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John Hughes (theologian)

John Hughes (theologian)

British scholar

John Mark David Hughes (13 December 1978 – 29 June 2014) was a British Anglican theologian and Dean of Chapel and Chaplain at Jesus College, Cambridge.[3][4] He is known for his works on philosophy of religion.[5][6][7][8][9]

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Hughes was born in 1978 in Exeter, England.[10][11] He was ordained as a deacon of the Church of England in 2005 and as a priest in 2006.[3]

He was killed in a car crash in Cambridgeshire in 2014, aged 35.[3][12] The John Hughes Arts Festival, founded by college students in 2014 in memory of Hughes, provides a broad programme of arts events.[13]

Books

  • The End of Work: Theological Critiques of Capitalism. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4051-5893-0.
  • Graced Life: The Writings of John Hughes (1979–2014). Edited by Bullimore, Matthew. London: SCM Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-334-05447-4.

References

  1. [1]
    Milbank, John; Pickstock, Catherine (31 July 2014). "The Work of Forgiveness: Memorial Tribute to John Hughes". ABC. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    Bruenig, Elizabeth (1 March 2015). "Fear of a Radical Pope". The New Republic. New York. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. [3]
    Davison, Andrew (11 July 2014). "Obituary: The Revd Dr John Mark David Hughes". Church Times. London. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "The Rev Dr John Hughes". The Times. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. [5]
    Mei, Todd S. (1 January 2010). "John Hughes, The End of Work: Theological Critiques of Capitalism (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007), pp. xii + 247, £20.99, ISBN 978-1-4051-5893-0 (pbk)". International Journal of Public Theology. 4 (3): 373–374. doi:10.1163/156973210X510910. ISSN 1569-7320. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Review: The End of Work" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. [7]
    Pound, Marcus (24 February 2010). "Book Review: John Hughes, The End of Work: Theological Critiques of Capitalism (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007). xii + 247 pp. £20.99 (pb), ISBN 978-1-4051-5893-0". Studies in Christian Ethics. 23 (1): 106–109. doi:10.1177/09539468100230010906. S2CID 143979591.
  8. [8]
    "The End of Work: Theological Critiques of Capitalism". Times Higher Education (THE). 21 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  9. [9]
    Penkett, Luke (2017). "Graced Life: The Writings of John Hughes. Edited by Matthew Bullimore. Pp. xl, 200, London: SCM Press, 2016, £30.00 ePUB £30.00". The Heythrop Journal. 58 (5): 854. doi:10.1111/heyj.12701. ISSN 1468-2265.
  10. [10]
    Soskice, Janet (10 October 2014). "John Hughes Memorial Address". Cambridge, England: Jesus College, Cambridge. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  11. [11]
    "The Burial: John Mark David Hughes" (PDF). Exeter, England: St Michael and All Angels Church, Mount Dinham, Exeter. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  12. [12]
    Gledhill, Ruth (30 June 2014). "Leading CofE Academic in Fatal Car Accident". Christian Today. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  13. [13]
    "JHAF - Illuminate". Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.


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