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