Diarmaid MacCulloch

The Reverend Diarmaid MacCulloch Kt FSA FRHistS FBA
Born	Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (1951-10-31) 31 October 1951 (age 73) Kent, England
Awards	James Tait Black Prize National Book Critics Circle Award British Academy Book Prize Wolfson History Prize Hessell-Tiltman Prize Cundill Prize in History
Academic background
Alma mater	Churchill College, Cambridge University of Liverpool Ripon College Cuddesdon
Doctoral advisor	Geoffrey Elton
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Ecclesiastical history
Institutions	Wesley College, Bristol University of Bristol St Cross College, Oxford
Doctoral students	Ethan H. Shagan[1] Alec Ryrie[1]
Notable works	The Reformation: A History A History of Christianity
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1987 (deacon)

Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch Kt FSA FRHistS FBA (/ˈdɜːrməd/; born 31 October 1951) is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was formerly the senior tutor. Since 1997, he has been Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford.

Though ordained a deacon in the Church of England, he declined ordination to the priesthood because of the church's attitude to homosexuality.^[2] In 2009 he encapsulated the evolution of his religious beliefs: "I was brought up in the presence of the Bible, and I remember with affection what it was like to hold a dogmatic position on the statements of Christian belief. I would now describe myself as a candid friend of Christianity."^[3] MacCulloch sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History.^[4]