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Professor Simon Oliver's Supervisions (20)

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Lucy Rauer
Status Current
Years 2024
Director of Studies Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Timothy Wall
Status Complete
Years 2017 - 2024
Director of Studies David Wilkinson
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Reverend Baker Baker
Status Complete
Years 2016 - 2021
Director of Studies Francis Watson
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Theology & Ministry
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Paul Charles
Status Current
Years 2021
Director of Studies Jennifer Moberly
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Dr Karl Rutlidge
Status Current
Years 2021
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student John Morris
Status Complete
Years 2019 - 2023
Director of Studies Lewis Ayres
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Isaac Frisby
Status Current
Part Time No
Years 2022
Project Title ‘Giver of Life’: Dogmatic Pneumatology and the Philosophy of Biology in Dialogue
Project Description This project concerns the phenomenon of life in its theological and philosophical modes. I examine the dogmatic pneumatology of Sergius Bulgakov and the phenomenological biology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and analyse the ways in which they evaluate ‘nature,’ ‘spirit,’ ‘life,’ and ‘Being.’ The inadequacy of physicalism and reductionism in scientific descriptions of life is a problem which has persisted into the twenty-first century. I propose a phenomenology of life based on Merleau-Ponty’s transition from phenomenology to ontology, whereby life as a ‘dimension’ avoids both vitalism and physicalism, and Bulgakov’s kenotic pneumatology, in which Being is a gift of the Spirit.
Awarding Institution University of Durham
Director of Studies Simon Oliver
Second Supervisor Christopher Insole

Master of Arts
Level 7 - Postgraduate Masters (MA/MSc), Undergraduate Integrated Masters (e.g. MEng), Postgraduate Diploma/Certificates (e.g. PGCE)

Level Level 7 - Postgraduate Masters (MA/MSc), Undergraduate Integrated Masters (e.g. MEng), Postgraduate Diploma/Certificates (e.g. PGCE)
Student Christopher Micklem
Status Current
Years 2016
Director of Studies Lewis Ayres
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Andrew Gottshall
Status Complete
Years 2017 - 2024
Director of Studies Simon Oliver
Second Supervisor Lewis Ayres

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Bruno Zazo
Status Complete
Years 2017 - 2023
Director of Studies Simon Oliver
Second Supervisor Robert Song

Doctor of Theology & Ministry
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Reverend Ben Burnside
Status Current
Years 2019
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Adam Fletcher
Status Current
Years 2021
Director of Studies Giles Gasper
Second Supervisor Simon Oliver

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Aaron Jeffrey
Status Current
Years 2015
Director of Studies Simon Oliver
Second Supervisor Gerard Loughlin

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Seth Hart
Status Complete
Years 2019 - 2024
Director of Studies Simon Oliver
Second Supervisor Carmody Grey

Doctor of Philosophy
Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)

Level Level 8 - Doctorate Degrees (PhD/DPhil)
Student Hannah Malcolm
Status Complete
Years 2019 - 2023
Director of Studies Simon Oliver
Second Supervisor Carmody Grey