Background
Hughes was born in Penmaenmawr, North Wales, United Kingdom, and is a fluent Welsh language speaker.
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Trystan Owain Hughes
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Education
University of Oxford.
Career
He is noted for his work in church history, theology and spirituality. He is Chaplain at Cardiff University and was head of Theology at Trinity University College, Carmarthen, Wales. He is a regular contributor to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2"s Pause for Thought, and to programmes on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cymru and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Wales.
He lectures in theology at Cardiff University and Street Michael"s Theological College, Llandaff.
Hughes" Doctor of Philosophy explored the history of the Welsh churches in the twentieth century, and his subsequent academic work has been published in academic journals, and collections of articles He has also contributed a number of articles to the Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales (UWP, 2008).
He has presented at a range of conferences including at Edinburgh University 1999. University of Stirling 1999.
Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia 2000.
Sydney University 2001. University of Northumbria 2001 and 2002. And Chicago 2003. As Anglican Chaplain at Cardiff University he is currently working to promote ecumenical and inter-faith dialogue amongst students.
He runs a successful inter-faith cafe, and has worked to promote understanding and tolerance between students of different denominations and faiths.
Hughes"s accessible spirituality, reflected in his book Finding Hope and Meaning in Suffering, its website, lectures, talks, and retreats, has made him popular with the religious and secular media. His newest book, a follow on from Finding hope and meaning in suffering, is The Compassion Quest, published by SPCK in February 2013.
