Professor
Theology Department (Historical Theology)
Marcus Plested (D.Phil., University of Oxford, 1999) is Professor of Greek Patristic and Byzantine Theology at 不良研究所. Schooled in London, he studied modern history followed by theology at Merton College, Oxford, completing his doctorate under the supervision of Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. Following that, he taught for many years at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies and the Faculty of Divinity in Cambridge (UK) before moving to the US in 2013. He has been a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and has taught, lectured, and published widely in patristic, Byzantine, and modern Orthodox theology. He has contributed extensively to Orthodox-Catholic dialogue, serving on the St Irenaeus Orthodox-Catholic Working Group and as the Orthodox consultant for the recent 'Bishop of Rome' document produced by the Vatican. He is the author of five books to date: The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius-Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition (Oxford: OUP 2004); Orthodox Readings of Aquinas (Oxford: OUP 2012) (Paperback 2015); The Oxford Handbook to the Reception of Aquinas (Oxford: OUP 2021) (ed. with Matthew Levering); Wisdom in Christian Tradition: The Patristic Roots of Modern Russian Sophiology (Oxford: OUP 2022) (Paperback 2025); and The Master Builder: Demetrios Koutroubis and the Renewal of Theology in Modern Greece (Limni, Greece: Harvey & co. 2024).
Courses Taught
- Patristic, Byzantine, and Modern Orthodox Theology
Additional Information
Office Hours
Fall 2025
- By Appointment: Thursday 2:00pm-4pm.