John Hughes (theologian)
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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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Born | John Mark David Hughes 13 December 1978 Exeter, England |
Died | 29 June 2014 (2014-06-30) (aged 35) Cambridgeshire, England |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Church | Church of England |
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Offices held | Dean of Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge |
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Doctoral advisor | Catherine Pickstock |
Other advisors | Oliver O'Donovan |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Sub-discipline | Philosophical theology |
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Institutions | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Notable students | Elizabeth Bruenig[2] |
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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]