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The Revd Dr Christian Hofreiter was a research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, and the author of Making Sense of Old Testament Genocide: Christian Interpretations of Herem Passages. A native of Austria, he has studied, lived and worked in Innsbruck, Brussels, London, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Oxford, and now lives with his family in Vienna, Austria.

From 2008-2012, Christian served with the Oxford Pastorate as a chaplain to the graduate student body at Oxford University, working closely with senior academics, leaders of various churches, and a broad variety of students. An ordained Anglican minister, he was also a member of the leadership team at St Aldates Church, Oxford.
Christian studied theology at Oxford University, earning three degrees (MA, MSt, DPhil), winning several prizes and scholarships, and gaining the top first class award in 2008. His doctoral research focused on the Christian interpretation of “genocide texts” in the Old Testament.

Before arriving in Oxford, also served as a deacon at the Church of the Resurrection on Capitol Hill.

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