Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture

Robert MacSwain is Assistant Professor of Theology and Christian Ethics at The School of Theology of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Taylor Worley is Associate Dean for Spiritual Life and Assistant Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition at The School of Theology and Missions at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

William J. Abraham is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Theology and Wesley Studies and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

Richard Bauckham was Professor of New Testament at the University of St Andrews from 1992 to 2007, and Wardlaw Professor from his election to the British Academy in 1998. He is now Professor Emeritus at St Andrews and Senior Scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

Tina Beattie is Professor of Catholic Studies and Director of the Digby Stuart Research Centre for Catholic Studies at Roehampton University.

Jeremy S. Begbie is Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology at Duke University and founding Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts.

David Brown is Professor of Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture and Wardlaw Professor at the University of St Andrews, where he is also a Professorial Fellow in the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts.

Judith S. Casselberry is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Bowdoin College.

David Fuller is Emeritus Professor of English and former Chair of the Department of English Studies at Durham University.

Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he also directs the Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy.

Trevor Hart is Professor of Divinity at the University of St Andrews and Director of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts.

Douglas Hedley is Reader in Hermeneutics and Metaphysics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare College.

Gavin Hopps is Lecturer in Literature and Theology in the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews and Associate Director of the Institute for Imagination, Theology and the Arts.

Kimerer L. LaMothe is a philosopher, dancer, and scholar of religion who taught for six years at Brown and Harvard Universities.

Ann Loades is Professor Emerita of Divinity at Durham University, Honorary Professorial Fellow at St Chad's College, and Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews.

Robert MacSwain is Assistant Professor of Theology and Christian Ethics at The School of Theology of the University of the South.

Clive Marsh is Senior Lecturer and Director of Learning and Teaching at the Institute of Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester.

Margaret R. Miles is Professor Emerita of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, where she also served as Dean and Vice-President of Academic Affairs.

Bridget Nichols is the Lay Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely in the Church of England.

Ben Quash is Professor of Christianity and the Arts at King's College London and Director of the Centre for the Arts and Sacred Traditions.

Charles Taliaferro is Professor of Philosophy at St Olaf College.

Richard Viladesau is Professor of Theology at Fordham University and a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York.

Graham Ward is the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church Cathedral.

Taylor Worley is Associate Dean for Spiritual Life and Assistant Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition at The School of Theology and Missions at Union University.

Mark Wynn is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Exeter.

"[David Brown's] series stands as one of the most remarkable achievements of modern theology. Accordingly, Theology, Aesthetics, & Culture: Responses to the Work of David Brown deserves heed as an invaluable companion for anyone tackling Brown's magisterial theological synthesis." --Literature and Theology

"MacSwain and Worley have done a great tribute to Brown s work in their careful organization and editing, and have given a great gift to the rest of us in such a rich and provocative text that introduces and engages with [David Brown s] important work. Students, scholars, pastors, and lay readers interested in exploring the dialogue of theology and culture could hardly do better than to purchase this book." --Anglican Theological Review

"This collection of essays constitutes a rich and vigorous response to the recent work of David Brown, one of the most fruitful and suggestive Anglican theologians at work today...We have much to be grateful for in this rich and provocative assessment of Brown's work--the beginning, one hopes, of a widespread exploration, appropriation, and development of his immense contribution." -Sewanee Theological Review

"To read this book is an education in theology and the arts . We have much to be grateful for in this rich and provocative assessment of Brown's work-the beginning, one hopes, of a widespread exploration, appropriation, and development of his immense contribution." --Sewanee Theological Review

"This symposium reminds us of the many faceted importance of David Brown's work...It should encourage those who do not know it to engage with it, and for those who already do to continue the conversation and take the exploration further." --The International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church

"The volume must be commended for these scholars' genuine engagement with, reflection on, and response to Brown's work... This is an important book; it is relevant not only to exploring and appreciating central ideas in Brown's impressive oeuvre through the appreciative and critical lenses of fellow theologians, but also to the whole development of theology's dialogue with the arts into the future." --Art and Christianity