Buki Fatona

Buki has a Doctor of Philosophy in Science and Religion from the University of Oxford. In her thesis, via the lens of contemporary cognitive neuroscience, she critiques scientific and theological accounts of memory and future-directed thinking in antiquity (Aristotle’s) and in the Middle Ages (Augustine’s and Thomas Aquinas’). Buki is a council member and Publicity Officer for the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology; and member of the Ancient World Research Cluster, University of Oxford.

She is an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford where her ongoing research is in the philosophy of science and religion. She is Postgraduate Programme Director and Tutor in Christian Ethics at Ripon College Cuddesdon. At St Augustine’s, she was part of a team that obtained a grant from ECLAS (Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science). Buki, as Project Manager, oversaw the College’s curriculum-wide delivery of their science-engaged theology programme.

Buki is ordained to the priesthood in the Church of England. She is serving a curacy in London Diocese and has a Permission to Officiate in Oxford Diocese. Prior to her ordination, and during her training, she served as Assistant Chaplain at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. In her spare time, she enjoys running, yoga, music, and art.