University of Chichester

Graeme Smith BA, MA, PhD

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Contact Details

Telephone: +44 (0) 1243 816191

Office: New Hall 109

Email: g.smith@chi.ac.uk

Modules Taught

  • THL162 An Introduction to Ethics
  • THL262 Issues in Christian Ethics
  • THL362 Christianity and Politics
  • THL291 Work Placement
  • THL363 Ethics in the Work Place
  • TMA1 Foundation

Research Interests

My main research interests are in the areas of:

  • practical theology
  • social and political theology
  • ethics

In particular I am interested in the question of how theologians contribute to debates in the public and political arenas. This might mean how they influence or inform public actors with a specifically Christian motivation or it may be concerned with the contribution made to contexts which are not governed by Christian presuppositions. In part I pursue these questions as editor of the journal Political Theology (www.equinoxpub.com). I am also carrying out work looking at 19th and 20th century social and political theology. The latter project is an historical survey focussing on the interaction of key ideas and the social and political context.

PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS
Short History of Secularism

Graeme Smith

A Short History of Secularism

IB Tauris, 2008

Oxford 1937

Graeme Smith

Oxford 1937: The Universal Christian Council for Life and Work Conference

Peter Lang, 2004
Christian Mission in Western Society

Graeme Smith & Simon Barrow (eds)

Christian Mission in Western Society

CTBI, 2001

Mission Matters

Graeme Smith, Lynne Price and Juan Sepŭlveda (eds)

Mission Matters

Peter Lang, 1997

Political Theology

Graeme Smith, Julie Clague, Tim Simpson, David True (eds)

Political Theology

Equinox Publishing, 4 issues a year

www.equinoxpub.com
PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES
2008

‘Secularism in an Historical Context’
in Hoffmann, J., (ed), Secularism and Desecularization, Prometheus Books.

‘“Something that can be learnt but not taught”: Teaching Theological Reflection through Enquiry Based Learning’
in Le Cornu, A. (ed), Journal of Adult Theological Education, Issue 5.1, London: Equinox Publishing.

‘A Short History of Secularism’
Free Inquiry, June / July
2007

‘Margaret Thatcher’s Christian Faith: A Case Study in Political Theology’ in Kelsay, J., & Twiss, S.B., (eds), Journal of Religious Ethics, Vol 35.3, June 2007, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
2004

‘Being a Christian Socialist: Problems of what to say and when and how to say it’
Studies in Christian Ethics, London: T&T Clark
2003

‘Mission and Radical Orthodoxy’
in Percy, M., (ed) Modern Believing, Vol. 44:1 Jan 2003, London: The Modern Churchpeople’s Union.
2002

'The Holy of Holies': Something Queer in Reformist Political Theology’
in Joynes, C., (ed), The Quest for Wisdom. Essays in Honour of Philip Budd. Cambridge: Orchard Academic.

‘If you can’t beat ‘em…’ on mission
Church Times, 8th March
2001

‘Reviewing Mission in Western Society’
in Smith, G., & Barrow, S., (eds) Mission in Western Society. London: CTBI Publications.

‘Christian Totalitarianism: Joseph Oldham and Oxford 1937’
in Smith, G., & Webster, A., (eds) Political Theology, Vol. 3:1, Nov 2001, London: The Continuum Publishing Group.

‘It’s alive and well’ on ecumenical theology
Church Times, 12th Jan
2000

‘Hidden Ecumenism: New Priorities for Ecumenical Work’
in Jacobs, M., (ed) Theology, London: SPCK.
1999

‘The Babel that is Blair: Political Theology for the Third Millennium.’
in Smith, G., & Webster, A., (eds) Political Theology, Vol I, Nov 1999, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.
1998

‘A New Breed of Party Animal’
in Webster, A., (ed) Party Games. London: CSM Publications.

1997

'"Be of Good Cheer": Christian Mission confronts Social Disintegration'
in Price, L., Sepulveda, J. & Smith G., (eds) Mission Matters. Frankfurt:
Peter Lang.

‘Study, Propaganda, and the Future of Ecumenical Theology’
in Crucible, July - September 1997. London: Church House Publications.
1995

'An Absence of Ideology'
in Cairns, D., (ed) Keeping Faith with the Cities. London: CSM Publications.
1994

‘A Clause for concern?’
Church of England Newspaper, Oct 14th.
1993

'An Introduction to the Method of MM Thomas'
in The Sathri Journal. Serampore: The South Asia Theological Research Institute.

'The Ecclesiology of MM Thomas'
in The Sathri Journal. Serampore: The South Asia Theological Research Institute.