Andrew Louth

Andrew Louth FBA (born 1944) is an emeritus professor of patristic and Byzantine studies in the Department of Theology and Religion of Durham University.[2] Louth has been at Durham University since 1996. Previously he taught at the University of Oxford (mostly patristics) and at Goldsmiths' College in Byzantine and early medieval history. He is a fellow of the British Academy and was a member of the British Academy Council from 2011 to 2014.[2][3] He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2009–10).[4]

The Reverend Andrew Louth FBA
Louth speaking at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 2017 in front of a portrait of A. B. Emden
Born	11 November 1944 Louth, England
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican · Eastern Orthodox)
Church	Church of England Russian Orthodox Church
Ordained	1968 (Anglican)[1] 2003 (Eastern Orthodox priest)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh
Academic work
Discipline	History theology
Sub-discipline	Patristics
Institutions	Worcester College, Oxford Goldsmiths' College, London Durham University

Born on 11 November 1944 in Louth, Lincolnshire, he was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.[5]

Formerly an Anglican priest, he converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1989 and was ordained as an Eastern Orthodox priest in 2003.

Selected publications

• Louth, Andrew (2007), Greek East and Latin West: The Church, AD 681–1071, Church History, 3, St. Vladimirs Seminary Press, ISBN 978-0881413205
• Louth, Andrew (2002), St. John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology, Oxford early Christian studies., Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199275274
• Louth, Andrew; Raitt, Jill (1998), Wisdom of the Byzantine Church: Evagrios of Pontos and Maximos the Confessor, Paine Lectures in Religion, 1997, Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Missouri, OCLC 38570047
• Louth, Andrew (1996), Maximus the Confessor, Early Church Fathers, Routledge London, ISBN 0203991273
• Louth, Andrew (1989), Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology, Clarendon, ISBN 0198261969

See also

• Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh

References

Footnotes

1. Behr 2011, pp. ix–x.
2. Department of Theology and Religion. "Emeritus Professor A Louth". Durham University. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
3. "Professor Andrew Louth". British Academy. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
4. Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society
5. Behr 2011, p. ix.

Bibliography

• Behr, John (2011). "Andrew Louth". In Andreopoulos, Andreas; Casiday, Augustine; Harrison, Carol (eds.). Meditations of the Heart: The Psalms in Early Christian Thought and Practice; Essays in Honour of Andrew Louth. Studia Traditionis Theologiae. 8. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. pp. ix–xiii. doi:10.1484/M.STT-EB.6.09070802050003050304030306. ISBN 978-2-503-54021-4.

External links

• "The Nicene Creed", In Our Time, Andrew Louth on the panel with Caroline Humfress and Martin Palmer, 2007