The Reverend Dr. Andrew Teal is an Affiliate Faculty Member of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. An Anglican priest ordained at the age of 23, he is originally from Yorkshire, England, and has spent more than two decades in higher education and pastoral ministry at the University of Oxford. He serves as Chaplain and pastor of Pembroke College, where he provides pastoral care to the college community and plays a central role in student welfare, including support that extends beyond explicitly religious contexts.
Dr. Teal’s academic work is rooted in early Christianity and theology. He teaches and writes on Christology, patristic theology, art and theology, and the history of Christian doctrine, with particular attention to theological dialogue and reception across traditions. His teaching experience includes New Testament Greek, early church history, modern theology, and the required undergraduate paper Jesus Through the Ages. He continues to supervise and examine both undergraduate and graduate work in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford, where he is a full faculty member.
Deeply committed to questions of inclusion, religious freedom, and interfaith engagement, Dr. Teal is widely known for his advocacy work in the United Kingdom and internationally, including contributions to discussions on freedom of religion or belief in parliamentary settings. He is actively involved in ecumenical and interreligious initiatives and has been invited by both the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Holy See to participate in preparations commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Over the past several years, Dr. Teal has developed a sustained intellectual and spiritual engagement with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is well known to, and consulted by, leaders within the Latter-day Saint community, and his scholarship and dialogue contribute meaningfully to Latter-day Saint–Christian theological conversations. In addition to his appointment at Oxford, he serves as an Associate Faculty Member of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.