Eduardo F. Gutiérrez González
Dr. Gutiérrez is a Junior Research Fellow (Postdoc) in Humanities and Social Sciences at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, as well as an Assistant Professor at the Centre of Theological Formation, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. His work bridges research, teaching, and international consultancy on religion and peacebuilding.
Dr. Gutiérrez earned his DPhil in Theology and Religion from Oxford with highest honours, supervised by Alister McGrath and Maria Power, and examined by John Paul Lederach and Mark Wynn. Funded by Porticus, his thesis explored the peaceable role of religious imaginaries in the Colombian Truth Commission‘s Final Report. He also holds an MSt in Science and Religion (Oriel College, Oxford) and degrees in philosophy from Javeriana (MA) and La Sabana (BA).
His DPhil research focused on the role of imagination in belief transformation in authors across diverse fields, Tolkien among them, and explores its potential use for fostering peace and reconciliation in Colombia.
Eduardo loves world-building in all forms of art, especially in literature, and has a long obsession with the transformative power of dialogue and analogical reasoning.
Tolkien-related work:
- (2023) Tolkien, Cosmopoiesis, & The Imagination with a Thousand Faces, talk for the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society.
- (2022) Presentation on Tolkien for the Symposium and Conference «The Christian Literary Imagination» (Georgetown University, Blackfriars Hall, Campion Hall - Oxford).
- (2021) Invited Speaker for Seminars and Graduate Class sessions on Tolkien’s On Fairy Stories essay («Creative Process» Class at U. Jorge Tadeo Lozano – Bogotá; «Oriel Talks» at Oriel College – Oxford)
- (2020) MSt Dissertation J. R. R. Tolkien’s Concept of Sub-Creation & the Quest for the Religious Imagination (Oriel College - Oxford).
