Oliver D. Crisp
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Fuller Theological Seminary
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in Pasadena, California. Crisp was, until 2011, a reader in divinity at Bristol University in the United Kingdom. He specializes in analytic theology, philosophical theology
Philosophical Theology
Philosophical theology is the disciplined employment of philosophical methods in developing or analyzing theological concepts. It therefore includes natural theology as well as philosophical treatments of orthodox and heterodox theology....
, and historical theology
Historical theology
Historical theology is a branch of theological studies that investigates the socio-historical and cultural mechanisms that give rise to theological ideas, systems, and statements. Research and method in this field focus on the relationship between theology and context as well as the major...
. His historical work focuses on eighteenth and nineteenth century American Reformed
Reformed churches
The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John Calvin...
theologians, including Jonathan Edwards and William Shedd. His constructive work has, to date, primarily been in the areas of Christology
Christology
Christology is the field of study within Christian theology which is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament. Primary considerations include the relationship of Jesus' nature and person with the nature...
and hamartiology
Hamartiology
Hamartiology is the branch of Christian theology, which aims to develop and articulate a doctrine of the biblical concept of sin....
.
He received his Ph.D from the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in 2003. His thesis focused on the philosophical theology of Jonathan Edwards, and was supervised by Paul Helm.
He is the author or editor of seven books and has written numerous articles in theology. The covers of Crisp's singly authored works often feature his own art.
Books
- Revisioning Christology : Theology in the Reformed Tradition by Oliver Crisp; Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. ISBN 978-1409430056
- Retrieving Doctrine : Essays in Reformed Theology by Oliver Crisp; Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2010. ISBN 978-0830839285
- God Incarnate : Explorations in Christology by Oliver Crisp; New York: T & T Clark, 2009. ISBN 978-0567033482
- A Reader in Contemporary Philosophical Theology edited by Oliver Crisp; New York: T & T Clark, 2009. ISBN 978-0567031464
- Analytic Theology : New Essays in the Philosophy of Theology, edited by Oliver Crisp and Michael C Rea; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0199600427
- Divinity and Humanity : The Incarnation Reconsidered by Oliver Crisp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0521695350
- An American Augustinian : Sin and Salvation in the Dogmatic Theology of William G. T. Shedd by Oliver Crisp; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007. ISBN 978-1842275269
- Jonathan Edwards and the metaphysics of sin by Oliver Crisp; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub, 2005. ISBN 978-0754638964