Revd Dr Jonathan Brant

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Dean for Research and Cultural Development and Director of the Renaissance Project

Revd Dr Jonathan Brant has served in mission and ministry for over three decades – in the United States, Latin America and the United Kingdom. Since completing his doctorate at Trinity College (Oxford) in 2008, he has served as the Oxford Pastorate Chaplain with overall responsibility for leading a team serving the postgraduate and research community.

He was ordained in 2011 and served his curacy at St Clement’s, Oxford. He is also the Founding Director of the Oxford Character Project and has taught and conducted research as a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion since 2014. He is the author of many popular and academic books and articles and his research and teaching interests lie in the fields of systematic theology; theology of arts and culture; virtue ethics (especially with respect to leadership); and the theory and practice of contemporary mission.

Jonathan is married to Tricia and has an adult son, Isaac. When not working, he might be found walking in the Cotswolds or watching films in a local cinema.

Publications

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Academic

‘Documentary’ in The Oxford Handbook of Theology and Film (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2023).

Cultivating Virtue in the University: Perspectives from History, Literature, Philosophy, Theology, and the Social Sciences, Jonathan Brant, Ed Brooks and Michael Lamb (eds.), (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022).

Paul Tillich and the Possibility of Revelation through Film: A Theoretical Account Grounded by Empirical Research (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).

Popular

Running into No Man’s Land: The Wisdom of Woodbine Willie (London: CWR, 2014).

Mettle Guide to the Bible (London: CWR, 2009).

Young Person’s Guide to Knowing God (London: CWR, 2006, New Edition, 2014).
*Winner Christian Book of the Year Award 2008*