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Timothy Gorringe
Born
Timothy Jervis Gorringe

1946 (age 77–78)
NationalityEnglish
Other namesTim Gorringe
Notable workTheology of the Built Environment (2004), The Common Good and the Global Emergency(2011) are pioneering works on Theology and the Built environment; the latter engages closely with the work of Christopher Alexander. The World Made Otherwise (2018) is a theological response to the challenge of climate change.
Spouse(s)Carol James(d.2004); Gill Westcott 2008-present
ChildrenMagdalen Tamsin, Hugo Oliver, Iona Beatrice
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained
  • 1972 (deacon)
  • 1973 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater
Influences[1]
Academic work
School or traditionChristian socialism[2]
Christopher Alexander

| signature = | signature_alt = }} Timothy Jervis Gorringe (born 1946) is an English Anglican priest and theologian who is St Luke's Professor of Theological Studies at the University of Exeter, Devon, England.[1][4]

Life

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Born in 1946,[5] Timothy Gorringe was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA 1969, MPhil 1975), and Sarum Theological College (1969–1972).[4] He was ordained deacon in 1972 and priest in 1973 and served as Assistant Curate at Chapel Allerton (1972–1975) and Oxford St Mary the Virgin with St Cross and St Peter and Chaplain of Wadham College (1976–1978). From 1979 until 1986, he taught theology at Tamilnadu Theological Seminary.[4] He was 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.[4]

His academic interests focus on the interrelations of theology, culture, art, social science, criminal justice, economics and politics, and the built environment,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.[6][7]

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Publications

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Gorringe has published many books:[8]

  • Redeeming Time: Atonement Through Education (Darton Longman Todd, 1986)
  • Discerning Spirit: A Theology of Revelation (SCM, 1990)
  • God's Theatre: A Theology of Providence (SCM, 1991)
  • Capital and the Kingdom: Theological Ethics and Economic Order (Orbis Books, 1994)
  • Alan Ecclestone: Priest as Revolutionary (Cairns, 1994)
  • God's Just Vengeance: Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation (CUP, 1996)
  • The Sign of Love: Reflections on the Eucharist (SPCK 1997)
  • Karl Barth: Against Hegemony (OUP, 1999)
  • Fair Shares: Ethics and the Global Economy (Thames & Hudson, 1999)
  • Salvation (Epworth, 2000)
  • The Education of Desire: Towards a Theology of the Senses (SCM, 2001)
  • A Theology of the Built Environment: Justice, Empowerment, Redemption (CUP, 2002)
  • Furthering Humanity: A Theology of Culture (Ashgate, 2004) (shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize 2005)
  • Crime (SCM, 2004)
  • Harvest: Food, Farming and the Churches (SPCK, 2006)
  • The Common Good and the Global Emergency: God and the Built Environment (CUP, 2011)
  • Earthly Visions: Theology and the Challenges of Art (Yale, 2011)
  • Word, Silence, and the Climate Emergency: God, Ekklesia, and Christian Doctrine (Fortress Academic, 2021)

Keeping Time: Time, Liturgy and Christian Discipleship (Sacristy 2022)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gorringe, Tim (30 August 2013). "Interview: Tim Gorringe Professor of Theology and Religion, Exeter University". Church Times. Interviewed by MacMath, Terence Handley. London. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ Crossley, James G. (2014). Harnessing Chaos: The Bible in English Political Discourse Since 1968. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark. p. 53. doi:10.5040/9780567659347. ISBN 978-0-567-65551-6.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Tim Gorringe". Exeter, England: University of Exeter. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Public theology for the 21st century: essays, Duncan B. Forrester, William Storrar, 2004, p.16, Google Books link: GoogleB-wIC.
  5. ^ Wells, Samuel, ed. (2010). Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader. Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-4051-6886-1.
  6. ^ "Professor Tim Gorringe | Theology and Religion | University of Exeter".
  7. ^ "The Transition Town Movement | Transition US". Archived from the original on 1 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Books by Timothy Gorringe". UK: Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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