The Center of Theological Inquiry Announces its Next Director
The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Greggs, Marischal (1616) Professor of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen, as the next Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey. He will take up office on July 1, 2025.
Dr. Storrar (left) with Professor Greggs at King’s College
As evident in his distinguished academic career at King’s College in Old Aberdeen, Professor Greggs is a scholar of international standing and an institutional leader of proven and exceptional accomplishment who will advance the Center’s global mission of cultivating a theological renaissance through interdisciplinary inquiry. Dr. Storrar will retire as Director on June 30, 2025, after twenty years of service. Professor Greggs has accepted an honorary appointment as Director-Designate, collaborating with Dr. Storrar to ensure a seamless transition and momentum in research.
Professor Greggs’ appointment has been warmly welcomed by all concerned:
I wish to thank Will Storrar for his outstanding leadership at CTI, culminating in a cutting edge new building that puts us in an ideal position to fulfill our mission in the twenty-first century. Tom Greggs, a world renowned theologian, is the ideal person to lead CTI in the next phase of its history. He has the vision and leadership qualities to achieve remarkable things. Congratulations to both Will and Tom.
-Dr. Roy Lennox, Chair of the Board of Trustees
Professor Greggs’ appointment along with the completion of CTI’s new building paves the path for an exciting and impactful future. Dr. Storrar’s tenure has been characterized by many firsts. We are fortunate to be appointing as a successor another globally recognized scholar and leader.
-Gayle Robinson, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
I am delighted and honoured to be appointed the next director of CTI, and I feel privileged to be able to build on the legacy of Dr Will Storrar’s exceptional 20 years of leadership. CTI is Theology’s global institute of advanced study and research, and I am excited to be able to seek to fulfil in the founders’ vision of a theological renaissance with inter-disciplinary and global horizons.
-Professor Tom Greggs FRSE, Director-Designate, Center of Theological Inquiry
I join wholeheartedly with the Board Chair and Vice Chair in welcoming Professor Tom Greggs as our next Director. Tom brings to our mission a depth of theological wisdom, a breadth of intellectual interests, and a strategic sense of new possibilities. We are also thrilled to welcome Heather Greggs, a leading educator, and their young family. Tom and Heather’s renowned gift of hospitality will ensure the Center’s new building casts warmth as well as light in the exciting days ahead.
-William Storrar PhD, Director, Center of Theological Inquiry
I know the Center of Theological Inquiry well and was a trustee for nine years. It is under Dr. Will Storrar’s leadership that CTI has gained its current eminence. It’s the most agile, exciting and innovative place for theological research in the world. It’s a terrific coup for them to recruit Professor Tom Greggs. He does absolutely outstanding research, but is also a strategic thinker, a visionary, a truly great colleague and an entrepreneur, demonstrated by the fact that he and his colleagues in Aberdeen came 1st in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.
-Sir Iain Torrance KCVO, Pro Chancellor, University of Aberdeen, and President Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary
Professor Greggs’ appointment has also been announced on the University of Aberdeen website:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/news/23141
Posted on behalf of the Board of Trustees, May 10, 2024.
The Center of Theological Inquiry is a New Jersey nonprofit corporation for research and dialogue on global concerns. To learn more about the Center and its interdisciplinary research program, visit ctinquiry.org.