William Storrar

William Storrar has been fostering the dialogue between theology and other disciplines for over three decades, from first chairing working groups on medical ethics with scientists and medical practitioners in the 1980s to his initiative in launching the Global Network for Public Theology in the 2000s with social scientists and policymakers. His interdisciplinary work as a leader in collaborative research has been wide ranging, reflecting his academic interests in applied theology and the practice of religion in church and society. 

Before his appointment as Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry in 2005, Storrar held the Chair of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. While Professor at Edinburgh, he directed the university's Centre for Theology and Public Issues, where he led an interdisciplinary research agenda on local and global citizenship and civil society. He is an Extraordinary Professor of the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, a Magnusson Fellow of Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK, and an elected member of the International Academy of Practical Theology and the American Theological Society. His publications include the co-edited volumes, Public Theology for the 21st Century (2004), and A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (2011). With research interests in global issues, he is a Distinguished Advisor to the Global Network for Public Theology and a Salzburg Global Fellow. He chairs the editorial board of the International Journal of Public Theology, and serves on the editorial boards of theological journals in Germany and South Africa. 

William Storrar graduated with an MA, BD, and PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where he sat on the University Court as the Rector's Assessor. He is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland, serving in parish ministry for eight years before teaching Practical Theology for thirteen years at the University of Aberdeen, the University of Glasgow, and the University of Edinburgh in his native Scotland. He has served as Convener of the Board of Ministry of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Convener of the Trustees of Common Cause, a Scottish civic forum. He is a Trustee of Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton, NJ.