Paul Badham (born 26 September 1942) is professor emeritus of theology and religious studies at the

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. Educated at Reading School, Badham studied theology, religious studies and the philosophy of religion at

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(starting at Jesus College in 1962) and

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universities, and received his

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from the

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. He trained for the

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at Westcott House and worked as a curate in Birmingham for five years before his appointment at Lampeter in 1973. He became a professor in 1991 and has served as head of department, head of school and dean of the Faculty of Theology. He was director of the

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from 2002 to 2010. He is a vice president of Modern Church, a patron of

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, and a fellow of the

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. He was formerly editor of ''Modern Believing'' and a senior research fellow of the

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at Oxford University.

Publications

* ''Making Sense of Death and Immortality'' (SPCK, 2013) * ''A John Hick Reader'' (Wipf & Stock, 2011) * ''Is there a Christian Case for Assisted Dying?'' (SPCK, 2009) * ''The Contemporary Challenge of Modernist Theology'' (University of Wales Press, 1998) * ''Facing Death'' (University of Chicago Press, 1996) * ''Death and Immortality in the Religions of the World'' (with Linda Badham) (Paragon House, 1987) * ''Immortality or Extinction?'' (with Linda Badham) (Macmillan, 1982) * ''Christian Beliefs about Life after Death'' (Macmillan, 1976)
''A Defence of the Concept of the Soul''
(1976)

References

1942 births Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge Academics of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David Alumni of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of Wales, Lampeter Academics of the University of Oxford British Christian theologians Living people People educated at Reading School Writers about religion and science {{UK-theologian-stub