About Paideia

“CHRIST IS THE CLUE TO THE WHOLE OF CREATION.” (Lesslie Newbigin)

The Paideia Centre for Public Theology is an academic Christian study centre committed to relating the Gospel to all areas of life. Christ is the “author of life” and thus holds the key to life “under the sun.” But this clue needs to be pursued with all the rigor we can muster and that includes the highest levels of academia. Rooted in spirituality and liturgy, and in the context of intellectual community, the focus of the Centre is academic work from an overtly Christian perspective.

The inaugural lecture for the Paideia Centre can be found here

Education

The Paideia Centre for Public Theology is not a degree granting institution. As an Associate Faculty member of Trinity College Bristol, Dr Craig Bartholomew is able to supervise Bristol University PhDs through Trinity College Bristol.

The Academic Structure of the Centre

1. Principal
2. Faculty – full-time academic members of the Centre
3. Adjunct faculty – part-time faculty of the Centre
4. Fellows: scholars associated with the Centre
5. PhD students: full and part-time students doing research under Centre supervision.
6. Post-doctoral fellows: scholars who have very recently completed PhDs and who come for a limited time period to the Centre to do post-doctoral research.
7. Visiting scholars: scholars who visit the Centre for a short or longer period.
8. Research assistants