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Alister McGrath

1953 - Today

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Alister Edgar McGrath (; born 1953) is an Irish theologian, Anglican priest, intellectual historian, scientist, Christian apologist, and public intellectual. He currently holds the Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion in the Faculty of Theology and Religion, and is a fellow of Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford, and is Professor of Divinity at Gresham College. He was previously professor of theology, ministry, and education at King's College London and head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture, professor of historical theology at the University of Oxford, and was principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, until 2005. Aside from being a faculty member at Oxford, McGrath has also taught at Cambridge University and is a teaching fellow at Regent College. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alister McGrath is the 1,208th most popular philosopher (up from 1,212th in 2019), the 4,828th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,607th in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alister McGrath ranks 1,208 out of 1,267. Before him are Hermann Lietz, David Benatar, Sara Danius, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Michael Novak, and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. After him are George Henry Lewes, R. C. Sproul, Paul Kurtz, Yuval Steinitz, Mary Midgley, and Alexander Tarasov.

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Among people born in 1953, Alister McGrath ranks 440. Before him are Glykeria, Ljupčo Jordanovski, Ma Jian, Nikolai Budarin, Ella Pamfilova, and Christopher Franke. After him are Bernard Tchoullouyan, Paweł Janas, Yekta Uzunoglu, Lucinda Williams, Peter Garrett, and Matthias Platzeck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alister McGrath ranks 4,829 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Symons (1865), Donald Dewar (1937), Mark Mazower (1958), Michelle Ryan (1984), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), and Gavin Bryars (1943). After him are Chris Craft (1939), Allan Warren (1948), Allan Cunningham (1791), Francis Chichester (1901), Martin O'Neill (1952), and Isaac Roberts (1829).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Alister McGrath ranks 88. Before him are Nick Land (1962), Ralph Cudworth (1617), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Richard Price (1723), Hector Boece (1465), and John Peckham (1227). After him are George Henry Lewes (1817), Mary Midgley (1919), Simon Blackburn (1944), C. H. Dodd (1884), William Ames (1576), and Eric A. Havelock (1903).

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