Jeremy Begbie

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Jeremy Begbie
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Jeremy Begbie conducting the New Caritas Orchestra, September 2022
Born
Jeremy Sutherland Begbie

(1957-06-15) 15 June 1957 (age 67)
NationalityBritish
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
Church Church of England
Ordained1983 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisor J. B. Torrance
Institutions
Main interestsMusic and theology
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Jeremy Sutherland Begbie, DD, BA, BD, PhD, LRAM, ARCM, FRSCM, is Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, Duke University, where he is the McDonald Agape Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. He is a systematic theologian whose primary research interest is the correlation between theology and the arts, in particular the interplay between music and theology. He is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge, [1] and Fellow Commoner of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

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Biography

Begbie was born on 15 June 1957. [2] He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and music at the University of Edinburgh and Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the University of Aberdeen. [1]

He was ordained priest in the Church of England in 1983, [1] and served as a Curate in the Diocese of Guildford. Prior to teaching at Duke Divinity School, he was the Associate Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, as well as an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. From 2000, he was an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, in Scotland. He was co-founder and Associate Director of the Institute. In 2009 he was appointed Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology at Duke University. [1] He is a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge [3] and Fellow Commoner of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Being a professionally trained musician, he has performed as a pianist, oboist, and a conductor. [3] He is founder of the New Caritas Orchestra, a group of professional players of faith in the United States.

Begbie has lectured worldwide, delivering multi-media presentations in venues all over the UK, as well as in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Belgium, Germany, Israel, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia.

In June 2024, he was awarded a DD by the University of Aberdeen.

The New Testament scholar, N T Wright, has written: “Jeremy Begbie is a musician/theologian par excellence. Whatever music you enjoy and wherever you are on the journey of faith, he will delight, surprise, challenge, and inspire you.”

Research

Jeremy Begbie is known for his writing and lecturing in theology and the arts, especially music.

In September 1997 he founded the Theology Through the Arts project at the University of Cambridge, whose primary aim was "to discover and demonstrate ways in which the arts can contribute towards the renewal of Christian theology". The project included conversation among artists and theologians, academic lectures, publications, and an international arts festival held in Cambridge in 2000.

As the Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, he founded Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts (DITA), a project which "promotes and supports the vibrant interplay between Christian theology and the arts by encouraging transformative leadership and enriching theological discussion in the Church, academy, and society." [4]

For his book, Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music, Begbie won the 2008 Christianity Today Book Award in the theology/ethics category. [5]

Publications

Books

Selected articles

Selected chapters

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jeremy Begbie | Duke Divinity School". Divinity.duke.edu. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. Jeremy Begbie. "Jeremy Sutherland Begbie CV" (PDF). Duke University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Prof Jeremy Begbie". Mus.cam.ac.uk. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. "Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts" . Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. "2000-2009 Christianity Today Book Awards". Christianity Today International. 2011. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2011.