Curriculum Vitae

John C. McDowell

Place of Birth: Larne, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland.

Contact Address: New College, Mound Place, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2LX

Contact Email: John.McDowell@theseed.net

Academic Qualifications

University of Cambridge

October 1994 to 1999

• Ph.D., Girton College, University of Cambridge, Beyond Tragedy: Hope’s Interrogative and Transformative Performance in the Eschatology of Karl Barth, with Particular Reference to Church Dogmatics IV.3.
• Supervisor: Professor Nicholas Lash
• Submitted 30th September 1998, examined 5th March 1999

University of Aberdeen

October 1989-July 1993

• First Class B.D. Honours Degree in Church History and Systematic Theology
• Faculty of Divinity Prize 1993
• Systematic Theology Prize 1993
• First John Laws Church History Prize 1993
• Eadie New Testament Prize 1992
• Salmond Systematic Theology Prize 1991
• Iverach Systematic Theology Prize 1990
• Margaret Christie Church History Prize 1990
• 12 First Class and 5 Second Class Merit Certificates for first and second year studies

Academic Teaching Experience

University of Edinburgh

September 2000-

Meldrum Lecturer in Systematic Theology

Centre for Jewish and Christian Relations

January 2000-June 2001

Wesley College, Jesus Lane, Cambridge

Supervisor of M.A. student

Lincolnshire

Independent Theological College, High Street, Leadenham, Lincolnshire, LN5 0PT.

Part-Time Lecturer in Christian Doctrine, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion for the MA course, January 1998- February 1999

Miscellaneous

• Member of the Society for the Study of Theology, 1999-
• Presention of various papers to academic gatherings in universities at Cambridge, Oxford, Trinity College Dublin, Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Glasgow.
• Contributor to philosophical internet forums (www.atheism.about.com).
• Youth Work with Scripture Union summer holiday camps, 1989, 1990, 1997 and 1998.
• CYFA Group Youth Work with The Round Church at St. Andrew the Great, Cambridge, September 1995-July 1997.
• Pastoral Visitor for the Kirk of St. Nicholas, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, January-July 1994.
• Soccer: coach and captain of Cambridge Art and Sciences, since 1998; member of Girton College, 1994-96; captain of Aberdeen University Faculty of Divinity, 1989-93; member of A.U.C.U., 1989-1993; captain of Rupert Stanley College, 1988-89; member of Larne Grammar School, 1987; member of Larne Colts, 1986-87.
• Hockey: coach and captain of Cambridge Art and Sciences, since 1998; member of Larne Grammar School.