Institute for Theology, Imagination & the Arts

The Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) is an institute within St Mary's College, the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland,^[1] which 'aims to advance and enrich an active conversation between Christian theology and the arts - bringing rigorous theological thinking to the arts, and bringing the resources of the arts to the enterprise of theology.'^[2]

Contents 1 Background 2 Staff 2.1 Associate staff 2.2 Consultants 3 Achievements 4 External links 5 References

Background

ITIA was founded by Trevor Hart and Jeremy Begbie in 2000 in response to a growing demand for academic engagement with the conversation between theology and the arts. The programme was borne of two preexisting projects at St Mary's College: 'Theology and Imagination' (directed by Hart) and 'Theology Through the Arts' (directed by Begbie).^[3]

ITIA currently offers undergraduate courses, a Master of Letters (MLitt) taught postgraduate course and a doctoral (PhD) programme.^[4]

Staff

• Prof Trevor Hart, Director, Professor of Divinity^[5]
• Dr Gavin Hopps, Research Councils UK Academic Fellow^[6]
• Prof David Brown, Professorial Fellow
• Michael Partridge, Honorary Lecturer^[7]

Associate staff

• Bernard Beatty, Senior Fellow in the School of English, Liverpool University
• Dr Ian Bradley, Reader in Church History & Practical Theology, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews
• Dr Michael Downes, Director of Music, University of St Andrews
• Prof Ann Loades, Honorary Professorial Fellow, St Chad’s College; Professor Emerita of Divinity, University of Durham
• Dr Grant Macaskill, Lecturer in New Testament Studies, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews
• Prof Patrick Sherry, Professor Emeritus, Lancaster University^[8]

Consultants

• Prof Jürgen Moltmann, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Tübingen
• Prof Anthony O'Hear, Professor of Philosophy, University of Buckingham
• Sir John Polkinghorne, Former President Queens' College Cambridge
• The Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Prof Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, Yale University^[9]

Achievements

Since its founding, ITIA has established:

• a doctoral programme
• Honours and Masters modules
• a publishing programme, including a series with Ashgate Press^[10]
• a weekly postgraduate research seminar
• an annual conference, held each autumn, gathering participants from all over the UK and abroad^[11]
• a major international conference on Tolkien
• two international colloquia, through collaboration with Calvin College, one in theology and music, the other in theology and the built environment
• an RCUK Academic Fellowship
• a series of public performance events^[12]

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ http://www.springsdancecompany.org.uk/links/
2. ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itia/index.html
3. ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itia/achievements.html
4. ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itia/index.html
5. ^ http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/publications/bush-telegraph/2007/october-2007
6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8346379.stm
7. ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itia/staff.html
8. ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itia/associates.html
9. ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itia/consultants.html
10. ^ http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=1299
11. ^ http://www.london.anglican.org/EventShow_13549
12. ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itia/achievements.html