Honorific Prefix: | The Reverend |
William Storrar | |
Birth Name: | William F. Storrar |
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Religion: | Christianity (Presbyterian) |
Church: | Church of Scotland |
Ordained: | 1984 |
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Alma Mater: | University of Edinburgh |
Discipline: | Theology |
Sub Discipline: | Practical theology |
| signature = | signature_alt = }}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]
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. 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 and was the chair of Common Cause at the Church of Scotland in the 1990s.