Alister McGrath

**Alister Edgar McGrath** (Belfast, 23. 1. 1953. – ), britanski teolog, svećenik, naučnik, historičar, pisac i akademik.

## Biografija
McGrath je rođen 1953. u sjevernoirskom gradu Belfastu i odrastao je u Downpatricku gdje je pohađao školu Down. U septembru 1966. upisao se na Metodistički koledž u Belfastu i fokusirao se na učenje matematike, fizike i kemije. Godine 1971. započinje studij kemije na Koledž Wadham pri Univerzitetu u Oxfordu i završava ga 1975. godine, a potom odlazi na Koledž Linacre i počinje s istraživanjem molekularne biofizike na oksfordskom odsjeku biokemije pod vodstvom profesora Georgea Radde. Iako je odrastao kao ateist, McGrath tokom univerzitetskih dana počinje iskazivati interes za religijom i konvertira na kršćanstvo. Godine 1976. dobiva postdiplomsku stipendiju i paralelno pohađa doktorski studij biofizike na Koledž Merton odnosno diplomski studij teologije, te završava oba 1978. godine.

Nakon stjecanja prvog doktorata McGrath odlazi predavati na Koledžu St John pri Univerzitetu u Cambridgeu, gdje istovremeno nastavlja studij teologije na Westcottu odnosno pripremu zaređenja za svećenika Engleske Crkve. Đakonom je postao u septembru 1980. i služi kao kapelan u crkvi sv. Leonarda u Wollatonu (Nottingham), a anglikanskim svećenikom postao je godinu dana kasnije u Southwell Minsteru. Godine 1983. postavljen je za predavača na oksfordskom Koledžu Wycliffe Hall, te istovremeno postaje članom Oksfordskog teološkog fakulteta. Jesenski semestar 1990. proveo je radeći kao profesor na američkom Univerzitetu Drew u Madisonu.

Godine 1993. McGrath je izabran za univerzitetskog istraživačkog predavača teologije na Univerzitetu u Oxfordu, dok istovremeno (od 1993. do 1996. godine) radi i kao istraživački profesor teologije na kanadskom Koledžu Regent u Vancouveru. Za ravnatelja Wycliffe Halla izabran je 1995. godine, a 1999. dobiva titulu profesora historijske teologije Univerziteta u Oxfordu. Na temelju istraživanja historijske i sistematske teologije godine 2001. dobiva drugi doktorat. Iste godine bio je jedan od osnivača Međunarodnog društva za nauku i religiju (ISSR). U septembru 2008. postao je čelnik Centra za teologiju, religiju i kulturu na Kraljevskom koledžu u Londonu. Godine 2013. na temelju istraživanja odnosa religije i nauke i prirodne teologije McGrath dobiva svoj treći oksfordski doktorat. Tri dodatna počasna doktorata dobio je od Teološkog sjemeništa u Virginiji (1996), Teološkog koledža u Belfastu (2005), te Koledža Wycliffe pri Univerzitetu u Torontu (2007). Od 2014. radi kao profesor na londonskom Koledžu Gresham.

## Opus
Djelomična lista McGrathovih monografija:

* *Understanding the Trinity*, Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1988, 
* *Understanding Doctrine: Its Relevance and Purpose for Today*, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992, 
* *Bridge-building: Effective Christian Apologetics*, Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1992, 
* *Intellectuals Don't Need God & Other Modern Myths*, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993, 
* *The Renewal of Anglicanism*, Harrisburg: Morehouse, 1993, 
* *A Life of John Calvin*, Oxford; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1993, 
* *A Passion for Truth: The Intellectual Coherence of Evangelicalism*, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996, 
* *Iustitia Dei*, Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 
* *Science and Religion: An Introduction*, Oxford; Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1998, 
* *Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought*, Oxford; Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1998, 
* *I Believe: Exploring the Apostles' Creed*, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998, 
* *T. F. Torrance: An Intellectual Biography*, Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1999, 
* *The Journey: A Pilgrim in the Lands of the Spirit*, New York: Doubleday, 2000, 
* *Christian Theology: An Introduction*, Oxford; Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2001, 
* *The Christian Theology Reader*, Oxford; Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2001,  (sadrži primarne izvore iz *Christian Theology*)
* *In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture*, New York: Anchor Books, 2001, 
* *Glimpsing the Face of God: The Search for Meaning in the Universe*, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001, 
* *The Reenchantment of Nature: The Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis*, New York: Doubleday, 2002, 
* *Knowing Christ*, New York: Galilee, 2002, 
* *A Scientific Theology*, 3. vol., Edinburgh; New York: T & T Clark, 2003, 
* *A Brief History of Heaven*, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2003, 
* *The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation*, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2003, 
* *The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World*, New York: Doubleday, 2004, 
* *Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life*, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2005, 
* *Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century*, New York: HarperOne, 2007, 
* *The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist Fundamentalism and the denial of the divine*, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2007, 
* *The Open Secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology*, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2008, 
* *A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology*, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009, 
* *Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth*, New York: HarperOne, 2009, 
* *Mere Theology: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind*, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2010, 
* *Chosen Ones*, Grand Rapids: Zonderkidz, 2010, 
* *Surprised by Meaning: Science, Faith, and How We Make Sense of Things*, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011, 
* *Why God Won't Go Away: Engaging with the New Atheism*, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2011, 
* *Flight of the Outcasts*, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 
* *Darkness Shall Fall*, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 
* *Reformation Thought: An Introduction*, Malden, Massachusetts; Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, 
* *Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology*, Malden, Massachusetts; Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 
* *The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis*, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 
* *C. S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet*, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2013, 
* *The Big Question: Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Science, Faith, and God*, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2015, 

## Literatura
*  Chung, S. W. (ur.): *Alister E. McGrath and Evangelical Theology: A Dynamic Engagement*, Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003, 
*  Keating, James F.: "The Natural Sciences as an *Ancilla Theologiae Nova*: Alister E. McGrath's *A Scientific Theology*", *The Thomist* **69**, 2005, str. 127-152, 
*  Myers, Benjamin: "Alister McGrath's Scientific Theology", *Reformed Theological Review* **64**, 2005, str. 15-34, 
*  Shipway, Brad: "The Theological Application of Bhaskar's Stratified Reality: The Scientific Theology of A. E. McGrath", *Journal of Critical Realism* **3**, 2004, str. 191-203, 

## Vanjske veze
*  Službene stranice Alistera McGratha
*  Alister McGrath, University of Oxford
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*  Alister McGrath , RZIM Europe
*  Alister McGrath , Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion