Ian Bradley
| Ian Bradley | |
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 The Rev. Dr. Ian C. Bradley at St Andrews Graduation | |
| Born |
28 May 1950 Berkhamsted, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Academic and Author |
| Nationality | British |
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www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/rt/staff/icb/ | |
Ian Campbell Bradley (born 28 May 1950) is a British academic, author, theologian, Church of Scotland minister, journalist and broadcaster. At the University of St Andrews, he is Reader in Practical Theology and Church History and a University chaplain. He is also the Associate Minister of Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews.
He has researched and written widely on religious matters, from Celtic Christianity to the theology of sacrifice and the future of spirituality in Britain. In addition, he has published works on the subjects of hymnody, monarchy, the Victorian era, Gilbert and Sullivan and musical theatre.
Life and career
Early life and education
Ian Bradley was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire on Whit Sunday 1950.[1] He grew up in the southeast of England and was educated at Tonbridge School and New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with a first-class honours degree in modern history. He remained at University of Oxford to complete a doctoral thesis on religion and politics in early nineteenth-century Britain, earning his DPhil degree.
Career
Bradley subsequently worked in radio and television production with the BBC. He spent five years on the staff of The Times (and was a features writer for The Times for eight years) and then combined freelance writing with teaching at Cranleigh School in Surrey. Following further study at the University of St Andrews, from which he graduated with a first-class honours BD degree in theology, Bradley was ordained into the ministry of the Church of Scotland and appointed Head of Religious Broadcasting for BBC Scotland. He has lived in Scotland since 1985. He sat on the committee that drafted the Church of Scotland's Hymnary (Fourth Edition), which was published in 2005. Bradley has taught in the areas of Christianity in contemporary Britain; hymnody, liturgy and worship; monarchy, church and state; and the theology of musical theatre.
Having lectured on Church History at the University of Aberdeen for many years, Bradley is currently Reader in Church History and Practical Theology at the School of Divinity, University of St Andrews and is Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. He is also associate minister of Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, and honorary Church of Scotland chaplain for the university.
As a journalist, Bradley contributes frequently to The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Tablet and Life and Work as well as often appearing on television and BBC Radio 4. Bradley frequently writes, broadcasts and lectures about Gilbert and Sullivan and has spoken numerous times at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Buxton, England. He performs regularly with the University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society, of which he is honorary life president. He is the author of more than 30 books.[2] He is married and has two children.
Selected works
- 1976: The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians
- 1978: William Morris and His World
- 1980: The Optimists: Themes and Personalities in Victorian Liberalism
- 1981: Breaking the mould?: The Birth and Prospects of the Social Democratic Party
- 1985: The Strange Rebirth of Liberal Britain
- 1990: O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
- 1990: God Is Green: Ecology for Christians
- 1992: Marching to the Promised Land: Has the Church a Future?
- 1993: The Celtic Way
- 1994: The Theology of Sacrifice
- 1995: The Power of Sacrifice
- 1996: The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
- 1996: Columba: Pilgrim and Penitent
- 1997: Abide With Me: The World of Victorian Hymns
- 1999: Celtic Christianity: Making Myths and Chasing Dreams
- 2000: Colonies of Heaven: Celtic Models for Today's Church (published in the United States as Celtic Christian Communities – Living the Tradition)
- 2003: God Save the Queen: The Spiritual Dimension of Monarchy
- 2004: You've Got to Have a Dream: The Message of the Musical
- 2005: Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! The Enduring Phenomenon of Gilbert and Sullivan
- 2006: Believing in Britain: The Spiritual Identity of 'Britishness'
- 2007: Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business Ethics in Victorian Britain
- 2007: Believing in Britain: Overlapping Spiritual Identities
- 2009: Pilgrimage: A Spiritual and Cultural Journey
- 2010: Grace, Order, Openness and Diversity: Reclaiming Liberal Theology
- 2010: Water Music: Making Music in the Spas of Europe and North America
- 2012: Water; A Spiritual History
- 2013: Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers: The Sacred Music of Arthur Sullivan
References
External links
- Bradley's University staff homepage
- Hymns' role after 9/11 disasters (BBC News Online, 27 November 2002)
- The Long Road To Heaven (University of St Andrews Press Office, 9 September 2004)
- Bradley's Guardian articles
- Bradley's Tablet articles
- BBC - Songs of Praise - Musicals Video
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