William Storrar

The Reverend William Storrar
Born	William F. Storrar
Nationality	Scottish
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Presbyterian)
Church	Church of Scotland
Ordained	1984
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Practical theology
Institutions	University of Aberdeen University of Glasgow University of Edinburgh Center of Theological Inquiry

William F. Storrar is a Scottish Christian theologian who is the Director of Center of Theological Inquiry, known for his contribution on public theology.[1]

Biography

He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in practical theology at New College, University of Edinburgh, in 1993. He was ordained a minister in the Church of Scotland in 1984 and has served as a parish minister in Glasgow and Carluke for eight years.[2]

In 1992, he started working as a lecturer in practical theology at the University of Aberdeen, followed by being a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow in 1998.[2] In 2000, he was appointed Director of Centre for Theology and Public Issues and Chair of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at New College and has worked until 2005. He was the co-founder of the Global Network for Public Theology. Since 2005, he has taken up the post of Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry.[3]

He was at the editorial board of the International Journal of Public Theology[1] and was the chair of Common Cause at the Church of Scotland in the 1990s.[1]

Selected works

• Storrar, William (1982), No Room, No Birth, Some Magi, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.). Cencrastus No. 10, Autumn 1982, pp. 3–8, ISSN 0264-0856
• Storrar, William (1990), Scottish Identity: A Christian Vision. Edinburgh: Handsel. ISBN 9781871828016

Edited works

• Storrar, William and Iain R. Torrance (1995). Human Genetics: A Christian Perspective. Edinburgh: St. Andrew Press.
• Storrar, William and Peter Donald (2003). God in Society: Doing Social Theology in Scotland Today. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press. ISBN 9780715208038
• Storrar, William and Andrew Morton (2004). Public Theology for the 21st Century. T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567088925
• Storrar, William, Peter J. Casarella and Paul Louis Metzger (2011). A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: William B Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802827425
• Storrar, William, Katie Day and Esther McIntosh (2013). Yours the Power: Faith-Based Organizing in the USA. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004246003

References

1. Storrar, William (2007). "2007: A Kairos Moment for Public Theology". International Journal of Public Theology. 1 (1): 5–25. doi:10.1163/156973207X194457. ISSN 1872-5171.
2. "Participants". The Humble Approach Initiative. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
3. Arntzenius, Linda (April 2015). "Center of Theological Inquiry – Where Scholars Take On Life's Big Questions". Princeton Magazine. pp. 66–71. Retrieved 7 January 2020.