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Louise Hickman<\/h1>\n\n\n

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Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Louise is Reader in Philosophy of Religion, and programme lead for taught post-graduate Theology provision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She studied for her first two degrees at the University of Exeter and completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge. She has published on various aspects of the history of philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and science and religion. From 2011-2018, she was editor of Reviews in Science and Religion.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louise is a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion and a Senior Fellow of the UK\u2019s Higher Education Academy. She is also a trustee of the Trussell Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Profile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Louise researches the history of philosophy, focusing particularly on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British philosophy. Much of her work is centred on Platonism and dissenting traditions of thought. She is keen to bring this interest in history into conversation with the philosophy of religion and with science and religion. This forms the basis of her recent research into an ethico-political re-conception of the philosophy of religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louise welcomes enquiries from prospective research students in the following areas: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Theology, and Eighteenth-Century Rational Dissenting thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Louise is the module co-ordinator for all Philosophy and Ethics modules. She also teaches on the Foundation Year programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative Responsibilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Louise has served on a number of committees, most recently the mitigating circumstances committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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