b. 1956
Brian Leftow is an American analytic philosopher of religion who held the Nolloth Professorship of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford from 2002 to 2018. He is known for his work on divine simplicity, God and time, and his anti-social trinitarian theology, which argues that the three Persons of the Trinity are not three distinct centers of consciousness.
Held the Nolloth Professorship of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oxford (2002-2018)
Developed an anti-social model of the Trinity challenging social trinitarianism
Authored 'Time and Eternity' on God's relationship to temporal existence
Made significant contributions to the philosophy of divine simplicity
Advanced novel arguments about divine aseity and necessity