Sean Doherty (ethicist) explained

Honorific Prefix:The Reverend
Sean Doherty
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Thesis Title:Moral theological method in the theological ethics of Martin Luther and Arthur Rich, with particular reference to their economic ethics
Thesis Url:https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6264cb39-4d3d-494f-bc9b-5e226cc527db
Thesis Year:2011
Discipline:Christian ethics

Sean William Doherty (born 1980) is a British Anglican priest and academic specialising in Christian ethics. Since June 2019, he has been Principal of Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college.[1]

Biography

Doherty studied English literature, theology and ethics at the University of Oxford (BA, MPhil, DPhil), and trained for ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.[2] [3] He began by study English literature for his undergraduate degree, before switching to theology after one year. His doctoral thesis was titled "Moral theological method in the theological ethics of Martin Luther and Arthur Rich, with particular reference to their economic ethics", and was completed in 2011.[4] His doctoral supervisor was Bernd Wannenwetsch.[5]

Doherty was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2007 and as a priest in 2008. He served his curacy at St Gabriel's Church, Cricklewood in the Diocese of London from 2007 to 2010. He was additionally a lecturer at St Paul's Theological Centre, Holy Trinity Brompton, between 2008 and 2010. In 2010, he joined St Mellitus College, a Church of England theological college in London, as a tutor and lecturer in Christian ethics.[6] He additionally served the college as Director of Studies from 2014, for his final four years with them.[7] In February 2019, it was announced that he would be leaving St Mellitus College to become the next head of Trinity College, Bristol. He took up the appointment as principal, in succession to Emma Ineson, in June 2019. He has also held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Bristol since 2020. He was an elected member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 2015 to 2019.

Doherty's research interests include economic ethics, sexual ethics, and medical ethics.

Doherty is married to Gaby, and together they have four children. He is same-sex attracted but does not identify as gay.[8] [9] He was a founder of Living Out, a website aimed at people who are "same-sex attracted while remaining committed to a traditional view of Christian sexuality".[10] [11]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Revd Dr Sean DOHERTY . The Church of England Year Book . Church House Publishing . 15 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Revd Dr Sean Doherty, BA, MPhil, DPhil . Trinity College Bristol . 15 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Meet Sean Doherty . Trinity College Bristol . 15 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Doherty . Sean . Moral theological method in the theological ethics of Martin Luther and Arthur Rich, with particular reference to their economic ethics . E-Thesis Online Service . The British Library Board . 15 November 2021 . 2011.
  5. Doherty . Sean . 2012 . Moral theological method in the theological ethics of Martin Luther and Arthur Rich, with particular reference to their economic ethics . DPhil . University of Oxford . 21 June 2024.
  6. Web site: News: Sean Doherty announced as next Principal of Trinity College, Bristol . St Mellitus College . 5 February 2019.
  7. Web site: Jackson . Richard . New principal announced . Trinity College Bristol . 15 November 2021 . 5 February 2019.
  8. Web site: Sean and Gaby . Living Out . 15 November 2021.
  9. Web site: Doherty . Sean . KLICE Comment: Same-sex Attraction . Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics . 15 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160202235517/http://klice.co.uk/uploads/Email%20News/KLICE%20Comment%20September%2012.html . 2 February 2016 . September 2012.
  10. Web site: Brierley . Justin . A Different Kind of Coming Out . Premier Christianity . 15 November 2021 . en . 20 August 2013.
  11. Web site: Farley . Harry . Living Out denies support for gay cure therapy: 'Homosexuality is not an illness' . Christian Today . 15 November 2021 . en . 29 March 2016.