Staff profile
Overview
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Dr Carmody Grey
Assistant Professor of Catholic Theology
BA Hons Theology, Trinity College Oxford; MPhil Theology and Religious Studies, King's College Cambridge; MA Systematic and Philosophical Theology, University of Nottingham; OC

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Assistant Professor of Catholic Theology in the Department of Theology and Religion | Dun Cow Cottage 001 | +44 (0) 191 33 41660 |
Research interests
- Nature, ecology, environment
- Philosophy and ethics of economics
- Theology, philosophy and the sciences
- Artificial Intelligence
- Meta-Ethics and Theology
Related Links
- As Countries Prepare for COP27, We Must Remember That It is Never Too Late To Do the Right Thing
- COP27 - Just Another Cop-out
- CPW Autumn Lecture: Living in a Time of Ecological Crisis
- Faith at the Frontiers, Podcast with Dr Barnabas Aspray
- Philosophy, Theology, Agriculture: The Missing Link
- Presenter, Global Caring, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
- The Ethical Basis of Civil Resistance
- The Hook Lecture, 2021: What Do We Want To Sustain?
- What Is Mercy? - Connecting with Nature
- Why We Need to Confront Denial Over the Climate Crisis
Esteem Indicators
- 2022: Adjunct Professorship in Ethics, University of Bern, Faculty of Theology:
- 2021: Scientific Expert, ‘Towards COP26: Faith Leaders’ Initiative.’ Embassies of the United Kingdom and Italy to the Holy See. Vatican City.:
- 2021: Visiting Fellowship, Laudato Si' Institute, University of Oxford:
- 2019: Best Doctoral Thesis, Faculty of Arts, University of Bristol:
- 2019: Principals' Conference and Schools Tour Lecturer, Principals' Association, State of Victoria, Australia:
- 2017: Emerging Scholar, Princeton Centre for Theological Enquiry: Workshop on Astrobiology. ;Declined.
- 2016: Emerging Scholar, Princeton Centre for Theological Enquiry: Workshop on Astrobiology. ;Declined.
- 2015: Schillebeeckx Prize, University of Nijmegen:
- 2014: Uses and Abuses of Biology Prize, Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge:
- 2013: Arts and Humanities Research Council Full Doctoral Training Award:
- 2009: Theology and Religious Studies Prize, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge.: Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
Media Contacts
Available for media contact about:
- Education & awareness:
- Ethics:
- Philosophy:
- Religion:
- Religious Education:
- Theology:
Publications
Authored book
- Grey, Carmody (2023). Theology, Science and Life. Bloomsbury.
- Grey, Carmody (2022). God Has No Favourites. SPCK.
Book review
- Grey, Carmody (2015). Review, Intensities: Philosophy, Religion and the Affirmation of Life. Reviews in Religion and Theology 22(1): 51-4.
- Grey, Carmody (2014). Review, Christian Faith and the Earth: Current Paths and Emerging Horizons in Ecotheology. Reviews in Religion and Theology 22(4): 319-22.
- Grey, Carmody (2013). Review, The Poverty of Radical Orthodoxy. Reviews in Religion and Theology 20(3): 436-8.
- Grey, Carmody (2013). Review, Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians: The Fantasy of the Real. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church 13(2): 163-5.
Chapter in book
- Grey, Carmody. (2023). Autonomy and the Environmental Crisis. In Redeeming Autonomy. Insole, C. et al. Oxford University Press.
- Grey, Carmody. (2023). Life: Human and Nonhuman. In The Nature of Life: Theology, Metaphysics, Phenomenology. Oliver, Simon. Oxford University Press.
- Grey, Carmody (2023). Creation, Evil and Suffering. In The Oxford Handbook of Creation. Oliver, Simon OUP.
- Grey, Carmody. & Kowalewski, Jakub. (2023). An Unnoticed Revolution: Non-Human Animals in Catholic Theology. In Animal Theology. Charmetant, C. et al. Éditions Facultés jésuites de Paris, Centre Sèvres.
- Grey, Carmody (2018). ‘In Defence of Biodiversity: Biodiversity in Ecology and Theology’. In Theology and Ecology Across the Disciplines: On Care For Our Common Home. T&T Clark.
Journal Article
- Carmody Grey & Oliver Duerr (2023). On Changing the Subject: 'Secularity', 'Religion' and the Idea of the Human. Religions
- Challinor, A., Meadu, V., Spillane, C., McKeown, P., Whitefield, S., Hellin, J., Taylor, S. & Grey, C.T. (2023). Food system transformation requires human transformation. Nature Food
- Grey, Carmody (2022). Function and Gratuity in Theology and Biology. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences 9(1): 38-57.
- Grey, Carmody (2021). A Theologian’s Perspective on Science‐Engaged Theology. Modern Theology 37(2): 489.
- Grey, C. (2020). 'The Only Creature God Willed For Its Own Sake: Anthropocentrism in Laudato Si and Gaudium et Spes.'. Modern Theology 36(4): 865-883.
- Grey, C.T.S. (2019). Time and Measures of Success: Interpreting and Implementing Laudato Si. New Blackfriars 101(1091): 5-28.
- Grey, C. (2015). Only Theology Saves Culture: Overcoming Nature-Culture Dualism in Modernity and Postmodernity. Tijdschrift voor Theologie 55(4): 325-337.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- Grey, Carmody. (2023). Philosophy, Theology, Agriculture. (2).
Supervision students
Mr Gael Pardoen
Integrated PhD student & Teaching Assistant
Ms. Hannah Malcolm
PhD student & Teaching Assistant