CTI Director Inauguration

April 10 - April 12, 2026


A Celebration of Theology

Three Days of Presentations, Performances, and Panels

50 Stockton Street | Princeton, NJ 08540

Program is subject to change.

Friday, April 10

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.                    Coffee & Pastries, Atrium

9:15 – 10:30 a.m.                  Heath Carter, Princeton Theological Seminary

                                                “Bridges Built, Burnt, and Remade: Reflections on 280 Years of Theology in Princeton”

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.               Break

10:45 – 12:00 p.m.               Katherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary

                                                “The Task of Theology in our Day”

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.                  Lunch @ Mackay Dining Hall

1:30 – 2:45 p.m.                     Laurie Zoloth, University of Chicago

                                                 “Interrupting Our Practices: Theology, Scripture, and the Call of the World”

2:45 – 3 p.m.                          Break

3 – 4:15 p.m.                          Panel: Why Theology Matters

                                                Valerie Cooper, Robin Lovin, Sr. Gemma Simmonds, Sir Iain Torrance, Bishop William Willimon

4:15 – 5:30 p.m.                   Drinks & appetizers, Atrium

5:30 – 7 p.m.                          Jeremy Begbie, Duke University

“Resounding Concord: Music and the Spirit of Unity”

7 p.m.                                       Dinner, on your own

 

Saturday, April 11

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.                    Coffee & Pastries, Atrium

9:15 – 10:30 a.m.                  Frederike van Oorschot, University of Zurich

“Imagining Human, God, and Technology: Imaginaries of AI and their Implications for Theology”

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.               Break

10:45 – 12 p.m.                     Tom Greggs, Center of Theological Inquiry Director

“’Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind’: A Vision for Theology”

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.                Lunch, TBD

1:30 – 2:45 p.m.                   David Wilkinson, Durham University

                                                 “Exoplanets, Aliens, and God: Are We Alone in the Universe?”

2:45 – 3 p.m.                        Break

3 – 4:00 p.m.                       Micheal O’Siadhail, award-winning Irish poet

Reading

4 – 4:15 p.m.                          Break

4:15 – 5:30 p.m.                   Grant Macaskill, Durham University

                                                "Storytelling or Worldbuilding? Scripture, Theology and Christian Public Ethics."

5:30 – 6:00 p.m.                   Drinks at CTI

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.                    Interview with Marilynne Robinson, award-winning author

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.                   Dinner at CTI

                                                Catered by Afghan Kitchen

8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.         Jon Guerra, singer-songwriter from Austin, TX

 

Sunday, April 12

10 – noon                    Private Exhibition viewing with artist Georgina McMaster

“Songs of Creation”

1:30 p.m.                   Service of Installation

Trinity Episcopal Church | 33 Mercer St. Princeton

3:00 p.m.                     Reception at the Center of Theological Inquiry