Promotion Pierre-Sovann Chauny
On 17 February, Pierre-Sovann Chauny will be defending his dissertation Entre tradition et modernité. La controverse kénotique dans les écrits christologiques de Charles Gore et de Benjamin B. Warfield et de Charles Gore (Between Tradition and Modernity: The Kenotic Controversy in the Christological Writings of Charles Gore and Benjamin B. Warfield).
About the dissertation
This doctoral dissertation examines the kenotic controversy through a comparative analysis of the Christological writings of Charles Gore and B.B. Warfield. It challenges the widespread assumption that kenotic Christologies represent a radical break with classical dogma, while their critics merely defend tradition against modernity. By closely analysing the biblical and theological arguments of both authors, the study shows that Gore and Warfield alike sought to articulate the doctrine of the two natures of Christ in critical engagement with both tradition and modern intellectual contexts. The dissertation argues that the relationship between tradition and modernity in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Christology is more complex and reciprocal than is often assumed.
Short biography
Pierre-Sovann Chauny was born in 1983 in Paris and grew up in the Paris region. After graduating from HEC Paris Business School in 2007, he turned to theological studies at the Faculté Libre de Théologie Évangélique in Vaux-sur-Seine, where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in theology in 2011 and a Master’s degree in 2013. He has been teaching systematic theology at the Faculté Jean Calvin in Aix-en-Provence since 2016. He completed his doctoral research at the Protestant Theological University under the supervision of Prof Dr Maarten Wisse and Prof Dr Arnold Huijgen.
Practical information
- Date: 17 February 2026
- Time: 3 p.m.
- Location: Pieterskerk, Utrecht
