Dr Samuel Tranter

Dr Samuel Tranter is a research fellow in Christian Ethics and Public Life in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, working within the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life. His theological studies were at the University of Aberdeen (BD, MTh) and Durham University (PhD), and he has taught theology and ethics in theological colleges and universities across the UK and, for a year, in Southeast Asia. Before taking up his role in Oxford, he was Director of Postgraduate Studies and then Academic Dean at Cranmer Hall, as well as an Honorary Research Fellow of Durham’s Department of Theology and Religion.

Sam is a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics (formerly serving on the committee) and the Society for the Study of Theology, and serves on the editorial board for the Grove Books Doctrine series. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy / Advanced HE, having completed a PG Cert in Academic Practice.

Sam’s more recent publications include articles on sin and agency (Studies in Christian Ethics), on the complicated connections between Christian hope and ecological responsibility (Scottish Journal of Theology), and on how we might reflect theologically on the good, the bad, and the ugly (Practical Theology). His PhD was published in 2020 as Oliver O’Donovan’s Moral Theology (T&T Clark). 

At present Sam’s major research focus is on developing faithful and fruitful theological responses to the moral, social, and political issues raised by emerging technologies (‘AI’, broadly construed).