Sophia Europa (Theology Faculty) Oxford is a Forum of leading thinkers in Oxford, with expertise in their own specialist areas of study, who are interested in multi-disciplinary and critical exchange of the sciences, humanities and theology.

From 2005-2007, Sophia Europa Oxford was match-funded by Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford, but has since functioned independently, holding major events when possible to stimulate ongoing research into issues such as “What it Means to be Human” and “The Origins of Nature.”

A well-attended international conference was held in Oxford in 2007 to explore the issue of “Human Persons and the God of Nature.” In 2008, with the visit of Professor Chris Mackay, Astrobiologist, NASA, Ames Research Centre, California, a seminar on the topic “What is Life? Nasa’s Mars Project and the Phoenix Probe” sought to consider the possibility of science and transcendence. Visits to European universities for interdisciplinary exchange of Mathematics, Philosophy and Theology have proved beneficial, as also the memorable participation of Sophia Europa Forum members in a conference held in Gorizia Castle, Italy, on “Human Beings: Philosophical, Theological and Scientific Perspectives.”
 
Conveners:

Dr. Margaret M. Yee, Senior Research Fellow, St. Cross College, University of Oxford (Chairperson and Co-Convener)

Prof. John Hedley Brooke, sometime Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion in Oxford (Co-Convener)


Core Forum Members:

Professor Nancy Cartwright
Professor Paul Fiddes
Professor Robert Fox
Dr. David Grumett
Professor Anthony Heath
Dr. Gerard Hughes SJ
Professor Andrew Hurrell
Sir Anthony Kenny
Dr. Petros Ligoxigakis
Professor Adrian Moore
Dr. Jane Pearce
Dr. Olivera Petrovich
Professor Julian Savulescu
Professor J.K.S. Ward


Associate Members include:

Dr. Sabina Alkire
Professor David Brown
Professor Geoffrey Cantor
Professor Ann Loades
The Revd. Dr. Edmund Newell
Professor Jo Poulton
Professor Angela Vincent
Dr. Neil Bowles