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Dr. Daniel Pedersen is a Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, affiliated with the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History. He holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary (2016) and an MDiv (2011). His research focuses on theological and philosophical themes including the doctrine of God, sin and evil, metaethics, aesthetics, and theology-science intersections. He has written extensively on figures like Spinoza, Leibniz, Schleiermacher, and Tillich.
Current research explores evolution, moral evil, and divine blame through a co-authored project analyzing divine responsibility in evolutionary contexts. Past work includes monographs on Schleiermacher’s theology and engagements with Reformed Scholastics and Aquinas. He supervises PhDs in Divinity and Philosophy, covering topics from early modern theology to contemporary analytic philosophy of religion.
Pedersen is a Core Faculty Member at the Aberdeen Centre for Protestant Theology Research. His teaching spans theology, philosophy, and ethics, with prior roles at Princeton University and the University of Exeter. Though no explicit awards are listed, his publications reflect significant contributions to systematic theology and the history of ideas.
His academic journey includes postdoctoral work at the University of Texas’ Institute for Historical Studies and teaching at Princeton Theological Seminary. Research supervision spans topics from Aquinas to German Idealists, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to theology and science.
