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Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst

BA, MSt, DPhil

Emily Qureshi-Hurst is a College Lecturer in Philosophy at Oriel College and a Junior Research Fellow at Pembroke College. She has taught both philosophy and theology at the undergraduate and graduate level at the University of Oxford for several years.

Emily’s background is in academic philosophy. She has a particular interest in the philosophical intersection between science and religion, especially physics and Christianity. Before taking up her current academic posts, Emily completed a D.Phil at the University of Oxford in Science and Religion (2021). Her thesis examined the implications of the physics and metaphysics of time for the Christian doctrine of salvation. Emily also holds a B.A in Philosophy and Theology (2016) and an M.St in Science and Religion (2018), both from the University of Oxford. 

Emily currently teaches Ethics, Practical Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Science and Religion, Further Studies in Science and Religion, and Thesis Supervision in any of the above areas.

Research Interests

Emily is currently working on a new research project exploring the philosophical and theological implications of the Everett (or Many Worlds) interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Her first research project focused on the implications of the physics and metaphysics of time for the Christian doctrine of salvation. In particular she was interested in whether the B-theoretic ‘block universe’ view, in which all moments of time exist, poses problems for any version of the doctrine of salvation that requires an objective change in time.  Her first book, ‘God, Salvation, and the Problem of Spacetime’ came out in 2022. Her next book, ‘Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation’ will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Publications

An up-to-date list of publications can be found on Google Scholar.