Greg Marcar is the Senior Researcher at the Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics — Te Kupenga. Prior to completing graduate studies in theology, philosophy, and law at the University of Otago (PhD 2019) and the University of Oxford (MSc 2023), Greg worked in several non-profit organisations, including the Red Cross, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, International Bridges to Justice, the National Council for Civil Liberties, and the Innocence Project New Zealand. His previous publications discuss the theologies of Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Traherne, Søren Kierkegaard and others, as well as the philosophical anthropology of U.S. capital punishment. Greg’s current research focuses on issues at the interface of legal philosophy, theology, and our responsibilities towards non-human animals. Greg is a 2019 alumnus of the ICLRS Religion and the Rule of Law Young Scholars Fellowship Program.
Talk About posts by Greg Marcar:
- Francis I: Public Theologian
- Dilexit Nos: Getting to the Heart of the Matter with Pope Francis
- Infinite Love and the (In)dignity of Christ: Reflections on Francis’s Theology of Infinite Human Dignity from Infinite Divine Love
- Can’t We Just Be Civil? Jean-Jacques Rousseau and a Hellish Limit to Toleration
- On Spiritual Resources and Common Homes: A Look at Crimes in Ukraine in Conversation with Raphael Lemkin and Pope Francis
- Being (W)holy Selfish with Desmond Tutu
- Sisters and Brothers, Welcome Home
- Universal Love and Borderless Rights: Attending to Our Neighbour with Pope Francis and the Good Samaritan
- Believing in the Death Penalty?