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Nigel Zimmermann

Australia
Institution Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
Position Principal Advisor to the Archbishop
Email Address Nigel.Zimmermann@gmail.com
Prior Educational Background
  • PhD (26 June 2012) School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. Thesis title: Between communio and altérité: The place of the body in the theological anthropology of Karol Wojtyła and Emmanuel Lévinas
  • MA in Bioethics and Medical Law (2016) St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London
  • Certificat d’Études en Français Langue Étrangère (26 Aug 2009) Institut Catholique de Paris, Universitas Catholica Parisiensis, Institut de Langue et de Culture Françaises
  • Master of Theological Studies, Systematics (27 May 2005) St Francis’ College, Brisbane College of Theology. Dissertation title: Picking up the pieces: A theological critique of Radical Orthodoxy’s treatment of truth, culture and language, after Modernity
  • Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), Minor in Politics (2 Feb 2001) Queensland University of Technology
  • Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies (11 Apr 2018) John Paul II Institute of Marriage & Family Studies, Melbourne
Research Interests
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • Philosophical Ethics
  • Social Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
Past Events
  • Sarajevo 2018
  • Bangalore 2015
  • Trent 2010
Recent Publications
  • Comensoli, Peter (ed Nigel Zimmermann). In God’s Image: Recognising the Profoundly Impaired as Persons. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2018.
  • Zimmermann, Nigel. Facing the Other: John Paul II, Levinas and the Body, (Wipf & Stock Cascade) (July, 2015).
  • Zimmermann, Nigel (ed). The Great Grace: Receiving Vatican II Today, (Bloomsbury T&T Clark) (May 2015).