Timothy Gorringe


Timothy Jervis Gorringe is an English Anglican priest and theologian who is St Luke's Professor of Theological Studies at the University of Exeter, Devon, England.

Life

Born in 1946, Timothy Gorringe was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Sarum Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1972 and priest in 1973 and served as Assistant Curate at Chapel Allerton and Oxford St Mary the Virgin with St Cross and St Peter. From 1979 until 1986, he taught theology at Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary. He was Official Fellow, Chaplain, and Tutor in Theology at St John's College, Oxford, 1986–1995, Reader in Contextual Theology in the University of St Andrews 1995–1998, and became St Luke's Professor of Theological Studies in the University of Exeter in 1998.
His academic interests focus on the interrelations of theology, culture, art, social science, criminal justice, economics, and politics, as well as the theology of Karl Barth. He is a member of the Iona Community.
His other interests include apiculture, poultry keeping, home winemaking, the theatre, poetry, and political activism.
Currently Gorringe is working on a two-year research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council on "The values of constructive social change" focusing on the transition town movement.

Publications

Gorringe has published many books: