The Society for the Study of Theology (SST) is the leading British organization for theologians in academy, church, and society, which held its first conference in 1952.

Mission

The Society is the leading

scholarly society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may ...

for the study of

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

in the UK. The Society for the Study of Theology promotes excellence in the study of Christian Theology by facilitating and shaping theological thought, conversation, and community. In particular, the Society's object is to identify and discuss important themes, questions and dialogues which call for theological engagement.

Conference

The Society holds an annual conference. Its first was held in Cambridge in 1952 on the theme of "

eschatology Eschatology (; ) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or of the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that nega ...

Presidents

* Very Revd Dr John Baillie (1952–54) * Very Revd W.R. Matthews (1955–56) * Prof J.H.S. Burleigh (1957–58) * Revd Principal F. Greeves (1959–60) * Prof Alan Richardson (1961–62) * Very Revd Mgr H. Francis Davis (1963–64) * Prof H.D. Lewis (1965–66) * Revd Prof T.F. Torrance (1967–68) * Rt Revd Dr I.T. Ramsey (1969–70) * Revd Prof H. Cunliffe Jones (1971–72) * Revd Canon Prof M.F. Wiles (1973–74) * Revd Prof

John Hick John Harwood Hick (20 January 1922 – 9 February 2012) was a philosopher of religion and theologian born in England who taught in the United States for the larger part of his career. In philosophical theology, he made contributions in the area ...

(1975–76) * Revd Prof Allan Galloway (1977–78) * Revd Prof James Atkinson (1979–80) * Prof D.M. MacKinnon (1981–82) * Revd Principal

James Whyte James Whyte may refer to: *James Whyte (Australian politician) (1820–1882), Scottish-born Australian politician * James Whyte (bishop) (1868–1957), Roman Catholic bishop of Dunedin, 1920–1957 * James A. Whyte (1920–2005), Scottish theologian ...

(1983–84) * Prof Stewart R. Sutherland (1985–86) * Revd Canon Prof Daniel Hardy (1987–88) * Canon Brian Hebblethwaite (1989–90) * Prof Duncan Forrester (1991–92) * Prof

Colin Gunton Colin Ewart Gunton (19 January 1941 – 6 May 2003) was an English Reformed systematic theologian. He made contributions to the doctrine of creation and the doctrine of the Trinity. He was Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College, Lond ...

(1993–94) * Prof

Vincent Brümmer Vincent Brümmer (30 December 1932 – 30 March 2021) was a South African-born Christian theologian who worked for most of his career in the Netherlands. From 1967 to 1997 he was the Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Utrech ...

(1995–96) * Prof David Ford (1997–98) * Prof

Anthony Thiselton Anthony Charles Thiselton (born 1937) is an English Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. He has written a number of books and articles on a range of topics in Christian theology, biblical studies, and the philosophy of religion. He has s ...

(1999–2000) * Revd Prof David Fergusson (2001–2) * Rt Revd

Peter Selby Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

(2003–4) * Prof

Ann Loades Ann Lomas Loades, ( Glover; 21 September 1938 – 6 December 2022) was a British theologian and academic, who specialised in Christian feminism. Glover graduated from Durham University in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; she was a membe ...

(2005–6) * Prof Oliver Davies (2007–8) * Dr

Janet Soskice Janet Martin Soskice (born 16 May 1951) is a Canadian-born English Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher. Soskice was educated at Somerville College, Oxford. She is professor of philosophical theology and a fellow of Jesus College at the Univ ...

(2009–10) * Prof Graham Ward (2011–12) * Revd Prof

George Newlands George McLeod Newlands is a Scottish theologian widely published in the fields of modern systematic theology, Christology, emancipatory theology, and the history of Christian thought. He is Emeritus Professor of Divinity at the University of Gl ...

(2013–14) * Revd Prof David Brown (2015–16) * Prof

Karen Kilby Karen Kilby (born 1964) is an American lay Catholic theologian. She is currently the Bede Professor of Catholic Theology in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. Early life and education Born in England and raised in Co ...

(2017–18) * Prof Rachel Muers (2019–20) * Prof Mike Higton (2020–22)

References

External links

Society for the Study of Theology
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