Dr MICHAEL MAWSON

Dr MICHAEL MAWSON The University of Aberdeen School of Divinity, History & Philosophy Lecturer work +44 (0)1224 272521 pref m.mawson@abdn.ac.uk pref KCF11, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen. AB24 3UB

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Biography

I come from Wellington, New Zealand, where I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and History (First) and a Master of Arts in Religious Studies (Distinction) at Victoria University of Wellington. My interests in theological ethics partly emerged out of practical involvements in youth work and community development throughout my studies, in particular with the Urban Vision community. Following my studies at Victoria I worked as an educator and researcher for the Anglican Social Justice Commission of Aotearoa/ New Zealand for two years.

More recently, I have been at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where I completed my doctorate on the ecclesiology and ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer with Gerald McKenny as my supervisor (my wider committee included Cyril O’Regan, Jennifer Herdt and Robin Lovin). While at Notre Dame I was involved with the work of the Sant’ Egidio community at the Cardinal Nursing Home.

I am married to Ruth and we have an energetic son Lawrence, who is about to get much better at sleeping through the night!

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Research Interests

My research is in the area of Christian ethics in the context of nineteenth and early twentieth-century German theology and philosophy.  I am currently revising my dissertation, which is a retrieval of the theology of Bonhoeffer's early work on eccleiology.  I have additional interests and research in the areas of  ecclesiology and ethics, theology and disability studies, bioethics, and political theology.

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Collaborations

Editor, with Adam Clark, Ontology and Ethics: Bonhoeffer and Contemporary Scholarship. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, forthcoming.

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Teaching Responsibilities

DR2558 Exploring the Tradition of Christian Ethics

DR4543 Bioethics: A Theological Approach

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Publications

Contributions to Journals

Articles

• Mawson, MG. (2009). 'Understandings of Nature and Grace in John Milbank and Thomas Aquinas'. Scottish Journal of Theology, vol 62, no. 3, pp. 347-361.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0036930609004773
• Mawson, MG. (2006). 'Enough is Enough! Civil Unions, Religious Prejudice and Liberal Tolerance'. Australian Religion Studies Review, vol 19, no. 1, pp. 53-74.
• Mawson, MG. (2006). 'Believing in Protest: Religious Conviction on New Zealand Streets'. New Zealand Journal of Sociology, vol 21, no. 2.
• Mawson, MG. (2005). 'Natural Human Rights and the Problem of Nature'. Human Rights Research, Victoria University of Wellington, vol 3.

Reviews of Books, Films and Articles

• Mawson, MG. (2011). 'Bonhoeffer and Continental Thought: Cruciform Philosophy (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion). Edited by Brian Gregor and Jens Zimmermann)'. The Heythrop Journal, vol 52, no. 1.

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