Ian C. Bradley
Reader in Church History & Practical Theology
Ian Bradley teaches and publishes in the areas of contemporary British Christianity, Scottish Christianity, Celtic Christianity, worship, hymnody, religion and popular culture and broader cultural history.
He welcomes applications for postgraduate research on aspects of hymnody and church music, musical theatre and operetta, pilgrimage and Scottish spirituality.
Career
- B.A., M.A., D.Phil., University of Oxford
- B.D., University of St Andrews.
- Political journalist and leader writer on The Times.
- Head of Religious Broadcasting, BBC Scotland
- Lecturer in church history and practical theology, University of Aberdeen
- Author of over 30 books, regular broadcaster and journalist
- Church of Scotland minister currently Associate Minister of Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews and Church of Scotland chaplain of St Andrews University
Research Fields
- Hymnody
- Pilgrimage
- Liberal Theology
- The Spirituality of Water
- Scottish Spirituality
Teaching
- Practical theology and church history
- Level 1 course: The Church, Ritual and Politics (D1 1002)
- Honours courses: The theology of musicals; Monarchy, church and state; Scottish spirituality; Worship and the Word (Liturgy and Homiletics)
- Postgraduate course: The Bible and Diversity
Recent Books
Pilgrimage: A Spiritual and Cultural Journey (Lion, UK, 2009)
Believing in Britain: Overlapping Spiritual Identities (I.B. Tauris, 2007 & Lion, 2008)
Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business Ethics in Victorian Britain (Lion, UK, 2007)
The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical impact on the Victorians (Lion, UK, 2006)
The Daily Telegraph Book of Carols (Continuum, UK, 2006)
You've Got to Have a Dream - the message of the musical (SCM Press, UK, and Westminster John Knox, USA, 2005)
The Daily Telegraph Book of Hymns (Continuum, UK, 2005)
God Save the Queen: The Spiritual Dimension of Monarchy (UK, 2002 & 2003)
Colonies of Heaven: Celtic Models for Today's Church (UK, 2000, published in USA under the title Celtic Christian Communities - Living the Tradition)