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

As the only institute for advanced study in the world that is dedicated to theological research, 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 40 year history of convening the very best theologians and biblical scholars to work with scholars and intellectuals at the very top of other areas of academic study, be they Anthropology, Computing, Economics, Law, Philosophy, Music, or various Natural Sciences. And we enable our scholars to pursue their work in a community of excellence and trust, where the most difficult questions can be asked and debate can happen in an ethos 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 as residential members of our program include (very indicatively):

Sarah Coakley, David Ford, Reinhard Hütter, Nico Koopman, George Lindbeck, Peter Ochs, Peter Paris, Fleming Rutledge, Katherine Sonderegger, and N. T. Wright.

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

Anne Case, Angus Deaton, Roland Frye, Agustín Fuentes, David Grinspoon, Marilynne Robinson, Susan Schneider, and Jeremy Waldron.

We are convinced that the most rigorous intellectual pursuits cannot afford to relegate matters of faith to the margins. Accordingly, 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). More broadly, we seek to discern, distill, and disseminate the profound theological insights that would enable our society to raise up a generation of leaders and citizens of the world capable of tackling the complex issues that confront our ever-changing contexts.

CTI was founded to bring about the theological renaissance required to fulfill this calling. In our new building and 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, the university, Princeton’s centers of advanced research, and the wider world. And we occupy that space believing that the wisdom offered by our theological inquiry might have the keys to unlocking humanity’s deepest intellectual and societal potential.