College
He read Classics at New College, Oxford and went on to postgraduate study of Theology in Oxford and Edinburgh, where he gained his doctorate. After this he took up a postdoctoral research fellowship at Wolfson College, Cambridge, lectured at Cambridge’s Faculty of Divinity and served as an elected local authority councillor in Bury St Edmunds.
In Oxford since 2012, Joshua now supervises postgraduate students in the field of Christian Ethics and teaches undergraduate students on courses in Philosophy and Theology, Theology and Religion and Theology and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He welcomes interest from postgraduate students interested in supervision.
Joshua’s research interests are in two areas, political theology and healthcare.
First, he pursues collaborative research in Islamic and Christian political thought, focussing especially on loyalty. For more detail, please see the two co-edited journal issues of The Muslim World and Studies in Christian Ethics published in 2016.
Second, he works in partnership with healthcare researchers, clinicians and institutions, exploring questions concerning the ethos of healthcare, with a particular focus on compassion.
To find out more about Joshua’s research and public engagement in healthcare, please visit the website of the Healthcare Values Partnership in which a number of Harris Manchester College colleagues are collaborating.
Joshua is a member of the Royal College of Physicians Committee for Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine Open Section Council. He holds an honorary observer contract at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Joshua is a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the Church of England which advises the Church’s Archbishops, Bishops and Council on Christian Unity. He is also Chair of Trustees for RENEW Foundation which addresses issues of trafficking and prostitution in the Philippines.
