Biography
Dr Dafydd Mills Daniel is Lecturer in Divinity, School of Divinity, University of 58吃瓜. Before joining 58吃瓜 in September 2022, Dafydd was McDonald Lecturer in Christian Ethics at the University of Oxford, where he was also Director of Applied Theology, Wycliffe Hall and Director of Studies in Theology, Jesus College. He read for a BA in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Cambridge and completed a Masters in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Yale University Divinity School, where he was a Marquand Scholar. After completing his DPhil in Theology at the University of Oxford, Dafydd undertook a Certificate in the Principles and Practice of Assessment, University of Cambridge and a PGCE in Religious Education, University of Oxford.
Dafydd is currently writing his book, Philosophical Theology: The Basics (Routledge), and editing the journal special issue The Church and the British Moralists for History of European Ideas. He is also lead on the project after receiving a grant from Scotland's Future Series. Among Dafydd鈥檚 other books are 听(Palgrave Macmillan) and (SCM Press).
Dafydd is a BBC and AHRC New Generation Thinker. His BBC radio documentaries include: ; ; ; and, (which was featured in the Penguin Audio Book ).
Dafydd has contributed regularly to BBC Radio 4鈥檚 Free Thinking, on a range of topics, including: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; (where Dafydd鈥檚 contribution, on the 18th century 鈥榩arson-naturalist鈥�, Gilbert White, was featured as choice in the Radio Times).
He has appeared on National Geographic鈥檚 (to discuss the practice of sin-eating); on BBC Radio 4鈥檚 (episodes and ); at the (to discuss Oscar Wilde鈥檚 Salome); and at the (to discuss models for landownership). As an Ashmolean Public Engagement Research Associate, Dafydd recorded the Talking Emotions podcast .
An occasional writer of fiction, Dafydd was a , and one of six authors .
Teaching
DI1001 鈥� God and the World: Introducing Theology
DI1014 鈥� The Good Life: Christian Ethics and Human Flourishing
DI2010听鈥� Philosophical Theology
DI4634 鈥� God and Morality: Faith and Philosophy in the Scottish Enlightenment
DI4835 鈥� Christianity and Politics: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism
DI5539 鈥� The Good Life and the Good Death: Theological and Practical Ethics
Research areas
Theological and philosophical ethics; historical theology and the history of Western philosophy; philosophical theology; intellectual and church history (with a particular focus on 'the Enlightenment' era)
PhD supervision
- Spencer听Davidson
- Jeahong听Oh
Selected publications
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Mills Daniel, D., 8 May 2025, In: Journal of Scottish Thought. 14, 1, p. 51-77 27 p.
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Mills Daniel, D., Apr 2022, In: Theologische Literaturzeitung. 147, 4, p. 351-352
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Mills Daniel, D., Apr 2022, In: Theologische Literaturzeitung. 147, 4, p. 349-351
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Daniel, D. M., Nov 2020, In: Religions. 11, 11
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Mills Daniel, D., 2020, Palgrave Macmillan. 344 p.
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Daniel, D. M., Jul 2020, In: The Journal of Religion. 100, 3, p. 327-360
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Daniel, D., Mar 2019, In: Inference. 4, 3
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Mills Daniel, D., Apr 2016, In: Dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy. 46
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Mills Daniel, D., Nov 2016, In: Dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy. 47
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Mills Daniel, D., Nov 2015, In: Dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy. 45
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