Be transformed by the renewing of your minds (Romans 12:2)

As the only institute for advanced study dedicated to theological research in the world, the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) in Princeton brings Theology at the highest level into broad academic and public engagement with the major global issues of our time.

We have an extraordinary history over 40 years of bringing together the very best theologians and biblical scholars to work with scholars and intellectuals working at the very top of other areas of academic study, be that Law, Anthropology, Computing, Sciences, Music, and so forth. We enable our scholars to pursue their work in a community of virtue and trust where the most difficult questions can be asked and in which debate can happen in the context of ongoing intellectual friendship.

Our shelves of works written at CTI are a ‘Who’s Who’ of the theological world. Scholars and intellectuals who have researched and worked in residence at CTI as members of our program include (very indicatively):

·    N. T. Wright

·    Katherine Sonderegger

·    Peter Paris

·    Nico Koopman

·    Sarah Coakley

·    George Lindbeck

·    Reinhard Hütter

·    Peter Ochs

·    Fleming Rutledge

·    David Ford

The leading scholars and intellectuals from other disciplines with whom these theologians have engaged are just as impressive, such notable figures as:

·    Marilynne Robinson

·    Susan Schneider

·    Jeremy Waldron

·    Angus Deaton

·    Anne Case

·    Agustín Fuentes

·    Roland Frye

We passionately believe the highest standards of intellectual research cannot afford to relegate matters of faith to the sidelines, and we work to ensure that theological wisdom remains central within academic research, in the confidence that Theology Matters (as we call our podcast) and needs Fresh Thinking (as we call our magazine). We seek to ask and answer the question: What are the profound theological insights needed for our society and culture to raise up a generation of leaders and citizens of the world to tackle the complex issues confronting our ever-changing contexts?

CTI’s very foundation was to bring about the theological renaissance needed for us to fulfil this calling. And in our new building, under the visionary leadership of our new Director, renowned theologian Dr. Tom Greggs, we are poised to ignite a theological renewal with far reaching cultural and societal impact. We exist both physically and metaphorically at the intersection of the seminary and the university, as well as Princeton’s centers of advanced research and the world which needs their insights so desperately. And we occupy that space believing that the wisdom offered by our faith might have the keys to unlocking humanity’s deepest potential both intellectually and societally.